Chapter Discussion: Prisoner of Azkaban Ch 19: The Servant of Lord Voldemort

[Librasmile]

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>> Alla:
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> Canon based speculations had always been allowed here, as long as they are clearly marked as such. As to the same topics being rehashed, the same going back and forth, absolutely over the years same topics came up again and again and again. If it is not your idea of the discussion, well, it is not your idea of the discussion.
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> There are other interesting topics that come up and also again and again and again. You are either interested in it, or you are not.
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> We also usually discuss the book characters, not pro Snape folks or anti Snape folks here.
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Librasmile:
Missed the point I see.
It's not a question of pro or con but a question of...impenetrability. I would expect to see some new insights in a discussion. I expect exchange, even in a discussion of fiction - ESPECIALLY in a discussion of fiction - to generate responses that don't seem to be equivalent to political parties holding firm to their positions regardless of what logic or genuinely valid alternate views are expressed. Forget my own Snape bias which I freely admit. If Snape were substituted with some other person in the Shrieking Shack incident, I fully believe that the anti-Snape arguments would change. The non-Snape victim would receive some modicum of sympathy. There would be some acknowledgement of Sirius culpability. I certainly don't expect cheerleaders for Snape but I do expect to see some acknowledgement that there equally valid counter arguments against seeing Snape as purely evil. However, that's not what I see. I simply see the equivalent of partisan radio or talk shows.
So thank you. I've at last taken the time to get a good look at what's going on here and I shall value it accordingly.