Choices/Snape as abuser, SKIP if not interested WAS :Re: CHAPTER

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Alla: 
> You know, Snape did a lot of things which are in canon and my hate of this character is based on his actions, not on just hating his character. In fact as I said many times at times I found it incredibly frustrating since Snape's character type is usually the one I go for in the book if I see it.

Potioncat:
I think one thing JKR did very well was to give a twist to our expectations or to conventions. I had no thought to Snape at all until I found out mid-SS/PS that he "wasn't" the bad guy. Even then as I read along I kept wondering how he couldn't be. At the end of PoA it seemed a happy ending. Sirius was free, Harry had a loving god parent who could look out for him. Only, that's not how it played out. James and Lily were wonderful individuals, people to look up to--only they weren't.