I heard when I was a kid that Alan Rickman took the child actors out for milkshakes to help them not be so afraid of Snape, but then they ended up spilling the milkshake in his car.
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He is briefly mentioned and they don’t outright dislike or hate him 🥲 but you’re right it doesn’t have to a competition or fact checking thing. We can all enjoy our different interpretations