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Jul 22, 2007 12:16

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christinex1001 July 22 2007, 22:16:05 UTC

I don't have much to add, because you've pretty much summed up the way I feel about the whole thing. I knew deep down that he was going to die. I just expected it to be...more. And now I'm left with this empty, hollow feeling, and my husband thinks I'm mental because I keep welling up with tears at random moments.

I had always planned to write two epilogues to my novel-length Snape fic that I ended this spring, because everything would change depending on whether he lived or died. I'm about halfway through writing the "canon" version, and I have to stop every once in a while because it just hurts so much. Maybe I'll feel better when I write the "happy ending" version. Or maybe that one will hurt even more, because I can try to make it better with my little AU, but that doesn't change the fact that JKR built up this wonderful character and then threw him away like an empty Coke can. Bah!

I plan on drinking heavily tonight...no elfmade wine, but I suppose a nice cabernet can stand in for that.

cmwinters July 22 2007, 22:34:06 UTC

Go check my journal. I posted some intersesting links, including a rallying cry to the Snape fandom.

christinex1001 July 22 2007, 22:47:25 UTC

Actually, that's where I am now! (Reading the comments in regan_v's LJ.)

cmwinters July 22 2007, 22:54:07 UTC

That's a fantastic post. And good comments.

Thread 6

dinosaur July 22 2007, 23:37:52 UTC

I think it's mostly predictability that did it for me. I knew that if the Snape loved Lily sub-plot was going to happen, it was because they were childhood friends. Nagini killing him had been speculated in fandom for years, and thus it was disappointing that his end came that way. I'm more upset that Snape didn't have time to defend himself. It was just, BAM, dying now! I wish Voldemort had known before he killed him that Snape was not working for him, but only after his death did Voldemort find out. The time in between books is very much a curse because you hope that things will go in another direction, away from the obvious.

The sad this is I didn't even cry. It wasn't shocking. It didn't do anything for me. I read it so many times in fanfics that I knew the story, and that's the worst part about it.

dinosaur July 22 2007, 23:39:33 UTC

*thing

ex_severed_ July 23 2007, 03:49:52 UTC

I too expected more than a quick dispatch. I am at least grateful for the acknowledgment, however scant, that Severus sacrificed everything to repay his debts. I tried not to feel bitter about the circumstances of his death, then I found this little quote:

...Snape, who for a split second seemed to think he had been reprieved...” (US p. 656)

And then someone pointed out the small, crying figure in the cloud room, and I finally lost control.

I feel gutted, though somewhat cheered to find that this is not an isolated reaction.

. . . . cmwinters July 23 2007, 04:03:28 UTC

The maimed creature with the flayed skin, or are you referring to something else?

The former sounded, to me, *exactly* like how the Dark Lord's body was described at the end of GoF.

Re: . . . . ex_severed_ July 23 2007, 04:12:51 UTC

Yes. I took it to mean that creature was Severus, because at the time I read that passage again, I was reacquainting myself with my repressed Dumbledore hatred. So glad that it might be Voldemort! It makes more sense to me now that you pointed it out. Thanks!!

Re: . . . . cmwinters July 23 2007, 05:46:16 UTC

I *MIGHT* have burned my books in fury if that had turned out to be Snape, with as callous as Dumbledore was being to that thing. *scream*

Thread 5

Forgive my english. Haven't slept for a while. broken_birdie July 23 2007, 08:07:29 UTC

I just want to say that I myself am okay with Snapes Death and even with the way it happened.

Friends, look:
His rehabilitation - and all the other things we, the true snape fans, always knew:
The love to Lily, the desire to protect Harry more than anything else, KNOWING (We fucking KNEW he would die by Voldemorts Hands in the End) he would die for a greater good, the fact that Harry had a chance to find out the truth, the fact that Harry honored Snape by giving his son his name.... Isn't this more than we could have asked for?
Sure, I was screaming, and crying, and hitting the wall with my fist really hard when Snape died just like that when not expected:
But on the other hand I thhink it was necessary.
Severus Snape never claimed to be a hero in his life. Nor in his death.

Anyway: Thank you for your company the last year, Snape lovers!

dizilla July 23 2007, 08:32:58 UTC

I can't believe how dead on Orson Scott Card was, almost ironic I think how Snape developed. I can see him dying, he needn't have died saving Harry but it still was an empty and lonely way to die. and although i loved the snape/lily it just made his whole life meaningless. he had no one to love and be loved, full of regret and being used till the end. no one to turn or talk to while he was headmaster. it' just so fucking sad. so long the idea of dumbledore truly caring for snape.