Lusting After Snape

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No: HPFGUIDX 129326

Porphyria
OK, plain English: Snape
appeals to some women because he is exactly what a woman cannot be if
she is to be recognized as "feminine" in our society.

Gerry

What a load of rubbish. I' a Snape fan. I'm a women. I'm a nurturing,
warm, caring person. I also have a brain. And I like to use it, which
I do quite a lot, at work as well as privately. I like theories that
have a basis in facts. I like authors of theories to have at least
done something to verify their brainchild before spouting them off.
Did I mention I love sarcasm? 

I love Snape because he is such an interesting, complex character. He
had some rotten things happen to him, did some rotten things and now
has to live with the consequences. I also adore his use of language.
He is also the character I'm most curious about. Why did he become a
DE? Why did he change sides? He is on the good side, is brave and
still a  bastard in the classroom. (And yes, you can love Snape and
still think that what he did to Neville's toad is despiccable and he
should have been slapped for the remark about Hermione's teeth.) This
makes him interesting. What strikes me about Snape is that he comes
across as a very lonely person. What I hope to find in the next books
is that JKR will give him some much overdue happiness.

Potioncat

I have to admit, having a son about the age of Harry, I love the
scene when Snape throws/magicks the jar of cockroaches at Harry. I'd
love to do that too! Of course I wouldn't throw anything at my
own son;after all, I'd be the one to clean up all those
cockroaches;but it does offer a certain sense of satisfaction.

Gerry

I felt so very, very sorry for Snape in that scene. It must have been
so painful and hurtful to realise that of all people Harry had seen
this scene. Satisfaction, no. Just great empathy for Snape who must
have felt violated and degraded to the core of his being. 

Gerry, who now is very curious about the reaction this post got so
she'll start searching the archive.