Thread:Shanethefilmmaker/@comment-397235-20150211233041/@comment-397235-20150212040345

I cried. I'm man enough to admit this.

Supposedly, Alan Rickman was the only person Rowling told what she was going to do with Snape. She trusted the guy that much, and it's convincing that was her plan the entire time.

I think my favorite scene, oddly enough, is when he's dueling McGonagall. There's hesitation and genuine hurt on his face. I liked Snape ever since the fourth book, where he got to be a badass and take out Bart Crouch Junior with Dumbledore and McGonagall; book six was hands down my least favorite for a variety of reasons (none of which had anything to do with Snape; I mainly didn't like Harry).

I have to say, though, what Rowling did with that character is where most of Harry Potter's literary vitality comes from; that level of characterization is what makes her worth of all her acumen.