by Igenlode Wordsmith <Use-Author-Supplied-Address-Header@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Oct 11, 2008 at 09:06 PM
On 9 Oct 2008 BubblyBabs wrote:
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> "Toon" <toon@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> news:86hpe455ri5j7vtcfq23a68gc1ucnho11u@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
'Snape's Worst Memory']
> > Should have stayed down and accepted the help. "Nurse" Lily might
> > bond with him romantically. When it comes to romance, usually it's
> > the one on the ground who wins out in the end. James would not be
> > seen as a tough, strong provider/warrior, but a bully and a jerk.
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> You are able to sit back and think it through - at the time Snape was in
> emotional distress and reacted accordingly... That's why it's his worst
> memory - he lost Lily over it...
>
I can't see any teenage boy 'staying down' in a fight in the hopes that
a girl will fall for him if she finds his plight pathetic enough --
particularly not one whose enemies have already nicknamed him
'Snivellus'. (So far as I can remember, this was a completely gratuitous
coinage by James -- young Severus is not known for snivelling under any
cir***stances.)
If he wants to look good in the girl's eyes, the last thing he is going
to welcome is being rescued by her -- wangling a hurt/comfort scenario
for a proud or prickly character is strictly for the fangirls ;-p
Although of course Draco Malfoy did play precisely the 'snivelling' card
when Buckbeak bit him...
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