Sirius / Severus (long)

[kittyfelix69]

No: HPFGUIDX 86025

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "melclaros" <melclaros at y...> 
wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "greatlit2003" <hieya at h...> 
> wrote:
> > --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "melclaros" 
<melclaros at y...> 
> > wrote:

> > > Severus is on Severus' side, plain and simple. 
> > > He's got something he needs done and he'll do what it takes to see it 
> > > through.

> > Brilliant. Ten points to your House :) In my opinion, that statement 
> > sums up what Severus is all about. 

> Why thank you! You can probably tell I've spent a lot of time 
> considering this.

I love the fact that there are people who seem to have noticed how 
complex this thread of the story actually is. 

NB This is my first 
post, so there's a lot that's probably already been said on these 
boards that I've missed, but who else reckons that JK has, by this 
point in the series, in fact developed Snape's character so it's on a 
par, in terms of complexity, with Harry's? And in doing so, she must 
clearly be working up to a huge plot resolution in the final 2 
books, that must resolve Harry and Severus's differences, in light 
of the risks Severus has always taken for Harry and the Order 
(although I'm praying that no 'Harry-I-am-your-father' -type 
revelations will occur, as that would be such an unoriginal letdown!)

On the subject of whether or not Severus is capable of love, I'm 
thinking yes, but the person has to damn well earn it. This might 
sound strange bearing in mind that he seems like such an unlovable 
person, but let's be honest, he doesn't suffer fools gladly, and 
he's seen the kind of mess love can get you into when LV wants you 
dead and can use the information. 

So (and JK has hinted that Severus may fall in love/be redeemed by 
love in later books) who on earth, that we've seen so far, would be 
complex and tortured enough to be his soulmate? My guess is no-one. 
It would have to be a new character, who would easily be introduced 
through the DADA teacher thread; all the decent ones so far, lest we 
forget, have seen the worst that can happen. In all fairness, as 
well, the kind of intensive training that Harry will probably 
undertake in book 6 is going to require the kind of person who 
appreciates his sense of isolation and whom he identifies with in 
the same way he did with Sirius. This character and Severus would 
most probably, of course, hate each other's guts to begin with, in 
the way that people do when they feel an immediate, inexorable 
connection they can't explain. And yes, the next DADA teacher may 
well be Severus, but I can't help feeling like the reason he's been 
unable to get the job thus far is the fact that surely, to be able 
to teach the subject to the upper years at Hogwarts you must be able 
to conjure a full Patronus, and how are you going to do that with 
nil happy memories?? 

Oh, and I like the jock/weirdo analogy - is it me or is the 
Sirius/Severus/James/Lily class-of-73(?) backstory starting to give 
off a distinctly 'Breakfast Club' vibe?? 

"kittyfelix"