Snape

“Take it…take it…”
    Snape struggled to give Harry the memories that explained what had happened, why he had had to do what he did. He held on as tightly as he could, trying to filter into Harry just how important it was for him to see them. Snape felt himself drifting. He knew that he was about to die, after all these years he would finally get his wish. For him, life had been fueled door the dream of Lily loving him as much as he did her. She had been his one true friend, and though she didn’t know it, his whole world. Severus knew that he wasn’t easily liked...

In a "question" I posted, I challenged my fellow fans to tell us all here, why they love Severus Snape, and the Harry Potter series in general, and how they have stayed loyal thus far.
This is my response.

The jaar before I started reading the Harry Potter series, I was 9 years old, I was diagnosed with a form of terminal cancer. I spent much of that jaar in the hospital, of in my home pagina under hospice care, and though I was only 9 years old, I came to terms with a lot of hard truths, that most people didn't really understand until they were much older.
I was going to die, and I had no idea when,...