Draco Love and Sexy Snape (was: Re: Dumbledore - is he or isn't he?)

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No: HPFGUIDX 135990

> >>Bunny:
> <snip> 
> I wonder what the 'Draco lovers' think of him now.......  where he 
> stamped on the defenceless Harry's face and broke his nose        
> justified what I have always thought of him.....yuck! But even    
> worse was when he was describing it and laughing about it to other 
> Slytherins.

Betsy Hp:
Well, speaking as someone totally and completely *thrilled* with 
what JKR did for Draco in HBP (does that make me a "Draco lover"?) I 
got a bit of guilty pleasure out of Draco's "revenge" on Harry.  For 
two reasons:  First, after the many, many, *many* times Harry has 
stomped Draco, it was nice to finally see Draco get a bit of his own 
back.  (That was the "guilty" part of my pleasure, I will admit.)  

Second, with Harry completely at Draco's mercy, the very fact that 
the *only* thing Draco does to Harry is break his nose and leave him 
on the train was quite telling, IMO.  There were *tons* of things 
Draco could have done to Harry, up to and including murder.  
Especially when you consider that Draco's most likely been taking a 
crash course in Death Eaterism under Auntie Bella's tender care.  
The fact that Draco behaves so mildly could be seen as a 
foreshadowing of the choice he makes at the end of HBP, IMO.

As to Draco laughing about his revenge with the other Slytherins, 
that didn't bother me too badly.  For one, it signals that Draco 
never intended that Harry be missing forever (unlike the Weasley 
twins with their near murder of Montague).  For another, it's really 
no more tacky than Ernie Macmillan relishing the thought of Draco's 
mother discovering her disfigured son at the end of OotP.

> >>Bunny: 
> In keeping with this, maybe if we stopped thinking of Snape as the
> highly popular Alan Rickman, and thought of him as JKR describes
> him:  sallow, greasy hair, yellowed teeth, grey undies, it will be 
> easier to believe that he's really evil.  Come on........the guy's 
> really really cruel and hurtful to almost everyone.

Betsy Hp:
Gosh, you're right! Snape's ugly!  He *must* be evil!!  <eg>  Of 
course, I jest.  (After all, where would poor buck-toothed, bushy-
haired Hermione be if we judged the characters of Potter-verse 
solely on their looks?)

Believe it or not, there *are* those of us who find Snape quite 
attractive even *without* picturing Alan Rickman.  I hunted up the 
post where I explain why so many fans (or, you know, me ;)) drool 
over Canon!Snape. 

http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/message/129370 

Frankly, HBP changes very little.  In fact, I'd say it only *adds* 
to Snape's attractiveness.  We knew he was smart.  Now we learn he's 
a prodigy.  We knew he was brave.  Now we learn he's probably one of 
the bravest members of the Order.  (Lupin is still in the running 
here, but he gets such a tiny amount of stage time, poor boy, it's 
hard to fully compare.)  We see more of his large heart in his 
protectiveness of Draco, and Harry for that matter.

Plus, in a mother of all endorsements (pun kind of intended <g>), we 
get major hints that Snape was cared for by Lily.  (As a sort of 
aside, isn't it interesting that Harry, with his mother's eyes, is 
the only one who can read Snape's handwriting?)

No, as I've said before, it's going to take a bit more than a large 
nose and greasy hair to stop the Snape love.  IMO, of course. :)

Betsy Hp