I'd love to the know the truth-not necessarily about Snape, but whether JK did indeed know the story from beginning to end. I don't know that I believe its possible to know every detail of a 7 book series from the moment you start writing book one. I'm not even sure I believe she originally intended to write 7 books. Did JK know that what started as a fairly light story with book 1 would end up a very dark story by book 7? Did she intend that Harry would be as wounded, both in body and mind, as he has been?
And I like to think that she never revealed the truth in regard to Snape, not necessarily to be secretive as part of the story, but because to do so would be to tie herself to a particular outcome - and I think she wanted to leave herself room to write with the last book. How Snape's and Voldemort's and Harry's story resolved would then be more fluid. Since she would be tying up all the storylines in the ultimate novel, by leaving certain things untold she would have room to manouver.
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Date: 2007-07-06 11:07 pm (UTC)And I like to think that she never revealed the truth in regard to Snape, not necessarily to be secretive as part of the story, but because to do so would be to tie herself to a particular outcome - and I think she wanted to leave herself room to write with the last book. How Snape's and Voldemort's and Harry's story resolved would then be more fluid. Since she would be tying up all the storylines in the ultimate novel, by leaving certain things untold she would have room to manouver.