Did Snape have a choice or not? Levels and contradictions in JKR's writing

[a_svirn]

No: HPFGUIDX 138583


> > >>Jen:
> > <snip>
> > People always bring up Snape and Lily, and maybe it's true, but
> > Narcissa seems more like the kind of woman Snape would fall for.
> > <snip>
> > Obsessive love, unrequited love, perhaps love once freely given 
but
> > taken away--it's possible one of these scenarios trapped Snape 
long
> > before Narcissa came pleading to his door.
> 
> Betsy Hp:
> I never felt any unresolved sexual tension (UST) in this scene.  I 
> know others have, but I felt like Snape was more... embarrassed by 
> Narcissa's tears and desperation than anything.  I certainly got 
the 
> impression that he *liked* Narcissa, thought well of her, etc.  
But 
> I didn't get the sense that he was attracted to her at all.
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a_svirn:

Yeah, I can't discern any *UST* between Snape and Narcissa either. 
If there is any kind of tension during the Spinner's End scene it's 
between Bellatrix and Snape. Not unresolved, though. Their bickering 
makes it sound like it's been resolved long since and not entirely 
to Bella's satisfaction.