Pink Flamingos/ Fourth Man Kayak and other ramblings

[marinafrants]

No: HPFGUIDX 36529

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., Edblanning at a... wrote:

> > But not a pink flamingo?
> 
> I never actually got the hang of the pink flamingo thing. Would
someone in 
> the know please explain in words which a bear of very little brain
would 
> understand.
> Can you make featherboas out of them? (Oh, no! Vision of Snape in
pink 
> featherboa.)

I don't remember which post it originally came from, but it was
durring a discussion of LOLLIPOPS and Snape-romance in general.  I
said that while with some characters, giving them sentimental romantic
motives works, with Snape it would be like putting a pink flamingo in
a Gothic cathedral.  I was thinking of the plastic lawn ornaments, but
I suppose a real flamingo would have the same effect.

Since the flamingo symbolizes Snape-shipping, by all means feel free
to wring its scrawny neck and make some featherboas.  Can I have one
too?  I like to make George play dress-up once in a while.

>
> Marina:
> >Great; now I have mental image of Snape sweeping into the staff
room
> >crying, "Oh, I just saw the most *marvelous* window treatment!"
> 
> Would that be a send-up of a British accent, there?

A send-up of stereotypcial flamboyant gay behavior.  It seems to be
accepted wisdom in the popular US media that gay men are fascinated by
interior decorating and say "marvelous" a lot. So when you compared
Snape to a flamboyant interior designer, the image popped up.  Snape
is certainly flamboyant, and since I refuse to 'ship him I'm in no
position to make statements about which way he swings, but I refuse to
believe that the word "marvelous" would ever pass his greasy lips.

Marina
rusalka at ix.netcom.com