Snape is NOT Sexy

[mongo62aa]

No: HPFGUIDX 56420

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Jonathan Pessin" 
<jrpessin at m...> wrote:

You forgot one.  in PoA, chapter 14, US paperback page 285, JKR 
indicates that his lack of hygiene is not limited to hair, but 
extends to teeth:

"Snape's uneven, yellowish teeth were bared."

Combine that with the expressions he is described as wearing: at most 
times, a scowl or snarl.  Even when he does smile, JKR uses phrases 
such as "horrible smile" (284) and "terrible grin" (285).  Charming, 
indeed.

Me:

I am currently compiling every single description of the people in 
the HP books.  So far I am up to chapter 5 of GoF.  Here are all the 
physical descriptions of Severus Snape in the first three books:

SNAPE, SEVERUS

PS7 ... a teacher with greasy black hair, a hooked nose and sallow 
skin.

PS7 The hook-nosed teacher ... 

PS7 ... the hook-nosed teacher, Snape ... 

PS8 His eyes were black like Hagrid's, but they had none of Hagrid's 
warmth. They were cold and empty and made you think of dark tunnels.

PS8 ... those cold eyes.

CS5 He was a thin man with sallow skin, a hooked nose and greasy, 
shoulder-length hair ... 

CS9 ... his black eyes glittering ... 

CS9 ... his gaunt face.

CS11 ... whose black eyes glinted ... 

PA5 ... his thin, sallow face.

PA7 ... his hooked nose ... his long, greasy black hair.

PA7 ... his black eyes glittering ... 

PA7 ... his eyes were glittering ... 

PA7 Hook-nosed and menacing ... 

PA8 His eyes flashed menacingly ... 

PA8 ... his black eyes narrowing.

PA9 Snape's black eyes glittered.

PA14 ... Snape's black eyes ... 

PA14 Snape's thin mouth ... 

PA14 ... his eyes glinting.

PA14 ... his thin face ... 

PA14 ... black eyes flashing dangerously.

PA14 Snape's sallow skin ... 

PA14 Snape's uneven, yellowish teeth were bared.

PA14 ... his long nostrils ... 

PA14 Snape's eyes gleamed.

PA14 `... abnormally large nose ...'

PA14 `... an ugly git.'

PA14 `... advises him to wash his hair, the slimeball.'

PA19 ... a mad glint in Snape's eye ... 

PA22 ... Snape's thin mouth ... 

Let's compare that to the descriptions of Argus Finch in the same 
three books:

FILCH, ARGUS

PS8 ... bulging, lamplike eyes just like Filch's

PS12 ... Filch's pale, wild eyes ... 

PS12 ... his soft, greasy voice ... 

CS8 ... his jowls aquiver, his eyes popping alarmingly ... 

CS8 ... his bulbous nose.

CS8 Filch's pasty face went brick red.

CS8 Filch's knobbly hands ... 

CS8 His eyes were popping, a tic was going in one of his pouchy 
cheeks ... 

CS9 ... his popping eyes ... 

CS9 ... his eyes popping.

Speaking for myself, Filch's descriptions sound BETTER than Snape's.

Bill