[Glittering Eyes] The Old Snape Loves Lily Theory

[Catlady (Rita Prince Winston)]

No: HPFGUIDX 58644

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "rosich10002" <grosich at n...> 
wrote:

> I would be very interested in reading this analysis.  I couldn't 
> find it in the archives.  

Porphyria's analysis of Snape's eyes glittering:
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/message/46570

while looking for it, I found this GREAT post by Porphyria
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/message/47564

Personally, I still read the GoF scene as Snape repressing fear, 
altho' in a romance fanfic I wrote Snape's lover thinking of his 
"onyx eyes: sometimes glittering with malice, sometimes flashing with 
rage, occasionally gleaming with pride at some triumph of Slytherin 
House, but never before soft ... " 

And the blanching ... Porphyria wrote:

<< <PoA>
"I told you to shut up about my dad!" Harry yelled. I know the truth, 
all right? He saved your life! Dumbledore told me! You wouldn't even 
be here if it wasn't for my dad!"

Snape's sallow skin had gone the color of sour milk.

"And did the headmaster tell you the circumstances in which your 
father saved my life?" he whispered. "Or did he consider the
details too unpleasant for precious Potter's delicate ears?"
</PoA>

Here again, I interpret his feelings to be utter rage and aggression; 
he's about to trash Harry's image of his father in retaliation. >>

I understand that blanching as response to the pain of being wounded 
by an unexpected blow. Being reminded of The Prank was emotionally 
painful to him, and he hadn't expected it because he would have 
thought that Harry didn't know about it. First reaction to that pain 
is to conceal it, self-control, no tears, act tough. Immediate second 
reaction is to hit back in whatever way one thinks of first. I say 
"rage and pain", not "rage and aggression".: