If he's doing this, as Book 7 seems to indicate, from some kind of creepy stalker unrequited obsession
Exactly. I've said this before and I will say it again: Snape = Spike. NOT, in fact, redeemed. NOT, in fact, "good", but simply doing what he does in the hopes of somehow impressing Lily/Buffy, who is not actually interested in that way, due to his own actions.
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Date: 2007-07-27 04:14 pm (UTC)Exactly. I've said this before and I will say it again: Snape = Spike. NOT, in fact, redeemed. NOT, in fact, "good", but simply doing what he does in the hopes of somehow impressing Lily/Buffy, who is not actually interested in that way, due to his own actions.