tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7611036570698926101.post2999298954404501171..comments2024-03-28T04:36:47.679-05:00Comments on Somewhere Only We Know: Top 10 All-Time Favorite Characters in BooksSomewhere Only We Knowhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13301973028870770126noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7611036570698926101.post-4679608441784489802013-03-24T17:49:04.270-05:002013-03-24T17:49:04.270-05:00Snape appeals on differing depths depending upon t...Snape appeals on differing depths depending upon the person. To those who have lived similar lives, we feel we know him better than the author at times. I find myself not so much a "fan", as that would be too much like being a fan of myself. Sure, while spewing my history in the form of goofy judgements and colorful vitriol I may cover it with a laugh, but in truth the underlying rage against the sheer unfairness, injustice, and inane useless swill comprising most of society spawns from the same underlying shame, guilt, and total lack of self worth we were taught our entire lives. We often find only one emotion acceptable, and even that we tend to have a blind, hypocritical spot towards. Would Snape say he was a bully, or would he blame the children? Exactly. Despite all his brilliance, he is blind to his own hypocrisy.<br /><br />Snape is the extreme Darcy for the abused and bullied who have exceptional capacity for love, but gave up on it long ago; instead building sarcasm as the moat, prejudice as the walls, and unapproachable fury as the gate. <br /><br />The Darcy lovers tend to want Snape to save him, to be the special one to show him love and all the things he never had; and he would of course melt into their arms like a bad fanfiction. What they tend to miss, is that it is far too late. His self loathing would always outweigh his love; and in endless self sacrifice and inability to ever believe himself worthy, he would always push away even the impossible dream he stopped dreaming years ago out of genuine and likely correct knowledge that he would be protecting them from himself. He who would never believe himself redeemable would never accept good without the fear of that other shoe balanced precariously; the risk of it falling too great to consider opening the gates. We foolishly hope though, as no one builds a castle who has nothing inside it worth protecting. It is those with the most to offer who are most injured by years of being unwanted, unloved, and unrecognized for their abilities.<br /><br />"Fools who wear their hearts proudly on their sleeves, who cannot control their emotions, who wallow in sad memories and allow themselves to be provoked this easily - weak people, in other words..."<br />Severus Snape - (during Occlumency lessons)<br /><br />Classic hypocrisy, but I will always defend his imaginary self more than any of the real people I know. Despite all the above, despite being one of those who never really had much of a chance, he made the choice to suffer for years, alone and hated even by the side he was risking his life for; knowing he would likely die an unmarked enemy and traitor to all that is good, he emerges an anti-hero to most, an opportunist with a creepy unrequited crush to those who were raised behind a white picket fence, and the ultimate hero to the few of us who have known little good from humanity, but save it where and when they can...as long as no one is looking of course. <br />Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7611036570698926101.post-21890539619375477212012-04-28T23:13:08.553-05:002012-04-28T23:13:08.553-05:00Yeah, he's definitely a great character. Very ...Yeah, he's definitely a great character. Very well written and completely thought out from beginning to end.Somewhere Only We Knowhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13301973028870770126noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7611036570698926101.post-342164793111457712012-04-28T05:09:53.788-05:002012-04-28T05:09:53.788-05:00SNAPE. I think he is my ultimate love in books, ha...SNAPE. I think he is my ultimate love in books, haha. I don't know what it is, but I've been obsessed with him from the moment I read about him. I always thought he was good: just troubled and I was right.Mel@Thedailyprophecyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01516514938771433319noreply@blogger.com