Snapeslash (was Re: Snape SHIP SHIP SHIP) (migrating message)

[Jen Faulkner]

On Wed, 21 Mar 2001 jennifer.k at lycos.com wrote in HPFGU:

> Among the slashpairings we have Harry/Snape, Draco/Snape and 
> Dumbledore/Snape (I do deprecate this one...a much devoted slashfan  
> I am, but...no)

And Snape/Lupin, Snape/Black, Snape/James, Snape/Lucius, Snape/Ron,
Snape/Lockhart...  I think Snape is actually the most slashed character.  
He goes well with everyone.  *g*

Snape/Dumbledore has actually quite grown on me.  There is something to
be said for the whole 'devotion to Dumbledore turned him back from the
Dark Side' thing, clichéd though it might be.  

And 'Snape was in love with James' has *way* more credibility, to me,
that 'Snape was in love with Lily' ever could, just from the books -- I
have no idea why James might have been in love with her (other than that
she had red hair, green eyes, was Head Girl, and sacrificed herself for
her child), let alone Snape.  You can (and lots of people have)
construct an entire doomed romance for them, you can explain Snape's
dislike for Harry...

Snape/Lupin is actually my favorite, though, because you get to pair two
outsiders who both know what it's like to be close to darkness.  And
Lupin, in fic anyway, does have that sort of gentle, vulnerable
personality that Snape can gain some self-esteem by protecting.  But
they're also both self-sufficient survivors, strong, well-defined
characters, a very balanced relationship.  That's what I think is
missing in any of the suggested Snape/f pairings (and this goes to the
issue of portrayals of female characters in HP, about which I agree 100%
with Susan) -- only McGonagall has anything approaching the familiarity
we, as readers, have with Snape, but I *really* can't see them together.  
(And it's not just 'cause I find any McGonagall/m pairing absurd. *g*)  
We don't know any of the other female characters well enough, they're
not *interesting* enough, for me to want to see them with Snape.  (I'm
assuming here that no one is suggesting Snape/Hermione.  *shudders*)  I
can't imagine anything to base a relationship on.  

I'm sure people will disagree with me about that, but that's okay.  
That's why I run the Snapeslash list. *g*  But really, I've yet to run
across any slash pairing with Snape that I didn't, on some level,
like.  He's just one of those characters.

--jen :)

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