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I get nostalgic for Canon Snape sometimes, considering the ways people spin his character on the forums or feel the need to spread the Snape-Hate around. Luckily many artists understand book-Snape perfectly because they aren't in denial about what actually happens in Deathly Hallows.  

Edited to Add: I intended this post to be some quick escapist fan art, and didn't realize I was expressing myself so badly.

After reading many of your comments, I realize that my view of Canon Snape may be somewhat different from the norm.  I was actually referring to people who hate Snape's character in general and are stuck in the past around PoA when his character still seemed like a cardboard villain. I talk to people like that every day on the forums.  They want to dwell on the dark side of his character rather than the redeemed man he became by the end of the series (with apologies to Mary J ~ we'll have to agree to disagree on that fact).

I don't know why fans of "Dark Snape" have a monopoly on the term "Canon Snape." I disagree with their view of Snape in the canon because I don't think of "Canon Snape" as just mean and cunning, and I shouldn't have used such a charged phrase. To me that is what Snape haters say when they accuse Snape fans of glossing over his faults - that we are missing Canon Snape and only seeing a romantic hero.

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These are some pictures from DeviantArt that have touched me lately. Follow the links to see more from each artist. And of course, all these are much better seen at full size, so check that out also. The first one especially may be one of the best fan art pics ever done. Cheers to Vizen for her brilliant use of color, the blurry plaid on McGonagall's clothing, thhe sense of humor, Dumbledore's cocktail glass with a tiny umbrella, and Snape's spectacular nose.

Pictured Intensive for those on dial-up. No Slash.

 

The Snape-Haters say they see him that way, but in reality they want to believe Harry's view of his least-favorite teacher. There's a guy I know who continually says that Snape "whipped" Harry with a lash and pushed him to the ground at the end of HBP just for the enjoyment of it. I don't see that at all - but it's the allegedly the same canon.

So to me, Canon Snape is the guy in the books with his many faults and his good points. In my opinion, he is a sympathetic character by the end of the series, and not just a baddie or a mean old schoolteacher. He's a well-rounded character, and a very complex character, which is why we are still talking about him years later.
 

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lemon_ashwinder

"Don't reach down for your popcorn, because by the time you do, I could be off the screen, in Half-Blood Prince I am literally like, whoa, there she goes! But everyone was like that. In our first scene, Helena Bonham Carter and I are rolling past this blue screen, and we knock on the door and Tim Spall comes out.

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This is an open post for the London Premiere as the pictures come "rolling" in. I will be updating this throughout the evening.


 

I'm drifting and getting distracted now that it's summer and the kids are out of school, so I haven't posted anything new in a week or so.

My husband and I went to see Star Trek last weekend, and I loved it! What they've done with the new movie is really clever. Like many fan-fiction writers in HP and elsewhere, they threw out some of the existing canon and plotted a new course where no Star Trek movie has gone before.

At first I was scratching my head over it, wondering why they would give Kirk and Spock new backstories and throw in time-travel (which I usually hate). But then I realized that they are no longer tied down to events in the original series, the other series, the various movies, and the many novels, even those written with the consent of Paramount. This is "alternate universe" Star Trek and new things can happen - I like that! 
 

I love a story about underdogs - Rocky, Rudy, the Jamaican Bobsled Team - anything! And of course my favorite character in Harry Potter is one of the most misjudged and maligned characters in the history of literature based on his personal appearance.

This week,lemon_ashwinder told me to watch the totally flippin' amazing video of Susan Boyle trying out for Britain's Got Talent, and every time I watch it, I cry a little. The condescending attitude of the audience and judges, plus the poignant lyrics of the song about someone who has lived in hell and lost their dream - all that just gets me. And if you don't know much about music, listen to her idol - the attractive Elaine Paige - who isn't half as good with that song!