Snape Quote of the Week #15

  "Draco, do it or stand aside so one of us--" screeched the woman, but at that precise moment, the door to the ramparts bust open once more and there stood Snape, his wand clutched in his hand as the black eyes swept the scene, from Dumbledore slumped against the wall, to the four Death Eaters, including the enraged werewolf, and Malfoy.
  "We've got a problem, Snape," said the lumpy Amycus, whose eyes and wand were fixed alike upon Dumbledore, "the boy doesn't seem able--"
  But somebody else had spoken Snape's name, quite softly.
  "Severus..."
  The sound frightened Harry beyond anything he had experience all evening. For the first time, Dumbledore was pleading.
  Snape said nothing, but walked forward and pushed Malfoy out of the way. The three Death Eaters fell back without a word. Even the werewolf seemed cowed.
  Snape gazed for a moment at Dumbledore, and there was revulsion and hatred etched in the harsh lines of his face.
  "Severus... please..."
  Snape raised his wand and pointed it directly at Dumbledore.
  "Avada Kedavra!"

You all knew I was going to have to do this one eventually. And I really shouldn't have to explain when or where this happened, because this has become an iconic scene. I mean, there's a meme based off of it.

I just finished reading Half-Blood Prince today (for the millionth time), and I nearly cried while reading the last few chapters. It was partly because I was imagining how everything's going to play out with Snape and my OC in my fanfiction(in which I will rewrite all the books in their POV), and it partly because I was feeling horribly sorry sorry for Snape.

I told some people this, and they all looked at me like I was crazy. Turns out they've all read up to Half-Blood Prince, but haven't read Deathly Hallows yet. Siriusly?! I don't get this. It seems like everyone I meet that claims that they love Harry Potter hasn't read all of the books. They've either read up to Goblet of Fire and stopped because "the books were getting too long," or they've read all but Deathly Hallows.

Okay, they can't say that it's too long, because Order of the Phoenix is much longer, and they've read that. They can't say they can't find it, because it's been out since 2007. I should get back to discussing the quote, but if anyone can give me a good answer to this question, please tell me.

Even the people that have read all the books thought I was crazy, though. But why? Why don't they love Snape? Ughhh... it frustrates me so much that people can know exactly why Snape's so great, and not love him and feel sorry for him. He had to kill Dumbledore, which we all know that he really didn't want to do. Can you even imagine how much grief he was feeling? Or how angry he was when Harry called him a coward?