As weird as it may sound, several fans of the Harry Potter series seem to adore Severus Snape. You know, the bully of a Professor who had total disregard for the fact that Harry was a kid and cared only about his dead crush. Apparently, the author of the popular book series, JK Rowling also liked him (as does Harry in the Epilogue, by the by). In her latest tweet, the author apologised for killing Snape in the last installment Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. and left the internet fuming.
Rowling tweeted, “OK, here it is. Please don’t start flame wars over it, but this year I’d like to apologise for killing (whispers)… Snape. *runs for cover*.” Why oh, why did you have to remind us of that again?
OK, here it is. Please don’t start flame wars over it, but this year I’d like to apologise for killing (whispers)… Snape. *runs for cover*
— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) May 2, 2017
Earlier, Rowling had also apologised for killing off Fred Weasley and Remus Lupin. In fact, she has also said that the “only time my editor ever saw me cry” was when Lupin died in the Harry Potter series.
Today I would just like to say: I’m really sorry about Fred. *Bows head in acceptance of your reasonable ire*
— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) May 2, 2015
Arthur lived, so Lupin had to die. I’m sorry. I didn’t enjoy doing it. The only time my editor ever saw me cry was over the fate of Teddy.
— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) May 2, 2016
Rowling left several fans heartbroken all over again – some because they couldn’t believe she’d remind us of his death, and others because they couldn’t deal with anyone mourning Severus Snape. First of all, he bullied Harry throughout his life at Hogwarts. Also, he completely ignored Lily’s feelings for James Potter (er.. typical jilted lover alert!). His final moments alone do not make up for all the crap he pulled. Or does it? For the Boy Who Lived, it did. Just like it does for JKR herself.
But the reminder of his death was enough to lead to a Twitter war:
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Dejected fans tweeted back at Rowling, demanding an explanation for all the deaths that she should have been sorry about but, did not apologise for.
@jk_rowling yeah but why’d you kill all the hufflepuffs though? Justice for hufflepuffs
— Calum McSwiggan (@CalumMcSwiggan) May 2, 2017
@hannahwitton @jk_rowling She killed tonks, hannah!
— Calum McSwiggan (@CalumMcSwiggan) May 2, 2017
@hannahwitton @jk_rowling JK gave birth to the death eaters, it’s her fault
— Calum McSwiggan (@CalumMcSwiggan) May 2, 2017
And… And… What about Dobby?
@BlakeLeyers @jk_rowling SO TRUE. DOBBY WAS A FREE ELF…And still died!!
— Zack Barnes (@zbarnes) May 2, 2017
And, Hedwig. FTW?
@dadiva18 @airborneorange @ohmygouldness @jk_rowling What was the point in Hedwig dying?
— J. Sledgehammerseed (@DigDougFrye) May 2, 2017
Fellow author Melanie Murphy seemed to be all in for a flame war as she tweeted, “hand me a flamethrower.”
@CalumMcSwiggan @hannahwitton @jk_rowling hand me a flamethrower
— Melanie Murphy (@melaniietweets) May 2, 2017
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While some people tried to come to Rowling’s defense, they were brutally knocked out of the debate.
@jk_rowling It made sense for the story. We love him so much… pic.twitter.com/WrYizZ9M54
— Nick (@NickEllis) May 2, 2017
@NickEllis @jk_rowling bitch who is this “we” you’re talking about?
— charli (@halseysreid) May 2, 2017
But, in the end, it all seemed to have worked out well.
@jk_rowling let’s all raise our wands in honor of those we lost during the battle of Hogwarts
— E U N (@JuliaAndreyy) May 2, 2017
— J.K. Rowling (@jk_rowling) May 2, 2017
