ACID POPS vs LOLLIPOPS (was:Re: Whom does Snape REALLY love?)

[Merry Kinsella]

No: HPFGUIDX 139244



Neri:
So you are basically saying that there are no romantic overtones in  this chapter, only some innocent drama, and all the rest is in my dirty mind <g>.<<

Merylanna says:

I'll answer and say yes, it is in your mind. <g> because JKR's writing style is being ignored.  If this were a bodice-ripper, then the language in the chapter would be romantic overtones 101.  However, it's JKR who uses equally over the top language for virtually every confrontation she writes.  How often has Snape's face been "less than a foot from Harry's" as he braced his arms on Harry's desk and leaned in less than a foot from Harry's face?

The Sirius/Snape confrontation in the Grimmauld Place kitchen makes Narcissa/Snape look like absolute strangers - Sirius/Snape closer and closer til their faces are less than a foot apart (this is a favorite image of JKR's, and one of her favorite verbs is "twitch" or "twitched" so I always consider her writing style before I interpret meaning.)  They've got their WANDS out for God's sake.  Symbolism anyone? <g> Snape and Sirius are that close and they whisper to each other.

Come on boys!  Kiss!  You know you want to.

Peter Pettigrew's self-abasement in front of Harry and LV make Narcissa look self-restrained in front of Snape.  I'm not sure Pettigrew grabbed Harry's trouser cuff and kept begging as Harry tried to shake him off, but it was the general idea.

When Snape caught Harry in the penseive, he grabbed Harry's forearm in a pincer-like grip and lifted him off the floor.  Finally, he flung Harry from him, then exploded a jar of dead cockroaches over Harry's head.

Thank the lord JKR stuck with "Harry" Potter and didn't switch to "Harriet" or I can read the fanfic now.

JKR is very big on the histrionics in any confrontation, so no, there were no romantic implications from Narcissa to Snape, IMO.  I'd seen the same kind of interaction repeated incessantly throughout the books, often with Snape as a player.  Histrionics played on the level, played for humor - that's JKR.  Weeping, wailing, roaring, bellowing, prostrating, leering, approaching, leaning, grabbing, bending over, etc. etc.


Merrylanna