Who would love Snape?

[koinonia02]

No: HPFGUIDX 106962

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "potioncat" <willsonkmom at m...> 
wrote:

> Hi, 
> I'm not sure that I want to post this for the list, so I'm 
answering 
> you off list. 

"K":

I'm glad you missed the edit button as I've been wanting to ask your 
opinion on the greasy hair.  :-D


Potioncat:
 >I once came up with idea that Snape is a cockroach 
> animagus and posted it about a year ago. It was before I was 
> familiar with checking canon first and there was a major canon 
flaw 
> to my idea. (Thank goodness!) But there is canon support for it as 
> well. 


"K":

Canon? I'd be interested to know where. The only things I can think 
of are Lupin's boggart and the roach (though the roach could apply 
to *Lupin*) and the jar of cockroaches Snape threw at Harry. Are 
there others? 

Spiders and oil go together also and goodness knows there's plenty 
of spiders in the books.

This is the thing, I don't want to hear about how someone has oily 
hair and how they have crooked yellow teeth, etc. We are talking the 
HP books. The oily hair is mentioned constantly. Either it's just a 
description used to make Snape appear all the more evil or there's 
something up with his appearance.

For instance, if we had not found out Lupin was a werewolf in PoA 
and we were discussing his unhealthy look, there would be people 
saying 'they' also are pale and worn looking and that's just how it 
is. Yet his appeance was a hint about being a werewolf.

Potioncat:

>One of the things that keeps haunting me about that idea, is 
> that cockroaches have an oily protective coating. The strongest 
> argument against it is that cockroaches don't like the cold.  And 
> Snape's dungeon is always cold.



"K":

The problem with cockroaches is that you just can't kill them. 

As for the cold, well...there are other things don't mind the 
cold.  :-)