Really? That's interesting--you're right, when Aja wrote that I was of course thinking of my own experience, but at the same time, like I said, I knew that of course it was a controversial statement in itself. People argue about absolutely every character. I've personally participated in heated discussions about lots of characters, so I would never suggest that Draco generated more disagreement--I was also more thinking of author interviews and the way Draco seems to oddly keep coming up in them recently when he didn't before. It makes more sense to me that he just wouldn't be spoken about.
I did try out HP4GU but to be honest I was annoyed at the first discussions I came across. Not the opinions but the way people were backing up arguments, using things that I just didn't think held up. So I kept my membership but went to web only. I do remember Snape more of a subject there--in general that's what I was thinking when I said I thought his character had more controversy in canon because let's face it, he's raised a lot more questions than most other characters. That's the thing, it seems like with most other characters they're more shaded.
What kind of fights do people have about Snape, exactly? Are there, like, specific differences in the way people want to see him or interpret him? It seems like one of the main difference between him and a character like Draco is Draco has been pretty one-note throughout while with Snape we've learned more and more about him. There's just not as much to sink your teeth into with Draco, whereas with Snape I'd expect he'd generate much more complex discussions, so it seems like people should be able to discuss him more rationally. Of course, "should be able to" hardly ever translates to "do" in fandom! It just seems like Snape has so many different sides already it would be hard to polarize into: he's great! and he sucks!
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Date: 2004-12-01 02:01 pm (UTC)I did try out HP4GU but to be honest I was annoyed at the first discussions I came across. Not the opinions but the way people were backing up arguments, using things that I just didn't think held up. So I kept my membership but went to web only. I do remember Snape more of a subject there--in general that's what I was thinking when I said I thought his character had more controversy in canon because let's face it, he's raised a lot more questions than most other characters. That's the thing, it seems like with most other characters they're more shaded.
What kind of fights do people have about Snape, exactly? Are there, like, specific differences in the way people want to see him or interpret him? It seems like one of the main difference between him and a character like Draco is Draco has been pretty one-note throughout while with Snape we've learned more and more about him. There's just not as much to sink your teeth into with Draco, whereas with Snape I'd expect he'd generate much more complex discussions, so it seems like people should be able to discuss him more rationally. Of course, "should be able to" hardly ever translates to "do" in fandom! It just seems like Snape has so many different sides already it would be hard to polarize into: he's great! and he sucks!