Snape's Backsid-- er, BacksLide

[pippin_999]

--- In the_old_crowd at yahoogroups.com, "Judy" <judy at j...> 
wrote:
> I'm not sure that JKR's comments mean that Snape is ESE.  I 
do think  she intended him to be an unlikable person -- bitter, 
vindictive, and  so forth -- and that she's perplexed by his many 
fans. She doesn't  understand that we want to *save* him!  
Snape clearly just needs my --  er, I mean, *some* good 
woman's love.  <

A scholarly perusal of the relevant literature suggests that  this 
need will be revealed by a despicable attempt on  my -- er,  that 
is,   *some* good woman's virtue.  Of course, being a good 
woman, she will spurn it. Or at least  feel really, really bad about 
giving in <veg>.

Oh, JKR knows all. She drew little flowery doodles all around 
Snape's name. Perplexed? Only by the vagaries of human 
nature. Alas, canon Snape yearns for romance no longer. He 
wants respect, that's all.  

Pippin
who knows who's ESE. " --it wasn't Snape. It wasn't even 
Voldemort."