Two scenes for most everyone (was Re: Retribution for Snape the Teacher)

[colebiancardi]

No: HPFGUIDX 144125

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "lagattalucianese" 
<katmac at k...> wrote:
>
> > > 
> > > To me, that's the sort of stiff-necked, stuffy apology that 
Snape 
> > > would make. With just a suggestion of thawing that Harry can 
take 
> > and 
> > > run with.
> > > 
> > > --La Gatta
> > 
> > hmmmm....I know we are just fooling here, but that is VERY out of 
> > character for Snape.  And the Hermione reference?  What is THAT 
all 
> > about?  Blech....Don't get all *sexual* on me with Snape & 
Hermione -
>  
> > she is Ron's soul-mate :-)  Not to mention that makes Snape a 
sexual 
> > predator for having a thing for someone who is 20 years younger!
> > 
> > colebiancardi
> > (blech....I do hope I read that wrong )
> >
> Um, for "apology", substitute "rapprochement". He doesn't actually 
> apologize, does he, but he does leave the door open for future 
> communication.
> 
> As for Hermione...
> 
> Sexual predator? Erm? Hermione turned 17 on September 19, 1996, and 
by 
> the standards of the WW she is thereafter of age and her own woman, 
> and can take up with anybody she damn well pleases. I've had some 
> ripping good times with men twenty years my senior, and I certainly 
> didn't think of them as sexual predators. (They may have thought of 
> *me* as a sexual predator, but that's another story... ;D)

Uhmmmm...Did Snape just wake up & see Hermione when she turned 17 
years old?  If not, then he was eyeing her when she was younger.  
Quite frankly, 20 years is a huge difference - not saying it won't 
work, but if I taught someone since they were 11 years old & then 
*all of sudden*, when they turned of age, I viewed them as a sexual 
being, I couldn't do it...Perhaps in 10 years later, when I hadn't 
seen them for a while, but not right away.  That would mean I was a 
sexual predator, sorry.  The light doesn't turn on right away like 
that, especially if you have seen them for years prior as a little 
kid.

the Blech factor is about that.  17 vs 37 is a huge age difference - 
not just physical, but emotionally as well.  If Hermione decided at 
30 that Snape was her man when he was 50 years old, at least she has 
had the option to go out and experience the world.  

Sure, when I was 17, I daydreamed about *older men* in their 30's - 
but my god, I would never think for one minute that I would hook up 
with them.

So, back to my point - yes, it is making Snape a sexual predator - 
unless you are stating that Sevvie never had a lewd thought about 
Hermione until she turned 17.  And why would he even view her in this 
manner?   
And even at that.....the abuse of a power situation(professor and 
student relationship) is bad enough as well.

Blechhh....again.  Ron is perfect for her, IMHO.  

colebiancardi
(who is older & much more wiser when it comes to May-December 
relationships)