Harry's story , NOT Snape's (was Re: "An old man's mistakes")

[Merry Kinsella]

No: HPFGUIDX 139052


--- msbeadsley <msbeadsley at yahoo.com> wrote:

I can easily imagine Snape's eyes glittering at some
romantically- inclined female, attractive or not, just
before he opens his mouth to let something truly
scornful (but possibly subtle enough to pass for
"No, thanks") fall out. People keep talking about his
"bad boy" allure, but I think there's something else
going on: Snape would have to be grateful, wouldn't
he, to any woman who'd have him? He couldn't possibly
be a rejection-risk. Heh, heh. Yeah, right.<<<



Yes, yes, yes.  And by having him reject someone, I
don't mean the romantic notion of "doesn't want to get
hurt" "doesn't trust" but truly - not interested.

It happens in life that seemingly obvious targets for
romantic rescue or seeming-diamonds-in-the-rough who
need the "right woman" or "right man" genuinely have
no interest in what's offered.  That has got to be
mortifying, and I that's something I don't think is
considered enough with Snape.

As for being inherently unattractive - (responding to
something you've snipped) I'm of two minds.  Part of
me  remembers how he was in the penseive - nose less
than half an inch from the parchment, writing more
than a foot than his nearest neighbor - I think of
Spinner's End completely covered in books - and I
think of someone like the cliche of Einstein - can't
put his own pants on right-ways, forgets to eat,
forgets to light a fire, etc. - the sparten routine
isn't about not being attractive, but being too
absorbed in something else to pay attention to
anything else.

OTOH, JKR really works overtime letting us know Snape
is not cute.  The scrawny body.  The yellowing teeth. 
The spittle at the corners of the mouth (maybe I'm
misremembering that).  She's not just describing
somebody who needs a shampoo and some fresh air.  I
don't think.


Merylanna.