conti. that can't be denied. But not, imo, in a way that suggests he finds him any more attractive than he did before. More importantly, the Pensieve scene, as unique as it was, still followed the same pattern of all H/S interaction since book 1. Snape has always been the one to destroy Harry's view of a perfect father, Harry's seen Snape humiliated by MWPP before, they've always gotten on each other's nerves in a way that was disturbing to them because of its intimacy, Snape's tried to humiliate Harry, Harry's always humiliated Snape almost by accident. Snape's always been Harry's greatest protector, despite Snape and Harry's own disgust with that fact.
And all these things you listed here are exactly why the dynamic between these two characcters are so appealing to some of us and how they're far far more interesting to explore as a ship than the fact one finds another sexy. So what if Harry doesn't find Snape sexually attractive in canon? Harry repeatedly emphasize how hot Sirius is, does that mean Harry finds Sirius sexually attractive, since we know Harry also loves Sirius very much and vice versa, no one can denied that either, so does that mean Sirius x Harry is a "canon ship"? (one of my favorite btw) And may be it is just me, the way JKR describe Snape in OotP sound physically appealing more so than the first 4 books. Is that a change in Harry's PoV or just JKR describe him in a slightly different way or just me imagining things? Whatever the case, I don't think "physical attraction" is what makes a ship that feel canon, and a ship can feel very canon-ish despite the lack of it too. for me, I value the closeness (emotion-wise and physical-wise), amount and depth of interactions between two characters and how their relationship related to the story as a whole much much more.
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Date: 2004-07-06 04:53 pm (UTC)that can't be denied. But not, imo, in a way that suggests he finds him any more attractive than he did before. More importantly, the Pensieve scene, as unique as it was, still followed the same pattern of all H/S interaction since book 1. Snape has always been the one to destroy Harry's view of a perfect father, Harry's seen Snape humiliated by MWPP before, they've always gotten on each other's nerves in a way that was disturbing to them because of its intimacy, Snape's tried to humiliate Harry, Harry's always humiliated Snape almost by accident. Snape's always been Harry's greatest protector, despite Snape and Harry's own disgust with that fact.
And all these things you listed here are exactly why the dynamic between these two characcters are so appealing to some of us and how they're far far more interesting to explore as a ship than the fact one finds another sexy. So what if Harry doesn't find Snape sexually attractive in canon? Harry repeatedly emphasize how hot Sirius is, does that mean Harry finds Sirius sexually attractive, since we know Harry also loves Sirius very much and vice versa, no one can denied that either, so does that mean Sirius x Harry is a "canon ship"? (one of my favorite btw) And may be it is just me, the way JKR describe Snape in OotP sound physically appealing more so than the first 4 books. Is that a change in Harry's PoV or just JKR describe him in a slightly different way or just me imagining things? Whatever the case, I don't think "physical attraction" is what makes a ship that feel canon, and a ship can feel very canon-ish despite the lack of it too. for me, I value the closeness (emotion-wise and physical-wise), amount and depth of interactions between two characters and how their relationship related to the story as a whole much much more.