Rest in Peace Alan

Magic is darkened today. I think this is the first time that I have ever felt a sense of loss with an actors death. Though there have been others whose contribution to society I have appreciated and I knew that after they were gone the world would be different. But with Alan Rickman's death I actually felt loss. I think it is because he is intertwined so heavily in one of my childhoods biggest loves. He became Snape to me. He fit. What I pictured in the books he portrayed one the silver screen. Though I hated Snape, feared Snape, and even felt pity for Snape, I loved the way the Alan portrayed him. He became so real through the acting that I feel like I have lost someone I grew up with. Though Snape died in 1998 he really died to day. Along with the wonderful Alan Rickman.