10 Ways Fandom Has Fucked Canon!Snape Up the Ass With Mischaracterization
ETA: Just to clarify, because a lot of people are reacting the same way. I'm talking about what I see as inaccurate base characterizations, i.e. what makes up the bedrock of a personality. I'm not talking about secondary or learnerd/acquired traits. So, Snape can be a bastard and like books, but he's not a bastard because he likes books.In no
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If you're still interested in the answer, I can post the question to my LJ and see what response I get. From past experience, I'm inclined to believe most Snape fans will protest that their love for Alan Rickman has nothing to do with it, but they could surprise me.
Yes! This very clearly articulates many of the problems with uncanonical characterizations, especially when it comes to Snape. I think he has a very particular role to play in the novels and it doesn't include 'redemption'.
*nod* I would go so far as to say JKR seems to be taking him further from redemption with every novel. This is a man with deep-seated issues, a man who may be currently working for the side of the good, but his actions in OotP made it pretty clear to me that there's only so far he'll sacrifice his own resentment in the name of the greater good. His refusal to continue Harry's Occlumency lessons after the Pensieve incident, even knowing the possible consequences to the wizarding community, is ample proof of that.
*nods* He's no longer Draco, he's Harry!Draco. The bastard child of wishful thinking and a profound lack of imagination.
*snicker* Beautifully phrased.
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