J.K. Rowling tells muggles why Harry Potter named his son after Snape
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows came out eight years ago, but apparently you muggles are still hung up on the fact that Harry named his second son (Albus Severus) after Dumbledore and Satan Snape.
And J.K. Rowling gets it — she does. But Snape, like most mortals, is more complex than the reductionist view offered by this fan would suggest:
As Rowling explained in a series of tweets, Snape loved Harry's mother, Lily, and his unrequited affection drove him to resent Harry's father, James — and by extension, Harry himself. But, despite his maltreatment of Harry and the complicated killing of headmaster Dumbledore (who knew he was a double agent?), Snape did sacrifice his life for Harry at the Battle of Hogwarts.
So, while Rowling may have appreciated the passionate mob fans in her mentions...
She was through with the Twitter fingers.
"See what you started, @FrazzyJazzy7?" she wrote. "I need to get back to work. Have a good day, Snape-lovers, haters and in-betweeners all xxxx."