[the_old_crowd] Snape's anti-muggle feelings (was Re: Snobby Snape?)

[Kat Macfarlane]

Snape's whole life was tragic. I find it hard to forgive JKR for writing him off the way she did. His book is burned to ashes in the RoR fire, and he himself is killed by mistake because Voldemort couldn't get his facts straight about how the Elder Wand operates. He loses Lily, first to James and then to Voldemort. He is used as a pawn not only by Voldemort but also by Dumbledore, and the fact that he cannot reveal the latter fact to Voldemort leaves him in a bind that results in his death ("Well, you see, Ol' Redeye, I really *didn't* defeat Dumbledore, because he *wanted* me to kill him, and anyway, it was really Draco that defeated him by getting his wand, so go look for Draco..." Un-uh, don't think so.) The Trio take off and leave his body in the SS, and there isn't even any indication that he receives any recognition after death. Except for Harry's belated tribute to him, it's as if he has been completely forgotten, and yet, with Harry, he is the one most central to defeating Voldemort.

Did anyone besides me see Hermione's reaction to Snape's death ("She glanced at Snape's body, then hurried back to the tunnel entrance.") as a slap at the SS/HG shippers?

--Gatta



  <QUITE A BIG SNIP>

  Poor Severus' childhood strikes me as tragic. It's one of the 
  reasons why I have so much synpathy for the character.

  -- Judy



   

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