User blog comment:LexiLexi/10 Reasons Dumbledore is Cooler than Snape/@comment-2115121-20110902230341

Personally I'm not either. I like both characters well enough but I wouldn't put them as my top favorite characters. Dumbledore is manipulative (and yes a genius), and as you pointed out sure Snape was brave but all his actions were guided by Dumbledore (again, who is manipulative).