[HPforGrownups] MM crush on DD? (was: Wondering.... about Snape & McGonagall)

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No: HPFGUIDX 116250

SS Susan said:
> So, what say all ye? Crush or no crush?  Is DD aware? Does he share the
feeling?

Well, I think "crush" is too juvenile a word for people in the, shall we
say, winter of their lives. But I think there's affection, mutual
respect, trust, friendship, loyalty, and some version of late-life
attraction that I don't want to think about because, I'm sorry, but
grandparents don't have sex. (Actually, I think it would be lovely if
one's sex life can last into one's senior years, but that doesn't mean I
want to hear about it.) So I doubt there's any "I like him but I don't
know how to tell him" or "She likes me but I don't know how I feel about
her" because I think they've both reached a point in their lives where
it's, "I like him, so let's just have at it." 

But I don't think they're having an affair. I think McG is too
independant, and DD has reached an age where ... well, not that romance
isn't an interest, but.... I dunno how to explain it. "Content with his
routine", maybe. He's 150 years old and still playing father figure to
prophesized boys and the general of a war; he's earned his stability. 

However, I liked the friendly, casual flirtation between DD and McG in
this fanfic. DD: "Come away with me, Minerva, [effusive pretty words.]"
McG, not having it: "Rediculous, romantic old codger. We'd kill each
other before the honeymoon was over." And repeat. What worked in this fic
was their confidence borne of their age, long acquaintance, and close
friendship. There was no coy flirtation or wistful long looks; DD made
his intentions clear (repeatedly) and McG shot him down kindly (all the
time). It was a game -- though not without its serious side -- that was
part of their friendship and served to remind each other that they were
still alive and desirable.

Side note: I don't think it matters that DD is more than twice McG's age
or that he's close to retirement and she's got a few more decades left in
her career. As my grandma says, when you get to a certain age, an age
difference of ten or twenty years isn't and issue anymore. For wizards
who live as long as they do, I don't think a half century is that big a
deal, either. :)

Aura

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