[HPforGrownups] Re: Where is Snape????

[Carolin Mönkemeyer]

No: HPFGUIDX 78429

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> Has anyone ever thought that perhaps Snape cultivated that look?  It
> certainly would put people off from getting too close to him.  His
> appearance makes the first impression.  He wears all black.  He is
> forbiding in his mannerisms.  And his behavior in his class on
> Harry's first day there would certainly seem to tell the students to
> back off.
>
> I think that his appearance is to be equated with the "gothic" look
> that is popular among kids now.  When Harry stared into the pensieve
> he witnessed some of Snape's early childhood.  Seems to me that Snape
> was as neglected as Harry, but instead of taking the road that Harry
> is, he turned to the Dark Arts, and to put people off from getting
> too close for comfort, adopted his look.
>
> Greasy looking hair doesn't necessarily mean poor hygene.
>
> As Linda Richman would say, I'm ferklempt (sorry about the spelling),
> discuss...
>
Me:
This is a good shot and Snape being some kind of wizardy goth came into my
mind very quickly. If I had to give him some muggle-clothes I would shurely
make him a goth, because that's what matches him most!
The short step into his psychology is a good way to explain why he does
cultivate this look. I am a little into goth myself and I know some real
ones. It seems to me that they are always people that had at least one very
bad experience in their past (and I mean really bad!!!). So of course Snape
is one to me that also had a bad past and thogh he came over it (at least so
far to be able to live a life thats not too much messed up), but it all
shaped his character and made him what he is now: a wounded soul that
doesn't want anybody to come too close to him. Maybe exept fore DD, I think
he could be some kind of father for him as James was a brother to Sirius.

This is my oppinion about Snape's reason to dress so (no matter if he is a
vamipre/dhampire or not)

Yours Finchen