Turning Things Over
Aug. 9th, 2005 08:05 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
penfold_xReflections on discussing HBP with non-fannish readers:
Although I am still convinced that Snape did not betray Dumbledore, I had, in some rare moments, began to wonder if JKR might be trying to get us to believe that, only to yank the rug out in book 7. Frankly, the hints that Snape is not evil (or, er, that at least he didn't truly return to Voldemort) were so heavy-handed I thought it might just possibly be a faint.
Yet, not a single casual Harry Potter reader I've discussed book 6 with has interpreted events in the Astronomy Tower differently from Harry. Their reaction has been a universal: "I'm so sad Dumbledore is dead! Snape's so evil!" Which, apart from being rather disturbing (yes, it's leisure reading, but do try to do a little analysis), has further convinced me that the hints that Snape did not betray Dumbledore are not misdirection.
Although I am still convinced that Snape did not betray Dumbledore, I had, in some rare moments, began to wonder if JKR might be trying to get us to believe that, only to yank the rug out in book 7. Frankly, the hints that Snape is not evil (or, er, that at least he didn't truly return to Voldemort) were so heavy-handed I thought it might just possibly be a faint.
Yet, not a single casual Harry Potter reader I've discussed book 6 with has interpreted events in the Astronomy Tower differently from Harry. Their reaction has been a universal: "I'm so sad Dumbledore is dead! Snape's so evil!" Which, apart from being rather disturbing (yes, it's leisure reading, but do try to do a little analysis), has further convinced me that the hints that Snape did not betray Dumbledore are not misdirection.
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Date: 2005-08-09 12:54 pm (UTC)