[the_old_crowd] Re: ok i've seen everything now

[Kathryn]

--- In the_old_crowd at yahoogroups.com, Sean Dwyer <ewe2 at a...> wrote:
> As if vampire!Snape wasn't enough, I've come across someone truly 
> twisted: a Snape/Hermione shipper on deviantart.com, proclaiming 
> her beliefs in pictures, no less.
> 
> http://darksnape.deviantart.com/gallery/
> 
> for the full horror. I mean....what...<shakes head>...truly
> dumbfounded...i blame the Rickmann Effect.


Well the site scared me a little because the images are all quite young
Hermione and Sev. Personally I can't see that - mainly because I couldn't
see Severus ever doing anything with a Student. *But* having said that I
could certainly see an older Hermione with Severus. They both seem quite
intelligent and somewhat studious, they would both have been through some
similar experiences too since it seems they will both be heavily involved in
the war with Voldemort. Also Hermione doesn't seem the type to be too swayed
by physical appearances (with the exception of Lockhart and I'm not sure
that was his looks so much as Ron didn't even realise she was alive and
there's this famous, charming teacher who she automatically respects because
she seems to respect all the teachers and all that overtakes her normal
sense for a while).

So I guess it depends on your definition of a Severus/Hermione shipper as to
whether i am one. I certainly don't ship them the way many people ship
Ron/Hermione or Harry/Hermione, but they're an interesting couple to
consider and the dynamics are fascinating, especially as a fiction writer.
Plus add in the fact that, certainly prior to OoP, if you want to write a
het ship that isn't Hermione/Ron or Hermione/Harry there's darn few suitable
women to ship with anyone - which is probably why a) there are so many darn
Mary Sues around and b) why Hermione gets more sex than almost any other HP
character in the world of fanfic ;)

The Hermione/Severus shippers I hate are the ones that write about a Severus
who has suddenly morphed into this utterly charming, stunningly handsome man
with soft hair and normal skin tone (all due to the love of a good woman no
doubt) and a Hermione who seems to have matured into a supermodel, whose
hair is under perfect control and, while I accept her body is going to
change as she grows up, I don't think she's ever going to have the figure of
say Jordan! Argh. Sorry, pet peeve.

And as for the Alan Rickman effect - do you have any clue how irritating we
Snape lovers usually find comments like that to be? I adore Sev because he's
snarky and sarcastic and intelligent and passionate in his beliefs and quite
quite nasty. I believe he is incredibly sexy but not at all physically
attractive and I swear that while Alan is absolutely delicious I have never
harboured any kind of feelings for the Sheriff of Nottingham in any way or
whatshisname in Galaxy Quest for that matter! I could go on at length about
sexy Severus but I won't because to those of us who can see it it's obvious
and to the rest of you it's about as understandable as someone standing up
and swearing undying devotion to one of the goblins and nothing I can say is
going to change that - which is fine by me, if everyone thought the same way
this would be a much more boring group.

K

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