Sexy Snape / JKR's men (was:Re: What's fun about the HPs?...)

[Ceridwen]

No: HPFGUIDX 152470

Betsy Hp:
> Okay, I'm about to channel my inner-Pansy here, unleash my 
simpering 
girly-girlness, and horrify JKR, but...

Ceridwen:
(pulling a chair up to the table and setting out the flavored creamer 
to go with the good dish coffee and kuchen)
My inner Pansy is squeeing in delight!

Betsy Hp:
> Oh, my Lord, yes, yes, a thousand times yes!  Snape is so very, 
incredibly, mind meltingly sexy, IMO.  I am completely and totally 
positive that there is a strong and healthy Snape fanclub at 
Hogwarts.  Probably tilted towards Slytherins, but with its fair 
share of Ravenclaws and Hufflepuffs, and even a few rogue 
Gryffindors bravely defying their house's bias.

Ceridwen:
Snape is the only male teacher we know about who is young and 
dynamic, enough so that there have got to be young witches with huge 
crushes on him.  House be damned, I would bet.  And before anyone 
says anything about bias against Gryffindors, or from Gryffindors 
toward Slytherins - when I was in basic training, quite a few of the 
female troops had crushes on the drill sergeants.  And Snapier people 
you will never find.

Betsy Hp:
> And no, it's not Rickman.  (Though I do like Rickman, I think he 
was mis-cast in this role.  He's too old, unfortunately...

Ceridwen:
Too old, yes, but his *voice*!  Oy, I could die!  But, I was 
intrigued by Snape and by the completely unknown future JKR had in 
mind for him before I saw the movies.  The character was compelling 
from the minute he gave Harry the 'evil eye'.

Betsy Hp:
> But yeah, smart gets me every time, and Snape has smarts in 
buckets.  Plus he's got that amazing wit he's so not afraid to use.  
(Sometimes when he shouldn't, I'll admit.)  And to dredge up 
Sydney's Jogging!Snape, he's also in incredible shape (running from 
the dungeon to the top of the astronomy tower and then back down, 
still able to cower werewolves and fend off pissed off students...) 
and wonderfully skilled with his wand. (my inner-Pansy is giggling 
madly...)

Ceridwen:
I like wordplay, and I like it when people can dredge up thoughtful 
references.  The mind certainly sways it for me!  The wit goes along 
with wordplay, and he is a master wordsmith.  Being in shape only 
makes it that much better.  More eye-candy.  *g*  And, competent in 
his craft is certainly attractive.  It's the whole 'can he support 
me' thing that is so not in vogue these days.  Which, of course, 
brings us to the wand, which he seemingly disparages, but which he is 
a master at as well.  My Pansy is holding hands with your Pansy and 
jumping up and down.

Betsy Hp:
> [O]ne of the things that is so interesting about Snape as a 
character is he's such a combination of male and female qualities.  
He's good with a wand and with a cauldron.

Ceridwen:
I never liked the sort of guy who concentrated only on his masculine 
side for fear of failing at being male.  Snape doesn't have this 
problem.  That just lends dignity to him, which unfortunately, Harry 
doesn't see.  Maybe this dualness makes him a richer character.  I 
think that if Snape was all about the Macho, he wouldn't be nearly as 
interesting nor as deep.

And, speaking about Lockhart and the Chamber of Secrets, I was struck 
by the way Snape gripped the chair when he heard that Ginny had been 
taken.  Female, absolutely.  Or, male?  Holding himself back so 
Lockhart could do what the DADA teacher is supposed to do in this 
sort of situation?  In either event, it was a glaring show of 
emotion, which is also attractive (when not overdone, and this 
certainly wasn't).

Betsy Hp:
> And of course, JKR as a master of hurt/comfort with her guys, 
doesn't spare Snape.  So there's that going for him, too.

Ceridwen:
Agreed.  But another aspect of this is his apparent determination, 
sometimes wrongheaded in my opinion, of holding it all in.  I would 
say stereotypically male, but I would then fear that people would 
miss the 'stereotypical'.  I know both males and females who do this, 
and it lends an air of impending tragedy.

*(snipping more things I completely agree with)*

Betsy Hp:
> 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.

Ceridwen:
Same here.  Lockhart is one of those guys you see with groupies 
gathered around him, and you just wonder why.  Too pretty, too aware 
of it.  Though he did seem to have some charisma to explain the wide 
fanbase.

My Pansy is waiting for the others, with plenty of coffee brewing, or 
tea if you'd rather.

Ceridwen.