Connections Interview re: Snape (1999)

houyhnhnm102 celizwh at intergate.com
Wed Jul 11 23:51:40 UTC 2007


No: HPFGUIDX 171593

Jen:

> You know, I did think of a plot purpose if JKR was 
> surprised someone thought Snape could fall in love:

houyhnhnm:

Rowling may have said something about Snape being unable 
to fall in love, though it doesn't ring any bell with me.  
The quote I am familiar with is: 

JKR: Yeah? Who on earth would want Snape in love with 
them, that is a very horrible idea. Erm ...

Who would want Snape in love with them is quite 
different from Snape himself being unable to fall 
in love.  It makes me wonder if the vampire theory 
may have been close to the mark in essentials, if 
wrong in specifics.  What would make *no one* want 
Snape to be in love with them.  It can't be that he 
turns out to be bad because some fans would still 
find him attractive and she very well knows it.  I 
think it's got to be something creepy; something 
that would turn *anyone* off.  If Snape is not a 
vampire, maybe he is something else that is not 
quite human.  I can't think what it would be, but 
it would have to be yucky.  A human hooking up with 
a giant is a little risque.  A human and a goblin 
is downright kinky, IMO, but both of these pairings 
are considered fairly normal in the WW.  What would 
Snape have to be to be beyond the pale?

houyhnhnm, who doesn't *want* this to be the case but 
is bracing herself for psychological trauma with the 
read-a-thon only 10 days away.





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