[HPforGrownups] Snape is NOT Sexy

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Hello!  Okay, enough introduction...

Sarah said:


> thought I would give it a go.
> 
> SNAPE IS NOT SEXY

Thank you for so clearly writing what's been in my mind since around September, when I joined this group and discovered there are people who don't think of Snape as disgusting (and was completely astounded at the revelation)


<snip references to his, erm, unpleasant looks>

However, there are "sexy" words used to describe him: he glides, swoops, has a silky voice,(these are used many times throughout the books and in my mind don't need to be referenced, the way if you say "there are 9 planets in the solar system", you don't need a footnote; however, if you want references, I'll gladly look them up) and probably does other things of the sort I can't think of right now(I don't have my books on hand).


> Now, I simply am unable to see how such a person is considered so
> ...sexy .....

Ditto that, except for the verbs I gave.  Still, that doesn't do it for me.



> 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?

I suspect so.  He's mysterious.  A lot of people also think he's a vampire, and they (vampires) have been hoisted up to levels of sexiness that outstrip Snape.

As for Filch (not) being sexy, perhaps the verbs used to describe him aren't so...attractive? (There's got to be a better word for that.)  Again, I don't have the books; does he lumber, clank, etc.?


> 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"?

Have Snapefans liked him since before Alan Rickman was announced as playing him?  I know that Rickman made me despise Snape less, if only because he's so much more attractive than I ever pictured Snape.  Now I just Rickman in my mind when I read the books and it's much more pleasant; before I was tortured nearly as badly as the trio in Potions whenever Snape had page time.  And yes, his voice *is* amazing.  =)


> Is it fanfiction?  has fanfic created a grey area between canon and
> fanon, whereby Snape is now a character of sexual fantasy and
> discourse.  Is Fanfiction to blame?  Or is it merely an outlet?

I've never read and refuse to read fanfiction (only so I won't mix up what really happened and what happened (happens) in fanon.

> I personally feel that Snape is one of my favorite characters.  I love
> that he is mean, that he is sarcastic, and bitter, and spiteful, and
> humourless, and dark, and sallow skinned and hooknosed and greasy.  I
> like that he is horrible to the kids, shows blatant 
> favortism, was a
> DE, but fights for the good.  I Like Snape, he's great!  

I agree.


> But Sexy?  Certainly NOT!

I agree with *that* too!

~Katey, still not seeing what others do