Snape crushes was Re: Lupin's resentment : An inside to Snape's resentment

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 94177

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "arrowsmithbt" 
<arrowsmithbt at b...> wrote:

> I  strongly  suspect movie contamination in all this pining for
 a softer more compassionate Snape: you're not seeing Snape 
as written - you're seeing Alan Rickman. Fantasy time! Be 
honest.<<

Nope. The only thing Alan Rickman did for my Snape crush was 
make it respectable <g>. I fell for Snape at the end of GoF when 
he bared his past, shook hands with the man who tried to 
murder him and went off to face who knows what danger, armed 
with only his wand and his wits ::sigh::

If anything, it's Shakespear contamination. You know, irascible 
bullying freak tamed by a judicous application of firmness and 
sex appeal. Kate and Petruchio with the genders reversed. Self 
flattering nonsense, of course, but highly entertaining all the 
same.  I admit that tamed Snape wouldn't be nearly as 
interesting a character, but that doesn't mean I can't think of a 
better use for all that passion and eloquence than tormenting 
little boys. <veg>

Kneasy: 
> The Snape I imagine has a pitted cadaverous face, two days 
worth of stubble, nose hairs, yellowing teeth and halitosis. We  
already know he has a hooked nose and sallow skin. A pin-up 
he ain't.<

I don't suppose Snape would be  a knockout, but that's not to say 
he won't clean up well. A little confidence, a little artifice,
some attention to the hair and teeth and voila! Remember 
Hermione at the ball?

Pippin