Did you LIKE Snape?/ and other characters too

[kempermentor]

No: HPFGUIDX 183294

> Alla:
> Let me try to explain. Just imagine hypothetically that 
> SWM was somehow introduced in the PS/SS. I am not sure how, maybe 
> Harry gets to see it accidentally in the pensieve or any other way.
>
> So, if JKR would have made that choice, I of course cannot 
> be sure, but I think that my thoughts about Sirius would be 
> forever colored by thatscene and NOT in a good way.

Kemper now:
That seems to be what Snape's thoughts are, too :)


> Alla:
> I just find it interesting that she introduced such an ugly scene 
> late enough in the story for me not to be enough to experience any
> significant reversal as to my likes and dislikes of the characters.

Kemper now:
I wonder if time has any correlation to a reader's likelihood to alter
their perceptions about the characters.
I got into HP around the time of PoA's release.  I was always a Snape
fan (after reading that it wasn't him seeking the Stone).  I was
ambivalent about Sirius until OP.  I started to find him annoying
before SWM, but of course that chapter shifted it into a solid dislike
for the character.  But I had established nearly four years of liking
Snape before OP came out, our relationship deepening even more after
re-readings as I awaited OP (which seemed like forever).

Perhaps those who got into HP closer to OP release found it easier to
shift their views as their time with the characters weren't anchored
as long as earlier HP readers.

Kemper