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

[colebiancardi]

No: HPFGUIDX 139555

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Juli <jlnbtr at y...> wrote:
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> 
> Sherrie :
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> Hmmm....greasy hair, lip-curled expression, "deep-looking" eyes... 
Sounds 
> like someone else an AWFUL lot of women & young girls found dead 
sexy.....
> 
> Fella by the name of Elvis...
>  
> Juli again: Even though I don't like Elvis and I don't think he
looks >at all like Severus, you're right. Just because someone doesn't
have >the standard "good looks" doesn't mean s/he's not sexy. 


I think that Snape's nose is a quite a bit more larger than Tom
Cruise's, so although I love big noses(re Tom Baker - THE Dr. Who), I
do not believe Snape's nose is at all like Cruises.  Snape may have
deep black eyes, but they are also described as cold and unfeeling,
unlike Hagrid's, which are warm and caring.  I also believe that
Snape's bodyframe is described as extremely thin(either in SS/PS or
CoS).  I do think that JRK added those descriptions, because they
could be taken out of content if she had not.  Snape is cold,
unfeeling and quite scary-looking(google for her drawings of him - it
is very nasty nightmarish stuff).

I am a forgiving person when it comes to looks - if the personality is
one that overrides the looks.  I have loved very handsome men and very
*ugly* men - although to me, they weren't ugly, because their
personality overrode any quirks in the looks department for me.  I
have also loved men who were handsome, but that love turned to hatred,
as their cruelty towards people made them ugly.  It doesn't matter if
they treated me well if they treated other people viciously.

The problem I have with Snape being Sexy - and don't get me wrong, I
adore his character; it is very complex and interesting - is his
personality.  You can tell a lot about a man(or woman) by the way he
treats those that are weaker than they are.  Snape's treatment towards
children is despictable, IMHO, and I don't think I could ever overlook
that - even if he was *dead* sexy.  Anyone that gets their kicks from
emotional abusing those weaker than themselves has some deep issues
with relationships all around.   I would view him as a being an *ugly*
person because of that.  And if he treats children in that manner, how
would he treat a woman?  And how would he treat his own children, god
forbid that he breed.

However, I am in the Good!Snape camp.  I believe (wishful thinking on
my part, I know) that his persona towards those children not in his
house is an *act*, to further cement to anyone in the DE's camp that
he is still a Death Eater who *hates* anyone who is not a Slytherin. 
Remember, Dumbledore always thought Voldy would come back, so Snape
needed to stay in the dodgy DE character-mode.   I could be wrong, of
course.  Snape may just be a nasty bastard because he just is.

fourth post, so I hope the list elves will forgive me....

colebiancardi
(Elvis is not my cup o' tea, but HE was very handsome in his youthful
days.  Pomade(think ducktails) was very popular then and his curling
lip was not followed by nasty comments.  Plus, he moved his hips alot.)