[the_old_crowd] Sevvy Question was: Re: Dragonicity

[Eva Thienpont]

Kneasy wrote:

<We've all got our pet theories about the Potions Master and it's rare for the boards I've seen to list more than a handful of posts before his name crops up - somehow.

But -  a general question here - it my be that my grey matter is failing me, but I have the impression that over the past couple of years there's been a gradual reconsideration and reassessment of his character. 
Views that were held by a smallish (though vocal) minority seem to be more the mainstream opinion now. 
Am I wrong?
And if I'm not - what caused the change?>

 

Sigune:

I hadn't realised there was such a thing as a 'mainstream opinion' concerning Snape :-). I can only think that all our personal pictures of him will logically converge more and more as the story progresses and we are dealt more and more information (though if JKR is a really good writer we will never reach total concensus - which is what I hope for). 

It's remarkable how Snape's role changes throughout the books - more so than any other character's - at least so it seems to me.

Snape moved from 'Irritatingly Clichéd Bad Guy' (yes, sorry, that's how I felt, reading PS) to 'Harsh Victorian Schoolmaster' between beginning and end of Book One. During Book Two he was simply the 'Scourge of Harry's School Life', earning my appreciation for wiping the floor with Lockhart but not appearing very crucial. Then he moved on to 'Character with a Past, Worth Keeping an Eye on' by the end of Book Three, then to 'Reformed REAL Villain' by the end of Book Four; right now I have him slotted as 'Deeply Flawed and Therefore Mightily Interesting Character having a Puzzling Relationship with Dumbledore and a Mysterious Role in the Order.' 

I have no idea if this is the mainstream view - it probably is not.

 

Yours severely,

Sigune

~fervently praying that LOLLIPOPS won't come true


		
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