On Snape, In Sadness
Jul. 22nd, 2007 02:17 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
vollmusI feel like my Harry Potter icon collection is not up to the task of all this posting after DH. But after this short period of DH craze, when will I ever really need them again?
Long ago I decided that fanfiction would be the only way for me to get true satisfaction from this series. JKR and I just disagree too much about some things. Snape is one of them.![[livejournal.com profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/external/lj-userinfo.gif)
regan_v's post about Snape is one of the best things I've read all year. I agree with it completely. The only way JKR could have considered his end as fitting for his character is if she hated Snape. We know she never understood why he had so many fans, so I don't think the idea that she hated him is entirely unlikely. It's sad, really. The fandom is the only way Snape will get any peace, it seems. I have no doubts that everyone will step up to see that he gets what he truly deserved, even if it's only in fanfiction.
I don't know what else to write about right now. I've spent so much of the day thinking about Snape that there isn't any room in my mind for anything else. The more I think about his beginning, middle, and end, the more I can't stand any of it. What a sad life he led! I love Snape. I refuse to accept the end JKR wrote for him, because he deserves so much more than that. You'd think she, more than anyone else, would realize that and give him the justice he deserves. In this task, however, she has failed us.
Her failure in this might be more acceptable if she hadn't also failed in so many other ways. Unfortunately, even with all the wonderful moments, I feel that the author essentially let us down in the end. She didn't respect her characters, and she didn't respect us. I am deeply disappointed.
Long ago I decided that fanfiction would be the only way for me to get true satisfaction from this series. JKR and I just disagree too much about some things. Snape is one of them.
regan_v's post about Snape is one of the best things I've read all year. I agree with it completely. The only way JKR could have considered his end as fitting for his character is if she hated Snape. We know she never understood why he had so many fans, so I don't think the idea that she hated him is entirely unlikely. It's sad, really. The fandom is the only way Snape will get any peace, it seems. I have no doubts that everyone will step up to see that he gets what he truly deserved, even if it's only in fanfiction.I don't know what else to write about right now. I've spent so much of the day thinking about Snape that there isn't any room in my mind for anything else. The more I think about his beginning, middle, and end, the more I can't stand any of it. What a sad life he led! I love Snape. I refuse to accept the end JKR wrote for him, because he deserves so much more than that. You'd think she, more than anyone else, would realize that and give him the justice he deserves. In this task, however, she has failed us.
Her failure in this might be more acceptable if she hadn't also failed in so many other ways. Unfortunately, even with all the wonderful moments, I feel that the author essentially let us down in the end. She didn't respect her characters, and she didn't respect us. I am deeply disappointed.
