I love canon Snape as a character - he's a dick and I really like that.
I see that, I honestly do. And when he was played by Alan Rickman, he did have his moments. But generally I like my characters as Josh Lyman-levels of jerkiness. And there's the problem of him being a jerk to 11 year olds and I'm not going to even get started on the whole James & Lilly thing!
That said, a guy who acted like Snape did to adults, but was gruffly supported to kids? That would be my catnip. On the other hand, I think I just described McGonagall, who is my absolute favorite character, so there you go.
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Date: 2017-04-06 06:33 pm (UTC)Too late! You're stuck with me!
I love canon Snape as a character - he's a dick and I really like that.
I see that, I honestly do. And when he was played by Alan Rickman, he did have his moments. But generally I like my characters as Josh Lyman-levels of jerkiness. And there's the problem of him being a jerk to 11 year olds and I'm not going to even get started on the whole James & Lilly thing!
That said, a guy who acted like Snape did to adults, but was gruffly supported to kids? That would be my catnip. On the other hand, I think I just described McGonagall, who is my absolute favorite character, so there you go.