Marauder-era punks and goths (was: Re: [HPforGrownups] Re: Greasy Hair

[annegirl11 at juno.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 112623

Lynette said:
>  At the time Snape and the Marauders (please, don't ever name your band

> that!)were at Hogwarts, Punk was leading into other styles, like New
Romantic 
> and Goth. 

Am I the only one who sees Sirius as a total punk? Maybe even Lupin, too,
but he grew out of it more. (BTW, you've gotta hear the Gary Oldman
version of "I Did it My Way" from Sid & Nancy. Somehow it's really
liberating to sing along to a punk cover of that song.)

>IMHO, our young Severus started affecting the greasy hair 
>and black robes as a fashion statement, and just never changed. 

I dunno, I can believe that Young!Snape was greasy just because teenage
boys are, sometimes, on the crusty side. :) Thinking back on the noxious
odors that used to waft from my brother's room... 

My issue, then, is that I would expect a 36-year-old man who holds a
professional job to have grown out of that. 

But it's nether here nor there, really, because we'll probably never
know, and a lot of people have come up with as good of theories as
possible, based on what we know.

> Maybe Severus still hangs out at Goth clubs and the chicks are all over

> him because of the cool evil sorcerer look, just like some fans are 
> rather fond of Alan Rickman's portrayal of Snape.

LOL. Movie!Snape is totally goth. Every time we see the quidditch scene,
when Hermione sets his robes on fire, I look at the Edwardian buttons on
the cuffs of his trousers and think, "Hee! Snape shops at Hot Topic." My
goth friend's goth boyfriends would bite the head off a bat for Alan
Rickman's Snape costumes. :)

Aura

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