A couple days before the movie came out, a couple coworkers and myself got into a conversation about Snape.
I said that throughout the entire series, you get hints that he's good, and hints that he's really evil. But JKR never actually comes out with the real answer. (I am almost done rereading 6 + then gonna reread 7, so maybe I'm just forgetting?). I called it a total copout.
One coworker kind of agrees w/me, the other totally doesn't. She thinks you have to decide for yourself and that Snape does show he's good.
I've always loved Alan Rickman's Snape, though. :)
Actually, what I did enjoy about Book Snape was his ambiguity. It was so damn hard to distinguish what his intentions were, and Dumbledore trusted him so fiercely that I was kind of hoping he would turn out to be evil, but in the end he was neither good nor bad. He always had his own motives and sided with whoever fit those motives. I've only read the seventh book once, but I think I remember something about him only joining the Death Eaters because he felt betrayed by Lily or something like that? I don't know. I can't remember. But basically, Lily broke his heart, and he blamed James Potter, so he joined the opposing team. He could be something great within the ranks of the Death Eaters, whereas he was insignificant and mistreated by the so-called good guys. I guess. So, Snape was always acting selfishly, really, and the only thing that kept him from going dark was Lily's friendship, and after that it was Harry himself that kept him rooted to Dumbledore's side, because he thought protecting Harry would somehow redeem him in
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Oh but this is why we love Snape! He's such an important character, and you can never really fully figure him out.
I also have this thing where I prefer my evil characters to just be evil. Because it never fails, when you get into the "why" it's always because they were in love and something went wrong. And I find that so disappointing. Can't they ever just be EVIL? (Voldemort might be the ONLY exception ever. And even then, we can trace some of it back to his mommy issues).
I said that throughout the entire series, you get hints that he's good, and hints that he's really evil. But JKR never actually comes out with the real answer. (I am almost done rereading 6 + then gonna reread 7, so maybe I'm just forgetting?). I called it a total copout.
One coworker kind of agrees w/me, the other totally doesn't. She thinks you have to decide for yourself and that Snape does show he's good.
I've always loved Alan Rickman's Snape, though. :)
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I also have this thing where I prefer my evil characters to just be evil. Because it never fails, when you get into the "why" it's always because they were in love and something went wrong. And I find that so disappointing. Can't they ever just be EVIL? (Voldemort might be the ONLY exception ever. And even then, we can trace some of it back to his mommy issues).
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Incidentally, I'm watching the Merlin ep where Morgana plots to kill Uther
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