[HPforGrownups] Snape's appearance(was Rosebushes)

[Dinah]

No: HPFGUIDX 17577

>If Snape has allowed his hygiene and outward appearance to
>decline because there is nothing of significance in life for him,
>then how do we explain why he came to Hogwarts oily, slimy, and
>greasy?
>Koinonia

Greasy for me always meant that disgusting Seventie's kind of grease. He has
shoulder length hair and he wants his appearance to reflect his strictness.
Wouldn't do to look all mussed up and scruffy, would it? (I'd love to see
that but it doesn't really fit in the picture *we* have of Snape, does it?)
Having the hair "gelled" back would fit better into the way he likes others
to see him.

"Snape was swooping around like an overgrown bat, his long hair fluttering
behind him." Doesn't sound half as impressive - more like a corny
romance-novel ;-)

 ~ Dinah ~ (slightly biased - but I'd still bring the Shampoo bottle)

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Snape, like Flitwick, started the class by taking the register, and like
Flitwick, he paused at Harry's name.
"Ah, yes," he said softly, "Harry Potter. Our new - celebrity."

---  J.K. Rowling, Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone



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