[HPforGrownups] Q: why readers love Snape (Was:Draco/ Snape parallels)

[IAmLordCassandra at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 33309

In a message dated 1/12/2002 12:45:47 PM Eastern Standard Time, 
vencloviene at hotmail.com writes:

> So, I guess, my question is: why readers so badly want Snape to be 
> different from the fellow we see in Rowling's books? Especially that 
> the original character is so fascinating in his own right?

Actually, I started loving the surly Potions master even before I joined 
this list and started getting into the complexity of the man.  Even after that 
though, I've never tried to find the sympathy in him.  I like him because he's 
cruel, sarcastic, and domineering.  Lol, he and I are actually a bit alike. =P 

But I think the good handful of us who are in love/lust with Sevi (or any 
fictional character for that matter) make him out to be more than he is and 
dream up perfect fantasies about him simply because we know we'll never run 
the risk of being disappointed by the real thing. ^-^ 

~Cassie-who's also wondering how a lot of fanfiction writers have come to the 
conclusion that Draco is a homosexual~ 


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