I've been listening to the interview at
http://www.hpana.com/news.20129.html Did we think she left us crumbs, she left us loopholes to play with? Wrong. She did these things, as we suspected, because she doesn't care about Snape, none.
Question from a child:
Was Snape always meant to be a hero? (paraphrased)
Answer: (also paraphrased)
Is he a hero? I don't think so. He's mean, spiteful, blahblah (I turned out somewhat after that.)
Question:
So would he have helped Harry if he hadn't loved Lily?
Answer:
No, definitely not.
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