It would be a huge relief to me if I could be sure that readers are not supposed to like Harry. I am 100% sure we're supposed to like him. Both the books and the interviews fully support that.
Imo it's possible both to like Harry and to see Snape as the closest to a Christ figure. But I have trouble seeing Snape this way - in a "touching" moment when DD asked whether he cared about the boy, he said he did all of it for Lily. (Why did JKR write it this way? It wasn't romantic or moving and just made Snape seem a heartless fanatic). If he started caring about Harry too, a Christ figure reading would seem more plausible. As it is, I have difficulties viewing him like that. Christ loved all people, not a Chosen Woman.
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I am 100% sure we're supposed to like him. Both the books and the interviews fully support that.
Imo it's possible both to like Harry and to see Snape as the closest to a Christ figure. But I have trouble seeing Snape this way - in a "touching" moment when DD asked whether he cared about the boy, he said he did all of it for Lily. (Why did JKR write it this way? It wasn't romantic or moving and just made Snape seem a heartless fanatic). If he started caring about Harry too, a Christ figure reading would seem more plausible. As it is, I have difficulties viewing him like that. Christ loved all people, not a Chosen Woman.
With whom is Snape on your icon? Harry?