Snape is NOT Sexy

[irene_mikhlin]

No: HPFGUIDX 56383

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "weeoo0" <weeoo0 at y...> wrote:
 
> SNAPE IS NOT SEXY
> 
> That is correct, Severus Snape, Potions Master Extroardinaire, in all
> his deep mysteriousness, in all his complexity, to the very depths of
> his possibly tortured soul, vampire or not, good or bad, Severus
> Snape, is not sexy.
> 
> okay, okay, yes that is just his physical description, sallow greasy,
> a hooked nose, but mum always said, it's what's inside that counts.

Don't forget it's a description by Harry. If Harry found him
attractive, that's where I'd start to worry. :-)
And the sheer number of times he is desribed as greasy/oily/etc.
reminded me of "The Godfather". Did italian characters actually have
worse personal habits than anglo-saxon ones? I don't think so.

> 
> Yet still i hav a hard time understanding the intimite attraction of
> Snape who is, despite any possible need to present a certain persona
> in front of certain company, a nonetheless, spiteful, bitter,
> sarcastic, man.
> 
> And is that what drives it, is it his bitter side that makes him
> attractive? The ultimate veil of possible evil which hang over his
> sallow thin hooknosed greasy head?
> 
> Because if that is the case, I ask, why not Filch, is Filch sexy?  He
> is bitter, spiteful, and hell, he is even capable of love, look at how
> well he cares for his Mrs. Norris.  The man was absolutely gobsmacked
> when his precious was heart in CoS, he was furious, I mean to say, who
> can't love a man with such an affinity for an animal right?!
> 
> And yet, Filch is not sexy, and in fandom far and wide, despite some
> of the curious ships you might find in some fanfics, the sexyness of
> Filch is one i rarely (never) have come accross!
> 
> So why is it that Snape is sexy?  Is it simply a case of movie
> contamination, of Rickmania, whom I have heard women, and some men,
> tote to be "the sexiest voice ever"?

No, no, no. Some of us Snapefans date to before the movie was made,
and even before Rickman was cast. 

It's hard to explain what exactly makes him tick, but it's easier to
answer your question "Why not Filch?" Filch is not clever.
This specific brand of unpleasant and mildly sadistic ;-) characters
that Snape belongs to, requires intellect to be sexy.

Irene