Well - Sigune's Snape is Catholic, and I *love* her comic - have you seen it? Mine is Catholic, too, for the same reasons she gives, and a few more besides, but I don't think he's particularly religious - the man strikes me as a natural agnostic, full of pain and self-doubt. That said, a Calvinist Snape is a probable (and very scary) idea, also. But it's a different conception of the character from the one I have.
My reasons for Catholic Snape: he is (probably) celibate and seems to be living as a penitent monk (Sigune pointed those out); he is from a Northern mill town and has very typical Irish coloring, though the name's Danish; and finally, if he's from Yorkshire, that was (and still is, I think) one of the traditionally Catholic areas in England. If he's from Manchester/Liverpool/Birmingham - well, those towns also have substantial Irish Catholic populations. And the Jansenists are just about as uptight and righteous as the Calvinists, IMHO -
But I'm not trying to persuade you! Keep writing! (And heaven only knows what J.K.Rowling thinks -)
Anyway, Sigune's a good writer. And thanks for the link above, entwife, and, tree and leaf, please keep writing!
Catholic Snape-
My reasons for Catholic Snape: he is (probably) celibate and seems to be living as a penitent monk (Sigune pointed those out); he is from a Northern mill town and has very typical Irish coloring, though the name's Danish; and finally, if he's from Yorkshire, that was (and still is, I think) one of the traditionally Catholic areas in England. If he's from Manchester/Liverpool/Birmingham - well, those towns also have substantial Irish Catholic populations. And the Jansenists are just about as uptight and righteous as the Calvinists, IMHO -
But I'm not trying to persuade you! Keep writing! (And heaven only knows what J.K.Rowling thinks -)
Anyway, Sigune's a good writer. And thanks for the link above, entwife, and, tree and leaf, please keep writing!