Oh yes--I mean, when Snape says they're assholes he means something completely different than what the reality was, is my guess. Sometimes what's most interesting is to hear something said by a biased character that's sort of right--even a broken clock is right twice a day, etc.
Similarly, many people seem to have decided that some of Sirius' throwaway disparaging remarks about Snape are lies because Sirius is biased, but just because someone is biased doesn't mean they're always going to give wrong facts. There's a lot of things Sirius has said that made me remember that while he may be be slanting things one way or the other, but there can still be a fact in there somewhere. I believe that Snape did hang around with a gang of Slytherins and if I were Harry I would have pumped Sirius immediately for explanation of his "lapdog" comment. As you said, there's a lot of specific actions, reactions, motivations and changes that are a complete mystery to us. I suspect in the end all the hints we've heard on this subject will lead up to a coherent whole, but I've no idea exactly what it will be yet. I admit it is kind of funny to see fandom happily run from one extreme to the other based on whateve was said last (James was perfect! Oh no! James was the devil and Snape was helpless and picked on!)
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Date: 2005-03-15 07:55 pm (UTC)Similarly, many people seem to have decided that some of Sirius' throwaway disparaging remarks about Snape are lies because Sirius is biased, but just because someone is biased doesn't mean they're always going to give wrong facts. There's a lot of things Sirius has said that made me remember that while he may be be slanting things one way or the other, but there can still be a fact in there somewhere. I believe that Snape did hang around with a gang of Slytherins and if I were Harry I would have pumped Sirius immediately for explanation of his "lapdog" comment. As you said, there's a lot of specific actions, reactions, motivations and changes that are a complete mystery to us. I suspect in the end all the hints we've heard on this subject will lead up to a coherent whole, but I've no idea exactly what it will be yet. I admit it is kind of funny to see fandom happily run from one extreme to the other based on whateve was said last (James was perfect! Oh no! James was the devil and Snape was helpless and picked on!)