Mourning Snape's life

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No: HPFGUIDX 183098

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "seventeensilversickles" 
<formerlysane at ...> wrote:
>
> Hi everyone,
> 
> When Snape died, I was quite upset because I'd become very fond of 
him 
> (despite his basic unpleasantness).  But the emptiness of Snape's 
life 
> was even more disturbing to me than his death.  He was such a 
great 
> character, so many layers and facets to the man.  
> 
> I definitely think his death was a necessary action in order to 
achieve 
> the proper conclusion of the series, and we all know the man was 
> incapable of finding any kind of happiness in his lifetime (for 
lots of 
> reasons), but I just never expected I'd be this sad!  Poor old 
Severus, 
> I really miss him.   
> 

You have my sympathies, Seventeen Silver Sickles. I never liked 
Snape, but I understand how others found him fascinating, and I 
completely understand the feeling of mourning for a character, as I 
had that experience after OoP.  One of the biggest surprises for me 
at the end of DH was that I ended up feeling an unexpected level of 
pity for Snape.  I didn't like him anymore than I had, but getting a 
look at a man with so much going for him intellectually who is so 
emotionally crippled by his past I came away with a feeling of "What 
a waste!"  

Marianne