alisanne

From what I've seen/heard/talked to people I'd say the big difference is that non-fandom people tend to see the books quite 'shallow' whereas we take a second look, read between the lines (sometimes way too much ^^) and refuse to believe that everything's black and white. Guess Snape being mysterious contributed a lot to people think about and eventually get to like him. Alan 'The Voice' Rickman and Snape's wonderful sarcasm might have to do a lil bit with it as well =)