Did you LIKE Snape?

[ranirissa]

No: HPFGUIDX 183151

Pippin:
> >
> > I don't think Snape had any grand Dumbledorean hopes of making
> > the WW a better place. To his mind it was a cruel world and would
> > remain so, whether Voldemort stood or fell. And he was always
> > going to think Harry James Potter was a waste of space. But there
> > were definitely things he cared about other than Lily.

Mike:
>
> I'm with you here. Though I do think some of what Dumbledore stood
> for rubbed off on Severus over the years. I take him for his worded
> when he said " *Lately*, only those ..." Before his "lately" do you
> suppose he just stood by when he could have done something?
>
> Speculating again; I think it was a matter of degrees. In the past,
> he probably didn't raise a finger to save another DE, as he
> likewise wouldn't have stopped what he was doing to save Sirius
> Black. But he would have saved an innocent if it was within his
> power to do so. In his later days, I think he would have saved both
> the DE and Sirius.


I'm new to posting but really had to get in on this topic.  I simply
loved Snape.  No more than Sirius or other characters but I certainly
would have wanted to be friends with him.  I think he would have been
at any point in his life a true friend.  He had a tough childhood,
wasn't the coolest or most lovable kid when he began at Hogwarts,
was sorted into the house with the largest amount of Death Eaters by
far - it seems that most students developed closest friendships with
the other students in their house.  There was no indication any other
students reached out to befriend him aside from Lily and the future
Death Eaters.  I don't think he actually ever chose between the two.
I think the Death Eater friends were simply a way of fitting in
somewhere.  I also believe Lily loved Snape, if not in a romantic
way, and she very well may have been the only one in his life who
truly did so.

>From what I take away, Snape did try to protect the students at
Hogwarts through all 7 books.  He was definitely the bravest of the
adult characters and, instead of receiving praise, he was mocked by
Sirius and obviously never felt comfortable to so much as eat a meal
with any of the Order.

Anyway, I would have loved to have seen him survive and have the
opportunity to live a some kind of normal life.

ranirissa