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

[nrenka]

No: HPFGUIDX 144156

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "lagattalucianese" 
<katmac at k...> wrote:

> Well, I guess for the sort of people who think that sort of thing, 
> that's the sort of thing they think. To me, Ron is the ultimate 
> Blechhh Factor. We'll just have to agree to disagree.

Canonically, at least Hermione doesn't find there to be a Blechhh 
factor regarding Ron.  It's a nice arbiter when we all can't seem to 
agree on our personal tastes--defer to the fictional characters' own 
decisions. :)

> We're talking about two people who've been annoying and otherwise 
> interacting with each other for six or seven years, and have gotten 
> to know one another pretty well. 

I don't get the impression that Hermione knows Snape 'pretty well' at 
all; does she know what he likes to do in his spare time?  What he 
reads?  What he actually thinks about his job?  As none of us readers 
actually know any of this material and seem to be profoundly divided 
on issues like Snape's basic personality qualities, I'd be surprised 
if she knew so much more than we did.  Likewise on the reverse: 
despite the fanfic chestnut of "He'd been secretly watching Miss 
Granger for years...", I don't get the impression that Snape knows 
more about Hermione than he sees in class, or more importantly that 
he's interested in knowing more.  And he's profoundly dismissive of 
her in the classroom.

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> If they aren't right for one another, they'll find out soon enough, 
> but again, it's their issue to sort out. And J.K. Rowling's, of 
> course. Nobody else's.

If you're going for canon plausibility (which may never have been the 
point of this thread), I suspect that JKR would poke Hermione (who 
she's admitted is like her younger self) and say "Who on earth would 
want Snape in love with them?"  YMMV.

-Nora wonders how many Hogwarts couples end up getting married and 
whether it's higher or lower than her college...