What *is* the attraction to those Slytherins?

[Missi]

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Hickengreundler:
>  
> I think you are wrong about Snape. First of all, he might be 
nasty, 
> but currently it seems that he is not completely evil (of course 
we 
> have probably to wait till book 7 for a finale judgement). I 
posted a 
> similar post only minutes before: I am male, in no way attracted 
by 
> Alan Rickman, but Snape was my favorite character 


I hated Snape in the first book, came to grudging respect for him by 
the end of it, and found myself actually feeling sorry for him in 
POA. When we got the pensieve scene in OOTP, I was astonished to 
find myself genuinely sorry for the character, in sympathy with him. 

My current Snape-affections have absolutely NOTHING to do with Alan 
Rickman, who is a nice-enough looking man, I suppose, but really not 
my type. They have everything to do with his complexity as a 
character, and his biting verbal wit. I do so love witty men.

As for Malfoy,whom I consider one of my very favourite characters... 
I concieved a curiousity for him in book one- he was simply so awful 
I couldn't wait to see how much MORE awful he might become. I revel 
in his nastiness. But as the books went on, I've grown rather 
attached to him. He's the personification of Harry's opposition. 
Voldemort has, until recently, been an abstract, distant sort of 
villain. Malfoy however, was PERSONAL enmity, up close, and forever 
in Harry's face. What little glimpses we're given of him beyond his 
Potter obsession (And I do believe that Draco is Potter obsessed. 
His behaviour is beyond the pale.) make me want to see him grow and 
change, make me want for there to be something salvageable in this 
petty, cowardly little boy. And if there cannot be, then I'd like to 
better understand just how it was that he got this way. 

And none of that has anything to do with the fact that Tom Felton is 
a pretty young man. I am old enough to be his MOTHER. My affections 
are for the CHARACTERS, not the actors. 


Hickengreundler:

> I tend to agree with you about Malfoy. But I must admit that it 
might 
> be because I personally hate that character that much and wish he 
> would finally die. On the other hand, I think Bellatrix Lestrange 
is 
> a highly fascinating and interesting character, and she is far 
away 
> from being a saint. And there might be enough fans who think the 
same 
> about Draco.

I hated Bellatrix with a passion. Actually? The people I came away 
from OOTP with the most disgust for, were Fudge, Umbridge, and 
Bellatrix Lestrange, in that order. Voldy himself is a distant 
fourth. Fudge is beyond vile with his egomania and pompsity. 
Umbridge makes my skin crawl; she's too realistic, and realistically 
SCARY. Bellatrix was perfectly evil, and depicted in such a manner 
that I expect to fully enjoy reading her death some day. I just hope 
to Heaven it's Neville that brings it to her.

Nmissi
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