Subject: RE: Women's Institute/ Snape's Hair/ Snapers or Sirusists

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No: HPFGUIDX 34696

catlady_de_los_angeles wrote:
<<It is a club for housewives that
at one time was common in rural England (I don't know at all about
Scotland). I can't really think of a USA equivalent: Eastern Star and
the women's auxiliary of the Grange are different by their connection
to men's clubs, and the Women's Alliances of the various churches are
different by being denominational. John Walton's grandmother was
involved with Women's Institute, maybe he can explain it better.>>

The American equivalent would be the Extension Homemakers. (which recently changed it's name to something more politically correct, but I can't remember it.)  It's basically a lot of housewives and grandmothers that get together and have meetings and such about... I couldn't tell you and I attended meetings with my mother as a kid.  But they are a national organization and not affiliated with anyone else like Eastern Star or those people.  


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rosenatti wrote:

<<I've always imagined it like Harry's haircut growing back in the
night: Severus washes his hair thoroughly every night, with the same
scouring soap he cleans his cauldrons with, but an hour later his
ineffable nature has asserted itself through his natural magic and
it's greasy enough to leave the pillowcase translucent.  (Perhaps he
stalks the night because it's easier than cleaning the sheets every
morning . . .)>>

Here's a thought that I haven't seen before, but quite possibly have just missed.  What's to say that his hair isn't greasy with some sort of styling product to keep it under control.  Like he'd have a raging afro if he left it alone?

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Caleb wrote:
<< I think cutting Snape some slack for being a DE,
because everybody makes mistakes in there life. But
after saying that I must say this. Snapers you should
take a look hard look at Snape, and drop all the stuff
from the fanfics. You will find that he is big bully,
or a incompetent spy. He lords over the Gryffindors,
or should I say Neville Longbottom. Snape takes a sick
attitude to Neville, and it is made worst by the way
his parents were tortured to past the point of madness.
To say that the Longbottom's got what was coming to
them is just sick, and that has been said.
Ps I think that I will find out if I am flameproof or not.>>


Truthfully, you could be right. But, if you strip the character down to just what is in the book, you have many unanswered questions about Snape, that can't all be answered by 'He's a big slimy git.'  He's a character that I get the impression that no matter what she has planned for him, JKR just doesn't much like on a personal level. Sure he does things that I don't approve of, but he's still a character that I find appealing and want to know why he is the way he is.  (And fan fic is for flights of fancy and exploring different ideas, IMO.)


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