Sirius revisited

[kiricat2001]

No: HPFGUIDX 103986

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "arrowsmithbt" <
> 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?
> > 
> 
> Too true.
> But most of them are seeing Alan Rickman, not the grotty old Sevvy
> that JKR envisaged.
> 
> Mind you, even so he may cause a  maiden's heart to skip a beat,
> that's why I wrote of the failed affair between him and Lily. Broken
> hearted, she was - spurned by S. Snape, dedicated to his studies.
> (see post 77800).
> 

Marianne:

Oh, sure there's a definite Rickman influence now, but I've been on 
this board since before the first movie came out. Trust me, Snape has 
always had his share of people who find him attractive.  

And while I find your take on the Snape/Lily thing to be refreshing 
in that you put Lily as the spurned one, that's one couple that I 
just can't see.  So, of course, it will probably turn out to be true!

Marianne