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The Best of Him
purpleygirl2 Reviews | 2 Ratings, 0 Likes, 1 Favorite )
Phineas knows where Potter is. Now all that Snape has to do is carry out his plan. DH 'missing scene'.
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Likes: To throw obstacles at Snape and watch with morbid fascination.
Dislikes: A sad lack of said obstacles.
I always welcome constructive criticism, if you feel like offering it. :-)
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Truly beautiful. Thank you for sharing.
Response from purpleygirl (Author of The Best of Him)
Thank you! :)
Response from purpleygirl (Author of The Best of Him)
Thank you! :)
A beautiful story. I had never quite interpreted that phrase "the best of you" to be his adoration and idealization of her, but it fits. It makes what eventually happens to Snape all the more sad, in a way, but then I was just thinking today that, if he truly could never move beyond his love for her, then he could never truly be happy until he was with her again---so from that perspective JKR's choice to have him die was merciful, I suppose. I love this glimpse inside his mind, and I so adore how you described his love for Lily---as the worshipful love it was, growing initially out of the idealistic infatuation of the lonely teenaged boy, rather than the "obsession" Jo wants to make it out to be. Thank you for a beautiful rendering of his heart.
Response from purpleygirl (Author of The Best of Him)
I hope you've read Rexluscus's essay (linked to at the top of the story) - if not, I hope you do some time. I didn't set out to write a sad story, but as DH ended for him the way it did, unfortunately that's the way I had to do it.But I think Snape had it in him to make it (as a good guy) on his own, and that's what I hope I got across in the story. It was, as you say, his infatuation, his latching on to Lily that narrowed his viewpoint.One of the things I love and intrigues me about Snape is that, to me, he's closed off even to himself - so he doesn't even know himself - or his own motivations.I'm not sure if it hadn't been Lily he latched on to, it wouldn't have been someone else, but it seems to me that he needed *someone* to latch on to - because he seems as though he would be adrift if he were forced or forced himself to look into himself, his own beliefs. In this respect, it's as though he needs markers outside of himself to guide him - Lucius/Mulciber to the Dark; Lily to the opposite. But none were "real" - just representations of his *own* beliefs/desires.I hope that makes some sense! :)Thanks for commenting! :)
Response from purpleygirl (Author of The Best of Him)
I hope you've read Rexluscus's essay (linked to at the top of the story) - if not, I hope you do some time. I didn't set out to write a sad story, but as DH ended for him the way it did, unfortunately that's the way I had to do it.But I think Snape had it in him to make it (as a good guy) on his own, and that's what I hope I got across in the story. It was, as you say, his infatuation, his latching on to Lily that narrowed his viewpoint.One of the things I love and intrigues me about Snape is that, to me, he's closed off even to himself - so he doesn't even know himself - or his own motivations.I'm not sure if it hadn't been Lily he latched on to, it wouldn't have been someone else, but it seems to me that he needed *someone* to latch on to - because he seems as though he would be adrift if he were forced or forced himself to look into himself, his own beliefs. In this respect, it's as though he needs markers outside of himself to guide him - Lucius/Mulciber to the Dark; Lily to the opposite. But none were "real" - just representations of his *own* beliefs/desires.I hope that makes some sense! :)Thanks for commenting! :)