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Scarlet Lioness wrote:Well, in the end it did turn out that Snape was good and that he WAS in love with Lilly Potter...hard to beieve after the shock at the beginning of the book.
Was this unexpected for everyone? or was this really just hidden beneath everything and you kind of realised, but then you didn't?
What'd everyone think of Severus Snape?
June wrote:Revelations of Snape from Ms Rowling's perspective - food for thought, I think...
Q: Do you think snape is a hero?
J.K. Rowling: Yes, I do; though a very flawed hero. An anti-hero, perhaps. He is not a particularly likeable man in many ways. He remains rather cruel, a bully, riddled with bitterness and insecurity – and yet he loved, and showed loyalty to that love and, ultimately, laid down his life because of it. That’s pretty heroic!
Q: Jaclyn: Did Lily ever have feelings back for Snape?
J.K. Rowling: Yes. She might even have grown to love him romantically (she certainly loved him as a friend) if he had not loved Dark Magic so much, and been drawn to such loathesome people and acts.
And that's going to fuel all those Snape-Lily fanfics...
Q: Lily detested Mulciber etc. If Snape really loved her, why didn’t he sacrifice their company for her sake?
J.K. Rowling: Well, that is Snape’s tragedy. Given his time over again he would not have become a Death Eater, but like many insecure, vulnerable people (like Wormtail) he craved membership of something big and powerful, something impressive. He wanted Lily and he wanted Mulciber too. He never really understood Lily’s aversion; he was so blinded by his attraction to the dark side he thought she would find him impressive if he became a real Death Eater.
Q: How come none seemed to know that lily and snape were friends in school? They were obviously meeting for chats, etc. Didnt James know their past?
J.K. Rowling: Yes, it was known that they were friendly and then stopped being friends. Nothing more than that would be widely known. James always suspected Snape harboured deeper feelings for Lily, which was a factor in James’ behaviour to Snape.
Q: Why was snape so badly groomed?
J.K. Rowling: Hmm. Good question. Poor eyesight? Did he look in the mirror and believe he was gorgeous as he was? I think it more likely that he valued other qualities in himself!
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