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Post by Angie on Aug 20, 2006 10:16:00 GMT -5
I know Rowling had to kill him, but I know she wouldn't disrespect him on that level. I don't think she could live with herself if she made Snape evil.
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Post by AshVersion2 on Aug 20, 2006 10:18:56 GMT -5
And there would be countless death threats if he is evil - it's too predictable.
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Post by skittlestiger on Aug 20, 2006 16:09:00 GMT -5
yeah, I think she's already on thin ice with alot of fans for the harry ginny thing...
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Post by Angie on Aug 20, 2006 16:09:51 GMT -5
And for the Hermione/Ron thing. I can't believe there were so many Harry/Hermione fans; it was obviously Ron.
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Post by skittlestiger on Aug 20, 2006 16:11:19 GMT -5
oy, yeah, some people are forever hopeful...
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Post by Denithar on Aug 20, 2006 16:53:27 GMT -5
I believe it, but not behind any shadow of doubt. Rowling may make the choice to make this hideous man a good guy in disguise. (And as I have said, Ash and Angie will lose respect for Rowling if she doesn't clean Snape's plate, and she will lose mine if she makes him a good guy all along.) I don't need any more evidence of his evilness then seeing how he teaches his students.
It would show that the thing Dumbledore believed most strongly in was that there is good in everyone, and that we all deserve more than one chance. Yes, it makes him a fool, but I don't think Rowling meant for Dumbledore to be a God.
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Post by Angie on Aug 20, 2006 16:55:47 GMT -5
I know she didn't mean for him to be a God, but you kind of lose respect for him if he died a fool, don't you? That's just not like Dumbledore.
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Post by Denithar on Aug 20, 2006 17:04:17 GMT -5
I already lost a lot of respect for him for having a teacher like Snape polluting young minds. So, it doesn't make me lose any more respect when Snape ends up killing him. But see, the point isn't how I would write it. SHE may have a totally different opinion on how it should be, so of course how can I argue that the way I would make it will be the way she will write it?
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Post by Gil Alexander on Aug 20, 2006 17:07:17 GMT -5
Remember Rowling's intended audience - everyone, but mostly kids. And she didn't make his belief in everyone being good very apparent during the books; it would, in turn, only reward the people like you who look beyond the words. Which I doubt many kids would do.
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Post by Jayda on Aug 20, 2006 17:14:00 GMT -5
And for the Hermione/Ron thing. I can't believe there were so many Harry/Hermione fans; it was obviously Ron. Oh dude, no way. It so should have been Harry Ginny is a brat. And by the way- Den is totally right. I think.
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Post by Angie on Aug 20, 2006 17:30:30 GMT -5
Something about Ginny is kind of annoying, but as Rowling put it, there were "anvil-sized hints" about Hermione/Ron.
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Post by Denithar on Aug 20, 2006 18:08:33 GMT -5
Hey, thanks Jayda! I do want to say again though, just because we think Snape is bad doesn't mean she will decide that he is. It's all up to Rowling, whether it's right or not isn't really the question so much as what will get the most people to read/praise her books.
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Post by Duskglimmer on Aug 20, 2006 19:17:02 GMT -5
I know she didn't mean for him to be a God, but you kind of lose respect for him if he died a fool, don't you? That's just not like Dumbledore. He didn't die a fool. He died someone that was willing to give another person a second (third? fourth?) chance.
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Post by Angie on Aug 20, 2006 19:48:55 GMT -5
If Snape ends up being evil, Rowling would have made Dumbledore die in a foolish light to most of the readers because his own kindness and faith blinded him and would have been his downfall.
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Post by Duskglimmer on Aug 20, 2006 19:53:44 GMT -5
Begging your pardon then, but that's the reader's foolishness, not Dumbledore's... *grins*
And anyways... since when does Rowling write these books for her readers?
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