Whom does Snape REALLY love?

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No: HPFGUIDX 138684

Combining responses to everyone...

> Potioncat:
> You know, since you put it this way, I wonder why the publishers 
> didn't have this scene on the cover? Could have been a real bodice 
> ripper! What that wouldn't have done to sales.

Neri:
I think Severus and Cissy would still have a close contest from
Won-Won eating Lav-Lav's face. 

> Potioncat:
> Cissy And Severus Talking Old Romance. One Ill-fated Love! CASTOR OIL.

> Carol:
> How about ACID POPS? It's got a C and an S in it and it fits "the
> nature of the affection." You can figure out what it stands for if you
> like.

Neri:
CASTOR OIL is very good. ACID POPS is so cool but has very few letters
to work with. Lets see, how about Alluring Cissy In Distress Provoked
Old PassionS. No, wait, wait, maybe Alluring Cissy Inveigled Dangerous
Promises Of Passionate Severus. Is that grammatical at all? Okay, I'm
not very good at this myself, but give me a month or two.

> houyhnhnm:
> But.
> If your analysis is correct, then the idea of Snape in love isn't 
> horrible, merely pitiable.

Neri:
Well, yes. But then the end result of his love is quite horrible,
isn't it?

> Jen: Part of the reason this chapter was so compelling in retrospect 
> is how it fits in the with theme of the book. We know what part the 
> UV played in the plot, but HBP is at the core about obsession. 
> Merope's obsession with Riddle leading to the birth of her son and 
> her own death; Voldemort's obsession with immortality; even 
> Dumbledore has an obsessive air about him during the Horcrux search. 
> This chapter can easily fit into the theme even if it doesn't turn 
> out to be obsessive love.

Neri:
Yes. I have to admit that before HBP I was arguing against LOLLIPOPS
on the ground that JKR isn't much of a SHIPper. Heh, HBP certainly
changed my mind about that, although I still think she's not a *good*
SHIPper. The S/N scene was kind of overdone, wasn't it? But no doubt
obsession, love and obsessive love played a center role in HBP.
Actually I'm currently entertaining a complex speculation that would
make Snape here even more sneaky, thematic and, in the End, pitiful.
Right now Faith is having a go at it, but it might survive her.


Neri