[HPforGrownups] Re: Sirius revisited

[Ariana]

No: HPFGUIDX 103792

From: "kiricat2001" <Zarleycat at aol.com>
> Kneasy:
> > It's to be expected many of the softer-hearted fans are suckers for the
> > 'damaged hero' figure in fiction. Handsome, anguished, just a touch
> > dangerous - oooh! Personal fantasies go into overdrive and denial sets
> > in -  "He can't be bad - I like him!"
> >
> > Oh yes he can. And he probably is.
>
> Marianne:
>
> Except for the "handsome" part, the above paragraph would cover a lot
> of the Snape fans, too! He's dangerous, he's mysterious, he billows,
> he's vampirish, he's damaged...Need I go on?

Ariana:

And let's not forget Draco Malfoy, who hasn't even had half the character
development Black and Snape got. I've seen similar ravings about him in
various places. :)

At least the author herself likes Sirius Black (with the unfortunate
consequence that Harry sometimes sounds a bit as if he fancies him too! :).
Snape and Malfoy, on the other hand, are genuinely designed to be objects of
repulsion, IMO. I guess there's just something about bad boys in fiction
(and unfortunately, in real life) which seems to attract women!

Ariana
(Who only likes *fictional* bad boys and married a Ron Weasley minus the red
hair :)