Pretty much, you're right. Not that he's soft. Just that, with a lot of the bitterness and hate and guilt connected with his missing memories gone, Snape reverts to more the boy he had been, befriending a kind of kindred spirit.
I don't know if it will interest you, but there's a post in September in my journal mulling over the character of Snape, trying to figure out who he really is, and why he does what he does: http://hobgoblinn.livejournal.com/39754.html
It doesn't really spoil much for the story, as I didn't know then quite the direction it would take. But it talked about how, stripped of the many things getting in the way of his being able to love, he might fall into the familiar pattern of aiding a boy who needs him, who just happens to remind him of a similar childhood friend, even if he can't quite remember her.
When I get to the end of the story, I'll definitely do a postmortem of this fic, and I'll talk more about this. I've probably learned and tried more new things here than with any previous story. You can check out past ramblings of this nature under the tag "fic postmortem" on my journal. They're also a useful insomnia aid.
Thanks again for reading, and for commenting on more than one part. Fic writers live for readers like you.
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Date: 2007-10-16 09:11 pm (UTC)I don't know if it will interest you, but there's a post in September in my journal mulling over the character of Snape, trying to figure out who he really is, and why he does what he does: http://hobgoblinn.livejournal.com/39754.html
It doesn't really spoil much for the story, as I didn't know then quite the direction it would take. But it talked about how, stripped of the many things getting in the way of his being able to love, he might fall into the familiar pattern of aiding a boy who needs him, who just happens to remind him of a similar childhood friend, even if he can't quite remember her.
When I get to the end of the story, I'll definitely do a postmortem of this fic, and I'll talk more about this. I've probably learned and tried more new things here than with any previous story. You can check out past ramblings of this nature under the tag "fic postmortem" on my journal. They're also a useful insomnia aid.
Thanks again for reading, and for commenting on more than one part. Fic writers live for readers like you.