[HPforGrownups] totally shallow Snape q

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Carol said:
>I think it was Aura who responded to this idea by adding the part
>about Snape's greasy hair. (Am I right, Aura?)

Yeah, sounds right. You said the thing about McG having older-sisterly
feelings about Snape, and then I tacked on my bitchy teen-girl complaints
about Snape's hair. :)

Hannah said:
> Or maybe he does wash it, but it just doesn't get rid of the 
> grease.  I reckon he's in need of that range of Gilderoy Lockhart 
> hair care products! :-)

My initial reading of "greasy hair" was "too much product." I thought he
was one of those guys who hasn't a clue about how to control his hair, so
he slaps on whatever's easiest. (Ross Gellar, I'm looking at you.) But as
the books went on, I had to let go of that illusion. 

Alex said:
> My initial impresison of the Snape's Hair Thing 
> (along with it's pal,the Snape's Nose Thing)

But aside from the hair, the other things aren't very voluntary. Lots of
people have a big nose, and it isn't necesarily an unattractive feature,
same with being bony and tall; yellow, crooked teeth can't really be
helped without expensive dental work, which is too muggle for Snape; and
I suppose hanging around the dungeon too much gives him sallow skin. So,
what I'm saying is, the other things say something about his lifestyle
choices affecting his appearance, but the greasy hair thing just comes
off as over-the-top "cartoon villian" to me.

Alex, ITA that Snape's appearance is meant to make him seem evil; in
subsequent books, JKR expects us to look beyond the surface. Well, I
liked Snape and assumed he was a White Hat from the beginning, greasy
nastyness and all, so maybe this is one of those things about HP were you
just have to say, "it's a kids' book, don't pay too much attention to
it."

Alex again:
>The other thing I thought of as I was typing this up is that Snape's
>appearance has almost all of the hallmarks of the stereotypical Wicked
>Witch (his gender and lack of wart are the two missing elements of the
>sterotype). Not sure what to make of that.

Hee. "Fly, Draco, fly! Bring back Potter, and his little friends, too!"
Maybe it says that JKR finds Snape utterly asexual and horrible, and is
annoyed and confused by fans who find him as sexy as Damn Sexy Sirius. ;)

Aura
PS: I got my Republicans For Voldemort tshirt in the mail today! And 2
bonus bumper stickers. I can't wait to shock some squares .... 

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