Hey, dude, don't lay that on me. I have a thing for the literary archetype. I have never ever had the slightest desire to get involved with a "bad boy" in real life.
The whole point of the "tricking the audience" and leaving the possibilities open to do either is precisely what she has done. Ignite the fandom, get them interested, make them care.
No, see, the possibilities aren't really left open. Or rather, they are, but only if you work hard and read between the lines. If you take things at face value, there's no question at all: Snape is evil. That's the big, shocking revelation at the climax of the HBP: Snape is a traitor! My point is, since it's the big shocking revelation of book 6, it can't be the big shocking revelation of book 7. Which is why I think the ambiguity in Dumbledore's last words means that Snape's-not-a-traitor-after-all-yay! will be the big, shocking revelation of book 7. :)
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Date: 2005-08-09 12:30 pm (UTC)Hey, dude, don't lay that on me. I have a thing for the literary archetype. I have never ever had the slightest desire to get involved with a "bad boy" in real life.
The whole point of the "tricking the audience" and leaving the possibilities open to do either is precisely what she has done. Ignite the fandom, get them interested, make them care.
No, see, the possibilities aren't really left open. Or rather, they are, but only if you work hard and read between the lines. If you take things at face value, there's no question at all: Snape is evil. That's the big, shocking revelation at the climax of the HBP: Snape is a traitor! My point is, since it's the big shocking revelation of book 6, it can't be the big shocking revelation of book 7. Which is why I think the ambiguity in Dumbledore's last words means that Snape's-not-a-traitor-after-all-yay! will be the big, shocking revelation of book 7. :)