~I'm still wigged that anyone, Rowling included, believes that Snape's motives are ambiguous~
That is precisely what I shall be arguing during the Snape panel at Witching Hour. And I have excellent reasons for drawing such a conclusion... For the most part, metaphysical ones. He is not an ambiguous character, anymore than say, Harry Potter (for instance, why does Harry find it odd that Snape is not "upset" by Mundungus Fletcher's arrest? Why does this make Snape "ambiguous?" re: "Mundungus and Snape are supposed to be on the same side." This is the very same Harry Potter who was quite willing to rip Fletcher's head off earlier in the book, and for the same exact reasons that Snape condemns him. Yet no one asks themselves, "Wait... Could Harry be a traitor to the cause?"
But I am getting ahead of myself, as usual ;-) I shall post my little text on my journal after the convention is over.
Wish me luck, most beloved. I am hoping that the fact I shall be sitting there in the robes will make my arguments even more convincing ;-)
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Date: 2005-09-29 01:02 pm (UTC)That is precisely what I shall be arguing during the Snape panel at Witching Hour. And I have excellent reasons for drawing such a conclusion... For the most part, metaphysical ones. He is not an ambiguous character, anymore than say, Harry Potter (for instance, why does Harry find it odd that Snape is not "upset" by Mundungus Fletcher's arrest? Why does this make Snape "ambiguous?" re: "Mundungus and Snape are supposed to be on the same side." This is the very same Harry Potter who was quite willing to rip Fletcher's head off earlier in the book, and for the same exact reasons that Snape condemns him. Yet no one asks themselves, "Wait... Could Harry be a traitor to the cause?"
But I am getting ahead of myself, as usual ;-) I shall post my little text on my journal after the convention is over.
Wish me luck, most beloved. I am hoping that the fact I shall be sitting there in the robes will make my arguments even more convincing ;-)