I didn't know there was a voting. But I'm glad Snape won

For me, he's the most interesting and complex character of the books. He's very human, in the good and in the bad. I was always a Snape fan, since book one. I believed that there was more behind that grumpy and awfull teacher and I always wished he proved all wrong and show that he had a heart. And he did

Yes, he was a terrible teacher, he was a death eater and did so many things wrong but in the end he made the right choice. He could simply go back to his old friends but he stayed on Dumbledore's side against all odds and played a major role in Voldemort's downfall.

And I don't think that Snape still beeing in love with Lily even after she married James it's pathetic. It's just sad and in his case very tragic, imo. We don't chose who to love and just because that person isn't with us we don't stop loving. I believe that many people feel connected with Snape in that point.

He had a terrible and abusing childhood, his school years wasn't very good either and he did all kind of bad choices in life that turned him in what he was but in the end he redeemed himself, imo. He was not nice, he had many flaws but what he did was pretty heroic. I think Snape somehow represents hope. Hope that even the most unpleasant and mean person is capable of good and capable of doing the right thing in the end...