[HPforGrownups] Spock and Snape (was Draco. Who is sexy?)

[Amanda Lewanski]

No: HPFGUIDX 8638

Amy Z wrote:

> Oh no!  I don't see the Spock-Snape connection at all.  Okay, they both
> would need therapy before being candidates for a relationship, but there the
> similarity ends.  Spock's a tad rigid, but he's kind, unshakeably ethical,
> plays a mean...whatever that Vulcan instrument he plays is called, and likes
> cats!  Though I always liked McCoy best, myself... <;-)

No, no, no. The characters are nothing alike, that's not what I meant. But the
other actors were fond of describing something they called the Spock effect, the
gist of which is whenever females were on the set, they invariably gravitated to
Spock, whose character on the surface is the least likely to go for any. But the
challenge he presented, to break through the emotionless exterior, coupled with
the hints of passion beneath and the desire to be the one who could "heal"
Spock's emotional hurts (family rejection, etc.) made him irresistible.

Snape, to me, seems to have lots of the same challenges associated. He's got a
pretty unapproachable exterior, undeniable passions beneath, and clearly some
emotional damage from the past. That, coupled with his assurance of bearing, his
loyalty to Dumbledore despite his frequent disagreements, makes his character
provocative and appealing. I do think he has a strict ethical code, though; I
just think it's internal and all his own, and while he may ignore what the world
thinks, I think he never deviates from his own (in which some reprehensible
things are justified; I didn't say it was a *good* code). I never said he was
sexy. At least not yet.

--Amanda