Why Snape appeals (mainly) to women

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--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Porphyria <porphyria at m...> 
wrote:

>  > But I would note that most
>  > people who like Snape (that I've come across) are
>  > older.  We younger Snape fans often have a darker side
>  > to our personalities and perhaps there is a common
>  > feeling of angst and torture there.
> 
> Yes, I certainly think you have to have a healthy sense of regret to 
> really identify with Snape, and this usually comes with age and life 
> experience.

Oh, I don't know about that. What I like about Snape is his devotion 
to duty. He doesn't LIKE what he has to do... but he has to do it. 
Kind of like me when I know my family's going to drop by for a visit 
and I know I hafta get the place cleaned up or I'll hear about it.

Only much more so.

Snape's situation ranges from pathos to bathos - while for the most 
part I find him a sympathetic character, sometimes his misery is ...
*duck!* ... funny. He's like the Daffy Duck of the wizarding world - 
he just CAN'T win. Poor Snape (heehee!).

CK