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[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.)

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[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! :)

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[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...