^ If you think that was funny, you should have seen my face when I read that. Smoke coming out of my ears would probably help you to visualize it.
I just remember when the 4th book came out, and Harry Potter was a happy fandom for me. I remember a televised interview with J.K Rowling, with a well known news correspondant, and I remember him saying to her, something like "we're not going to read that Professor Snape had a crush on Harry's mother or anything silly like that?" and she laughed and said "that wouldn't be happening".
Ah-ha! Ah-ha! Ah-ha!
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There are two things I hate both in films and TV that they do to characters I love.
One - Reduce an awesome character to a child. Darth Vader, the ultimate awesome villain that he is, are we asking ourselves, I wonder what he was like as a kiddie? No, we don't. Was the mystery and wonder surrounding his youth left to the imagination? No, it wasn't. Not only did we see whiny Anakin, testy Anakin but love-sick Anakin.  It's only because my mind has had 11 years of Darth Vader that I can block out all this and resume my Darth Vader worshipping unniterrupted.
The same has to be said of Snape. I don't need to have witnessed parts of his youth to understand why he became how he was. I don't need to have read all about his pitiful home life and this, that and the other. For me, it spoils the character of Severus Snape the man. It's uncovering parts of him that don't need to be revealed to understand his character.
Two - Making a character's choice in life be determined by a love he has lost. To me, the whole reason behind Snape being Lily is... icky. It really is. I'm so ashamed I didn't see it coming, because it was getting more and more obvious with each book. Awesome characters like Snape, do not need to have their motivations explained by a romance that doesn't add up, and sounds almost as if it was chucked in at the last minute for some oomph.
I still have not recovered from this part of HP. I'm a huge romantic, I ship many things, canon and non-canon, but this "romance" has never captured my imagination, and has never made me think it serves as the reason behind everything Snape ever did. These sort of tales have to be believable and well written. I don't think this was either. J.K Rowling is not Charles Dickens and Severus Snape is not Sidney Cardew. And unfortunately, a lot of "memorable" Snape scenes and lines from the 7th book, which no doubt make lots of people sigh and squee, literally, I want to throw something heavy at someone and fetch a bucket.
Snape, eavesdrops on Dumbledore, realises he has literally sentenced people he knew from school to death, by this time is already becoming disillusioned with Voldemort, goes to Dumbledore with the information, Dumbledore gives him the what for, for being a part of Voldemort's group, Snape is not happy that he is the cause for the Potter's death and in payment says he will serve Dumbledore because he owes it.
Not perfect, but I'm pretty sure she could have done something with that. She is a writer after all.
So there you go. In a nutshell, my feelings on the whole ship (toned down by a considerable amount  ).
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I'm a co-founder! Wow! And I was so expecting to be the first member.
you don't have to join. We shall just shun you until you do.
