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There's a new essay floating around about Snape, this time giving him full credit for what he accomplished, but as always there's a catch.

Thanks to bnmc2005 for the link:

"Severus Snape Does Not Deserve Your Pity"
by Emily Asher-Perrin

This line is particularly disturbing:

The point is that Severus Snape is not a hero, and wouldn’t want to be ( Read more... )

One of my Anonymous posters took umbrage with the fact that I wrote that I was tired of the catchphrase "Shades of Gray" in This Previous Post.

Anonymous: Honestly, I think your problem with the shades of gray concept comes from misunderstanding of the phrase. You say yourself in this very essay that Snape was "not always good, not always bad". Okay ( Read more... )

Mirrormere from Chamber of Secrets Forum has had an essay posted on Mugglenet.

The Flaw in the PlanHer thesis is that Dumbledore had two plans: first, the "Active" horcrux-destroying plan in which Harry would die but remain alive thanks to the magical blood link with Voldemort; and second, the back-up or "Latent" plan in which Snape would become ( Read more... )

You don't have to like the character of Severus Snape to recognize that he was on the good side every minute in the books, every time we see him, in every situation. That's the canon, people. That is our given, the thing written in stone. He was not a Death Eater anymore as of 1980 or so when he met Dumbledore on the windy hill and vowed to do " ( Read more... )

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The author of this Mugglenet Essay believes that the Snape fans "deify" ~ ahem, "worship" ~ Snape. And the condescending tone is certainly something we've come to expect in such lectures. One thing you'll notice is the mantra that certain negative things about Snape "cannot be ignored." But then the writer, named Glovebox, turns around and ignores ( Read more... )

Sometimes Truth is terrible when people have been in denial for so many years. :)

But it can be beautiful for people who saw it all along.

princessofsnark has written the ultimate guide for those who still can't accept Snape's actions in the books as those of a spy whose adult life was spent protecting Harry.

Princess of Snark Presents: Severus Snape 101 or How ( Read more... )

Wouldn't it be great if every line of the HP series was illustrated and the text pared down in some minimalist form so that we didn't have to argue over silly things like meanings and definitions?

I mean, Dude, seriously, I understand that as an essay writer, I'm part of the problem. I know I get wordy when talking about words, and I have this ( Read more... )

I just realized that today is Lily Evans Potter's Birthday.

We know this from her tombstone in Deathly Hallows.

Lily Potter
Born 30 January 1960
Died 31 October 1981
The last enemy that shall be destroyed is death.

Lately people have been discussing Lily's Relationship with Severus Snape on Chamber of Secrets and having so much fun (well, maybe not ( Read more... )

Links to alot of stuff...

The Bluestocking Guide has a new literary forum for discussing books!!! If you get a chance, mosey over there, grab a latte, and register.

Introducing: Cafe Blue

One of my best friends in the HP world (and just the world) got some kudos yesterday from a blogger who called one of her essays on HPN "Exceptional," and of ( Read more... )