Lemony Snicket was deeply in love with Beatrice Baudelaire, yet when she and her husband were killed by the tale’s antagonists, his telling of the events that followed showed full support for the children. Well, to the greatest extent he could while pursued by the same villains. Snicket’s love was eternal, but so was his respect for the woman he loved and her choices. And that is why Lemony Snicket is 8000 times better than Severus Snape.
Also; Lemony actually had a relationship with Beatrice while they were both working for VFD, one serious enough for him to propose. Snape had a childhood friendship he threw away in a heartbeat to become a muggleborn murdering Nazi. And of course; the Baudelaires were murdered by the tale’s antagonists against whom Lemony had been fighting for years. The Potters were murdered by the tale’s antagonists, whom Snape was an over eager member of.