Unlikely pairings - moved from MAIN again :)

[Geoff Bannister]

--- In HPFGU-OTChatter at yahoogroups.com, "dumbledore11214" 
<dumbledore11214 at ...> wrote:
>
> Geoff:
> <SNIP>
> Mark you, the idea of Harry and Draco
> as an item is an intriguing one. I have read some interesting fanfic
> going along this when I get into a "What would have happened if?"
> frame of mind.
> 
> Alla:
> 
> Absolutely, as I said upthread I totally know why people SHIP 
> Harry/Draco – same reason why I SHIP Snape/ Sirius – classic "thin 
> line from love to hate", etc.
> And no, I do not think that sexual tension was between two eleven 
> year olds, but I sure understand how it can be read that way.

<snip>
 
> It is interesting though that as unlikely as I always found both 
> pairings to come true, I always felt more sympathetic for 
> Snape/Sirius, because up to certain point I saw some goodness in 
> Snape as well and never saw any in Draco.

Geoff:
We take diametrically opposed views. I've never been able to drum up 
any excitement about Snape. He is never a character who has grabbed 
me, either to dislike or to like.

Whereas with Draco, I often wonder about what would have happened 
if the handshake had gone ahead... But that of course would have 
disrupted the whole dramatic tension between the houses, wouldn't it?