Not so bad Snape (was Re: Sexy Snape?)

[colebiancardi]

No: HPFGUIDX 139547

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "potioncat" <willsonkmom at m...>
wrote:
 
> Potioncat:
> And his teeth may not be so yellow either...just not Hollywood white. 
> Or if they are, they could be stained, rather than unbrushed. He's 
> never described as having any odor at all, and Harry has been close 
> enough to know. Mungdungus's odors are described, so it isn't just a 
> case of shyness on JKR's part.
> 
> I do think it's significant that he is described differently in 
> Spinners' End than he is in chapters that include either Harry or the 
> Marauders.
>  

well, we do know that that in the pensive scene - which is to be
objective - that Snape was still quite unattractive.  And the
Mauraders also commented on Snape's looks - even grown-up Sirius did.
 However, I didn't read too much into how Snape was described in
Spinner's End - I've seen JKR's original drawing of Snape, and he is
just like he is described throughout all the books.  Pretty scary
looking, in fact.   Perhaps at Spinner's End is where Snape had his
yearly hairwashing? LOL.  I don't think Snape doesn't wash his hair;
in fact, I think his hair is, alas, like mine.  My hair is very oily
and I must wash it daily and put tons of hairproducts in my hair to
achieve a balance.  If I was inspecting boiling, steaming cauldrons
all day long, my hair would probably match the descriptions of Snape's
hair.  If you have EVER worked in a fast food place and worked the
deep fryer section, you know exactly want I mean(I did once, a long
time at 16 - I never could get the smell of grease out of my hair that
summer).

Yellow teeth - Snape is a smoker or a tea-drinker or both (just
funning , but the WW does have a few pipe-smokers.  Perhaps Snape is
one of them).

colebiancardi
(who does think that Snape is very scary-looking and I wouldn't want
to meet him alone in dark alleyway)