[HPFGU-OTChatter] Strange SHIPs

[bloubet at incanmonkey.com]

Matilda Trelawney writes:

>>I hate the Snape/McGonagall parings. I hated it before the movie came out, because it just dosen't make any sense. Severus is in Slytherin, Minerva is in Gryffindor. Last time I checked, Slytherins hated all Gryffindors, and Severus was the perfect example of a Slytherin stereotype. So why in the world would he suddenly be falling head-over-heels the perfect example of Gryffindor stereo type? They're too far apart for anything to happen, folks! Wake up! Now that the movie has come out, it's just scary to read any romance with Minerva and Severus. Maggie Smith and Alan Rickman do not make a pretty couple together, one, because Minerva looks TOO OLD for him!!! And yet, people still insist on writing Minerva/Severus smut. It's just gross.
I really do like Severus slash parings though, and Snape/Hermione stories. But the Minerva/Severus stuff has got to go.<<

Interesting. You object to Minerva/Severus because she's about 30 years older than he is (both adults, though), but you like Hermione/Severus stories, when he's about 30 years older than she is (and she's underage). And you object to Minerva/Severus because it's Gryffindor/Slytherin, but have no problem with Hermione/Severus, which is Gryffindor/Slytherin.

Not meaning to belittle your objections, but I'm wondering if maybe the real reason is that with Mn/Sv it's the WOMAN who's 30 years older (which is unnatural?), while with Hr/Sv the MAN is 30 years older, and that's socially acceptable. (I truly am just curious. I'm in my 40s and have noticed that while it's perfectly acceptable for men my age to date women in their early 20s, people have been seriously disturbed by comments from me that men in their early 20s should be fair game for me. <grin> )

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