Snape, yet again!

[greyshi]

No: HPFGUIDX 35007

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "filo_roll" <filo_roll at y...> wrote:
> Hello everybody,
> I have a little question to ask. Why is it that people here love to 
> talk about Snape all the time?  

Hi, I'm a newbie to the group and not in the HP online circles until 
I was tipped off about this group. So this Snape obsession was new to 
me as well, but not unexpected. It seems to be very similiar to 
another fantasy novel series phenomenon: the HUGE popularity of 
Raistlin of the Dragonlance novels from TSR (Wizards of the Coast or 
whatever they are now). It remains to be seen if, like Raistlin, the 
fans are largely female. It seems that people find a bad-boy wizard 
irresistible! Double the points if he's sarcastic and got
overshadowed 
by more popular people in his childhood. Popularity really rockets up 
if he's a complex character who is both fascinating and repelling at 
once. He was evil, or is he good? But he's so mean... :) I'm waiting 
to see when the Unofficial Severus Snape Fan Club is formed or the 
book "Dark Souled Wizards the the People Who Love Them" is published 
(Soon to be on the Oprah Club Booklist). :) :)

--Greyshi

[Mod Note: Unofficial Severus Snape Fan Club?
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/snapefans 
-- AFAIK not accepting new members, though. Welcome to the fandom! --John, technoMod and one of the handful of males in-fandom]