I'm certain that somewhere on her site she mentions that while some of the characters have traits of people she's known, besides Lockhart, 90% of the characterization is from her head. So I think that would mean Snape has some similarities to her old teacher (i.e., things like his way of teaching, the insults he uses), the rest is purely made up.
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Date: 2004-10-12 04:32 pm (UTC)I'm certain that somewhere on her site she mentions that while some of the characters have traits of people she's known, besides Lockhart, 90% of the characterization is from her head.
So I think that would mean Snape has some similarities to her old teacher (i.e., things like his way of teaching, the insults he uses), the rest is purely made up.