Who would love Snape?

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Lissa wrote: 
> I can understand why JKR says who would want him in love with 
them?  Just the greasy hair alone
 yuck!  (A friend also pointed out 
that if his hair's THAT greasy, he probably has some pretty rank 
body odor, too.  Lovely thought.)
>  
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Well, I wanted to find the source and provide a link, but I can't 
seem to.  Somewhere, possibly Great Posts and Where to Find Them or 
possibly the Lexicon, there is an essay about Snape and it addresses 
his appearance.

The  point is made that never does Harry notice a body odor or 
breath odor, in spite of the fact he's close enough to be sprayed 
with spit when Snape yells at him. His robes are not described as 
dirty or soiled. While I think his teeth are yellow, that is not 
always due to lack of brushing.

I wonder at the hair that is always referred to as greasy, not 
oily.  It must be pretty bad. Why is it like that?  We've had a post 
before about why so many witches and wizards are describes as having 
bad teeth when spells seem available to correct things.  My thought 
is there must be some things that just can't be changed.  I also 
have a horrible thought about Snape's  hair, but I'm hoping it isnt' 
true.

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