tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12970718.post116638700442378074..comments2024-03-18T03:40:39.185-04:00Comments on The Curious Jew: Severus Snape is a Good ManChanahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17655144434904957767noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12970718.post-47755408573417436802010-10-15T19:09:19.877-04:002010-10-15T19:09:19.877-04:00Здраствуйте Предлагаю обмен ссылками (постовыми) в...Здраствуйте Предлагаю обмен ссылками (постовыми) вашего блога curiousjew.blogspot.com с моим.<br />Заранее благодарен за ответ.<br />С уважением, Александр.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12970718.post-81094470406108935562009-07-20T18:15:36.485-04:002009-07-20T18:15:36.485-04:00Another new comment on a very old post...
In a wo...Another new comment on a very old post...<br /><br />In a world where a characters' popularity is based on his/her physical appearance (think Edward), it is SO refreshing to have a character who has no outward signs of a hero but who is nevertheless the greatest hero of them all. <br /><br />Severus Snape has been my favorite character throughout the series. I remember adoring him even when I was 11, although his 'goodness' had not yet been established. <br /><br />"And Jon Snow is far more conscientious and complex than Snape can ever be" -- While I have not read any of Martin's works and can only say what I think about Snape, I will offer my opinion anyway.<br /><br />I see Snape as the most complex character in the whole HP series, and I feel that there is so much left to learn and know about him, but the book is so very limiting in that direction. Although much remains unsaid and unwritten about Snape, he still seems like the most complex character in the books. He is also the most misunderstood, and perhaps his complexity is what causes that.inkstainedhandshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09981049559995351307noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12970718.post-69086627408667674852007-07-03T18:31:00.000-04:002007-07-03T18:31:00.000-04:00Well, it's months and months after this post was w...Well, it's months and months after this post was written but I'm going to comment anyway.<BR/><BR/>1. Oddly, I don't feel that way about GRR Martin. I don't know. I thought I would but so far there isn't anything in those books that really draws me, or that seems incredibly original. I think maybe I just have to face the fact that I don't like epic fantasy. But on that note, while the situations are similar, I don't think you can use GRR Martin to prove Snape is good. But I do believe Snape is good :)<BR/><BR/>2. "I bet RAB is not who you think it is, anonymous" - I would have agreed with that except for one small detail. If you remember in the fifth book, when the kids are cleaning out Grimmauld Place, they come across a locket no one could open. It's mentioned in passing, and I think Kreacher might have stolen it. But it was found in the Black house. That really points to RAB being Regulus Black. But, then again, perhaps JK will surprise us.<BR/><BR/>3. While JKR isn't completely original, I think she takes ideas and concepts from other places and uses them in a fresh, new way. One of the reasons why I got hooked on Harry Potter in the first place was that it was refreshing to me, after trying to slug through Lord of the Rings and other epic fantasy books. It was before I was into DWJ or Neil Gaiman, granted, and they are even more original than JKR, but I think JKR did bring something to the fantasy world, and to our own, real world, and proof of that is because if she hadn't, she wouldn't have touched so many people across the globe and sucked them all in to the world she created. While I don't think JKR is an amazingly awesome writer or necessarily comes up with the most original, fantastic ideas, I do think she has a lot more to offer than some people give her credit for. <BR/><BR/>Then again, I also noticed that I thought she was a better writer when I was younger. But still.Erachethttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00660802321998349072noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12970718.post-1167037170360737512006-12-25T03:59:00.000-05:002006-12-25T03:59:00.000-05:00George R.R. Martin- love his stuff.George R.R. Martin- love his stuff.Jack Steinerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16625864271071630940noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12970718.post-1167021507264626452006-12-24T23:38:00.000-05:002006-12-24T23:38:00.000-05:00We have to conclude that Snape is good. Harry was ...We have to conclude that Snape is good. Harry was frozen in place by Dumbledore because there needed to be a "witness" to Dumbledore's killing by Snape. (Probably for Voldemort's consumption.) But once you conclude that Snape is good, you realize that his taunts about silent spells etc. at the end, aren't taunts. They're advice and Harry - or perphaps someone like Hermoine -will realize that before half the last book is up.Soccer Dadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16142724823098073038noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12970718.post-1166558618235822642006-12-19T15:03:00.000-05:002006-12-19T15:03:00.000-05:00I would agree with your analysis, Chana. And I, t...I would agree with your analysis, Chana. And I, too, will be more than disgusted if 1) Dumbledore isn't really dead, and 2) if Snape isn't good in the end. It would be caving to every cliche in the writing world. [shudder]Scrapshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15911315552965685448noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12970718.post-1166456499259969682006-12-18T10:41:00.000-05:002006-12-18T10:41:00.000-05:00Harry Potter mentioned in the same breath as A Son...Harry Potter mentioned in the same breath as A Song of Fire and Ice. Oy vey, what is this world coming to?<BR/><BR/>I have fantastic secrets I could reveal about GRRM's series, but I won't :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12970718.post-1166410288758138512006-12-17T21:51:00.000-05:002006-12-17T21:51:00.000-05:00I bet RAB is not who you think it is, anonymous. I...I bet RAB is not who you think it is, anonymous. In that, at least, I assume JKR will be slightly more creative than she usually is. <BR/><BR/>I agree, Jon Snow hasn't been an evil, malevolent oversized bat anytime lately. ;) And Jon Snow is far more conscientious and complex than Snape can ever be (poor Snape.)<BR/><BR/>The words "careful reader" are important here, by the way. Most Harry Potter fans gush about the books in a way that does not suggest the term "careful reader."<BR/><BR/>Yair, why do you receive pleasure from deliberately provoking me? But ah well. *withering look of disdain*Chanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17655144434904957767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12970718.post-1166408541795014862006-12-17T21:22:00.000-05:002006-12-17T21:22:00.000-05:00J.K. Rowling is so original.-Yair p.s. Dumbledore ...J.K. Rowling is <I>so original</I>.<BR/><BR/>-Yair <BR/><BR/>p.s. Dumbledore is dead, folks. Rowling said so herself in an interview (with Mugglenet, I think).Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12970718.post-1166408264353939242006-12-17T21:17:00.000-05:002006-12-17T21:17:00.000-05:00I don't agree with your correlation, simply along ...I don't agree with your correlation, simply along character lines. Snape and Jon Snow? 'Ner the twain shall meet, I should think. Clearly that wasn't how you intended the analogy, but I think the situations (based on character) are widely disparate.<BR/>But in any event, you are saying nothing any careful reader of Harry Potter has not thought of and heard before. Anyone who figured out the identity of "RAB" after five minutes could deduce the likelyhood you state.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12970718.post-1166402635060928762006-12-17T19:43:00.000-05:002006-12-17T19:43:00.000-05:00Ezzie,Dumbledore had better be truly, really dead....Ezzie,<BR/><BR/>Dumbledore had better be truly, really dead. If he comes back to life, I'll throw down the book in disgust. I'll pick it back up to be sure, but the whole beauty of the episode where he is killed is that he is sacrificing his life for the greater good of the wizarding world.<BR/><BR/>Anonymous,<BR/><BR/>Completely agreed that Snape is the most literarily interesting character. I think he has evolved into my favorite character. <BR/><BR/>I should have made it more clear- I don't think that JKR actually READS George R.R. Martin's books and then writes her own. I was simply drawing a parallel to explain why it is completely conceivable that Snape is alive.<BR/><BR/>Rare Find,<BR/><BR/>We're on the same page ;)<BR/><BR/>Canadian Princess,<BR/><BR/>Who said anything about a happy ending? I would like to see Harry dead, with Ginny weeping over his poor stiff body. He'll save the world, to be sure, but still, if he ends up alive after all this, I can't see it working. <BR/><BR/>Secondly, quoting Nietzsche at me doesn't mean a) that his philosophy is correct b) that I agree with him (I don't) c) that JKR gives a fig. In fact, Nietzsche has something in the realm of no relevance to this discussion. :)Chanahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17655144434904957767noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12970718.post-1166398249949265712006-12-17T18:30:00.000-05:002006-12-17T18:30:00.000-05:00you and your friggin happy endings! there is no go...you and your friggin happy endings! there is no good or bad - only power!Lela Harbingerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16252413323199579989noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12970718.post-1166393074529340192006-12-17T17:04:00.000-05:002006-12-17T17:04:00.000-05:00I remember arguing this little fact with some of m...I remember arguing this little fact with some of my comrades shortly after the book came out. Thankfully, it seems I'm not the only one with a little commin sense. :)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12970718.post-1166391877755308012006-12-17T16:44:00.000-05:002006-12-17T16:44:00.000-05:00Yeah, Snape is obviously good. He is the most lit...Yeah, Snape is obviously good. He is the most literarily interesting character in the series and she knows better than to turn him into cardboard.<BR/><BR/>However, I don't think JKR is very well-read in sci-fi. Snape is a good guy anyway.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-12970718.post-1166389439468319622006-12-17T16:03:00.000-05:002006-12-17T16:03:00.000-05:00Duh. ;)The question is more whether Dumbledore is ...Duh. ;)<BR/><BR/>The question is more whether Dumbledore is actually dead and what that means. Snape is clearly his most trusted disciple. When's the last book coming?Ezziehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12494592434522239195noreply@blogger.com