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

[zgirnius]

No: HPFGUIDX 152478

zgirnius: 
Fun, BetsyHP. My inner Pansy is having a night out!

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

Zgirnius:
Actually that cake you mentioned sounded great


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.  And JKR didn't give us anything to work with.  I wonder
how he'd have come across if the books were written from Hermione's
pov?  Hermione *must* have interperted Lockhart's actions completely
differently from Harry for her to keep her crush for so long.  Would
that have passed on to us as readers, I wonder?  (I suspect JKR
would have still left him exposed as a fraud from the get-go, with
the reader feeling a sort of fond sympathy for Hermione's crush.)

zgirnius:
No, not sexy. Just fabulous. I can't think of a better walking, 
talking caricature I have read anywhere. However, this in no way 
prevented me from having a fond sympathy for Hermione's crush. (Fine 
description of how I felt about it). Because, it's HERMIONE. And 
Lockhart is a TEACHER. He can't POSSIBLY be a total twit. Oh no, the 
boys must just be jealous
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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.

Zgirnius:
Serves me right for waiting to post later, I was going to go into the 
Umbridge scene, but Carol has already said it better.

Joe:
> I am going to assume and I could be totally wrong that there is 
some scene where Snape or maybe even someone else covers a bit of 
distance at some point. If this is the case it doesn't mean anything. 
I know several people who run 10Ks regularly who are in terrible 
shape and fairly overweight.

Zgirnius:
We cannot of course be sure of his level of aerobic fitness, but 
canon describes him as on the thin side. A male in his late thirties, 
of below average weight for his height, is at least going to LOOK 
fit. Add to that his impressive energy level (all this stalking about 
at night, grading of long essay assignments, and extracurricular 
activity, and the guy never seems TIRED), and I would guess he is in 
at least decent shape.