Sexy Snape / JKR's men /What's fun about the HPs?...)

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> >>SSSusan:
> <snip>
> I mean, would anyone dare suggest Snape is sexy here?  Come on,
> tell the truth!  Would anyone??  And I don't mean Rickman!Snape
> either. It *has* been done here before, you know, people talking
> about Snape being sexy and why....
> <snip>

Betsy Hp:
< HUGE SNIP>
Plus he's got that amazing wit he's so not afraid to use.
(Sometimes when he shouldn't, I'll admit.)
<SNIP>

Alla:

Hehe. I promise not to argue, just wanted to say that IF Snape was 
not afraid to use his wit on those who are higher than he is in the 
hierarchy, I would totally like that. Because usually I LOVE smart, 
sarcastic characters as long as their sarcasm is a weapon against 
those stronger than those characters or their peers at least.
Have you noticed for example that in fanfiction stories Snape often 
snarks at Dumbledore and never does that in canon?
Eh, never mind just wanted to say that. 

I guess Phoenixgod (I think) totally nailed I for me – it depends on 
whether you sympathize more with those who receive the sarcasm or 
those who give it.

> >>Alla:
> <snip>
> But funnily enough I was talking to somebody off list about
> sexiness of the characters and I probably mentioned it on list in
> the past, but I really do NOT find any of the adult characters
> sexy. Honestly, I don't.
> And I am not just talking about Snape, I am also talking about
> Sirius, who I love dearly as a character, and whom I think would
> have been a loyal friend after a lot of therapy sessions :)
> I don't know why. I mean, Sirius IS describes as physically
> attractive, but I guess not my type.
> <snip>

Betsy Hp:
And I'm the opposite. <g>  I find so many of JKR's male characters
to be quite attractive.  I think, probably because of the
hurt/comfort thing, if I'm being totally honest (to my inner-Pansy
who's feelings would be hurt if I lied during a good girly dish like
this <g>).  Sirius and Lupin and Snape (of course) all strike me as
yummy, even if I'm not always a big fan of their actions.  They all
suffer so well.

Alla:

Oh, TOTALLY hurt-comfort gets to me as well, and you ARE right all 
these characters suffer SO well (well, Snape needs to suffer more and 
more and more, if you ask me), BUT to me it is so, I don't know, 
platonic, if that even makes sense. What I am trying to say is that 
yes, I do have that desire to hug Sirius and to make it better and of 
course to mother Harry and to make it better for him, BUT when I 
think about Sirius and am about to go into daydreaming part, my 
imagination always gives me reality check of the sort. As in that 
Sirius is way too damaged to be a good husband or boyfriend. Does 
that make sense?

I feel hurt-comfort about this character in the friendly way, if that 
is even possible.

Betsy:
The funny thing is that I *never* thought Lockhart was sexy.  At
all.  Did anybody, I wonder?  Because, while he was described as
being physically attractive, his personality was off-putting from
the start.  
<SNIP>

Alla:

Me too.


Betsy:
So yeah, when it comes to her male characters, JKR's got me. <g>

Alla:

Totally. I think she got me on very many of her characters.

> Betsy Hp:
<SNIP>
>> Have the books soured on me a bit?  They have.  At least, I'm not 
as 
> fond of the "good guys" as I used to be.  I wouldn't want to hang 
> out with them, and quite a few I'd actively avoid.  I still like 
> Harry, but his darkness has always been a part of his character, 
and 
> he seems to at least acknowledge when he goes too far.
>

Alla:

Hehe. I think that books did not sour on me precisely because I AM so 
fond of good guys. The characters are the main reason why I am 
rereading the books over and over again.

I DO want to hang out with them, of course with Harry first and 
foremost, but also with so many others and they are the main reason I 
would love to stop by in Potterverse for a visit, not for a permanent 
stay though.
And, yes, what Geoff said about Harry's darkness, which in my book is 
not different from the usual "person".

JMO,

Alla