Lily's taste in men/ Fans' taste in Snape???

[judyserenity]

No: HPFGUIDX 35103

I had said:
>> ...why is it Snape's fault if Lily had boring tastes in men, and >> 
went for bland jock James instead of brilliant, enigmatic Snape?...

and Laura Huntley replied
> James..a bland jock? *looks alarmed* The Head Boy? The top of his 
> class? The prankster? ...Is Harry a bland jock, and, 
> if so, why are we all reading a series about a bland jock, anyway?

Sheesh, you can't get anyway with any hyperbole in this group.  I feel 
as if my artistic license has just been revoked!

I don't really mean that James was bland; just that he is a pretty 
bland romantic choice compared to Snape.  It's like the difference 
between saying "Long-stemmed red roses are my favorite flower" and 
saying "deadly nightshade is my favorite flower."  Roses aren't bland 
in any absolute sense (they have thorns and all), but they certainly 
are a more ordinary choice. 

Laura then warmed my heart by saying: 
> Canon Sirius comes across as anything but charming 
> to me.  I mean, in PoA he's deranged and homicidal, and in GoF - 
> there's just no delicate way to put this - he eats rats.... Did he
> really want to try win the trio to his side at the Shack? Nope, he
> was all "break the leg, scare the kids, kill the rat, 
> make excuses later."

Laura, please, please go to the thread entitled "A Sirius Defense" (or 
offense) and tell that to Penny! 

Sadly, Laura also said: 
> Anyway, I just don't know about Snape.  Believe me, I am *all* about 
> going for the bad-but-well-don't-you-just-WANT-him??!!-guy (I.e. the 
> vampire complex).  However, Snape just doesn't seem to fit into this 
> category as far as I'm concerned. *grins sheepishly* Perhaps it's 
> just because he's old and his hair is oily.  I guess I kind of like 
> my bad-boys to be all pretty and virile.

Old?!?!  First, Cindy (or someone -- I think it was Cindy) describes 
Snape's classmate Avery as "middle-aged", and now Snape himself is 
described as *old*.  Most timelines put Snape as being born two years 
before me, which is just perfect. ("Yes, perfect,"  Judy sighs, and 
starts thinking about....)

Ooops, sorry, must've drifted off for a moment there.  Anyway, I was 
wondering how old you envisioned Snape as being?  JKR says he's 35, 
and I hope you don't think that 35 is old.  Alan Rickman, who played 
him in the movie, is 55, so perhaps that's where you got the idea that 
Snape is old. 

About his hair -- well, one could always suggest a bath for two in the 
Prefect's tub. (Just make sure to keep Myrtle out somehow.)
 

Jo Ellen said:
> I have sat here wondering all this time about the real partners of 
> these women that are so fond of Snape..

Hah, hah, that's great!  Actually, my husband of 8+ years is a saint. 
 He's been slaveing away like a house-elf, refinishing the floor while 
I've been yacking on this forum.  He's the nicest guy imaginable, and 
definitely not sarcastic -- he's the strong and silent type. He even 
knows all about my Snapecrush, and doesn't mind.  (He figures it's 
just a "woman thing", and that if I didn't have a crush on Snape, I'd 
be doing something far worse, like drooling over a picture of Julio 
Iglesias.)  I told my DH (dear husband) that he belongs in Hufflepuff, 
and I meant it in a *good* way.  (Loyal, kind, hard-working, etc.) 

-- Judy