I visited your livejournal page after I got your message and noticed it is now friends only - therefore, invisible to me. We are coming at the books from different directions, I think, but I have enjoyed the parts of your journal that are still open and would love to see your essay about Hagrid.

I am glad you enjoyed my stories, since I gather you don't usually read genfic? (and I'm very new at writing it!) This last essay is my 'magnum opus' on Snape, though - it and the stories together are meant to express my 'grand unified theory' which, in essence, is that he is the hidden hero of these books, while Harry is the protagonist - and a large part of Harry's maturation will consist of his recognizing Severus Snape for the person he truly is. It'll be interesting to see if I'm right, but I do think there's a lot of evidence for my theory. Still, it's only a theory!