Ha ha!

[rj_anderson]

I solemnly swear that I answered all the questions on this quiz with complete honesty, or at least picked the answers I honestly thought were closest to the truth of the matter:

What kind of Snapeist are you?

You are an Orthodox Snapeist.
You take Canon!Snape at face value -- like JKR says, Snape is "a deeply horrible person". You like to write/read stories where he's portrayed as supercilious, unfair, often undignified, and sometimes downright cruel. You may accept some partial explanations for his behavior when they're offered in canon, but you're still pretty hard on him, and don't like to let him off the hook. The guy's a nasty, unwashed git -- it says so in the books!
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Also, while I wouldn't be surprised if pauraque came up with the notion of sorting Snapeists into denominations on the Jewish model independently, I did propose this very idea on the Snapefans Yahoo!Group back on July 1, 2001. (Boy, am I old.)

Comments

[infiniteviking]

Heh, I got that one too. Those quizzes are addictive.

[meril.livejournal.com]

Hey, I remember that post!
...you're still a member of the list? How's it doing? (I can't believe it's been 3 years since I left...)

[rj-anderson.livejournal.com]

Nope, not a member. I just rejoined it tonight so I could search for that post. :)

Ah, the good old days...

[meril.livejournal.com]

I'm just surprised the list still exists for it to be joined, considering how much of fandom's moved over to LJ in the interim. (You didn't even get to LJ until Dec 2002; I just found my entry where you asked for a code.)

Yes, the good old days, for certain values of "good."

[snapes-witch.livejournal.com]

Left snapefan ages ago, don't remember why now! Anywho, the quiz says I'm a Reform Snapeist, which doesn't surprise me at all. But only 15% of the respondents to the quiz agree with me. That too is not surprising.

[drmm.livejournal.com]

Snapefans is still around? *shock*

It was such a great group when I started it but then the silly Rickman fangirls started infiltrating it, I grew disgusted and was a horrible moderator and abandoned it.

Ah well, it was fun when I started it. ;)

[meril.livejournal.com]

You did a fine job. There may have been squeeing Rickman fangirls, but was there ever a severe flame war that fractured the list, causing drama everywhere? No. ;)

[kalquessa.livejournal.com]

Heh heh. I saw this quiz elsewhere on the friendslist, and immediately knew I would be seeing it from you in no time. I think I'm an orthodox snapeist: I would trust him with my life, but I don't like him much, and I would rather not invite him to tea.

[carbonelle.livejournal.com]

I wouldn't trust him with my life... but I do find stories of redemption even from the bottom of the pit (Snape is rather a rotter in his own petty, bitter way) much more interesting than, "See, he was bad all along" - which probably puts me at odds w/JKR.

[rj-anderson.livejournal.com]

which probably puts me at odds w/JKR

Not likely. We're talking about the woman who as good as said in an interview several years ago that Snape's redemption would be an important theme in Book 7. Not to mention admitting in another interview around the same time that Eustace Scrubb was one of her favorite Narnia characters because he was a very unlikeable person who turned good. Sound like anyone we know?

She has obviously realized since that she needs to be cagier about these things, and hasn't mentioned it again lately -- but unless she has decided to completely change her original plans for Book 7, it seems that Snape's redemption (whatever form that redemption may actually take) is a sure thing.

[carbonelle.livejournal.com]

Really? That's great!

Thanks for the correction.

[lydaclunas.livejournal.com]

Haaaaaaaappy Birthday!! <3

[rj-anderson.livejournal.com]

Thank you! *blows kiss*

[kizmet-42.livejournal.com]

Happy Birthday! Hope Paul blows big spit bubbles for you and the other two boys play nicely all day long.

Quiz and other stuff

[wynnleaf.livejournal.com]

Hi! I'm not sure if I ever posted to your LJ, although I've read it periodically. I took the quiz and am "conservative." But some of the questions didn't have the answers I'd have given. Btw, I read your "Why Snape" article. At the end you had a comment comparing Snape to a Dorothy Dunnett character. I assume you mean Lymond. Ever read "Falling Further In?" KazVL is an admitted Lymond fan and you can tell it in her turn of phrase. It's an excellent WIP.

I enjoy your stories and am looking forward to more of Secrets and Lies when you get time! :)

Re: Quiz and other stuff

[rj-anderson.livejournal.com]

At the end you had a comment comparing Snape to a Dorothy Dunnett character. I assume you mean Lymond.

Well, Lymond is one example, but Dunnett does it with other characters of hers as well -- Johnson Johnson and Thorfinn are also examples of the phenomenon. All are observed from outside, and their actions at times seem capricious and bizarre at best, at worst heartless and self-serving. But all it takes is a few crucial pieces of information and the whole thing flips over, leaving the narrator and the reader both painfully struck by how they have misjudged the situation and the hero.

I think I read a few chapters of FFI, but isn't it stuck permanently in WiP mode? It's been around for years now, and it somehow seems pointless to go on reading something that shows no promise of ever having an ending... still, maybe there have been more chapters written lately, I don't know.

Re "Secrets and Lies", thanks for your interest, but I'm afraid that's all she wrote! It's a one-shot, not the first chapter of a continuing story. Which is not to say there might not be another post-HBP Snape/Maud story eventually, but I don't have any ideas for one at present...

[crunkette.livejournal.com]

psssst. happy birthday. ;)