wow - thanks seiyo. I was starting to think you were unreachable.

thanks for the acknowledgement.
Snape isn't easy to like. I don't think he is meant to be easy to like.
Snape - makes you think.

This is why I like Snape. You have to work hard to understand him - or to try to understand him. I love the questions about why people hate Snape.
Makes me think more. As I answer yet another 'we hate Snape because' - I find there is more to Snape to like.

so, the more people criticise about him, the more I end up liking my dear Severus.