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stgulikMy husband is ripe to get into HP fan fiction, I just know it. He won't ever be a big shipper, but the action-adventure-y stuff is right up his alley. He already likes Harry Potter, and for some reason is mad for all those angsty supernatural teen dramas like Vampire Diaries and Teen Wolf. It's just a matter of finding the right hook and then he'll be ours. Ours!
Unfortunately, I don't think we'll hook him through some sort of innate attraction to Severus Snape. (I say unfortunately because, y'know, that's about all I read.)
Groom: I'm beginning to like the relationship here between Snape and Hermione Granger. I still have trouble with the age difference, but ...
Me: (Judiciously) Sure, I understand. Lots of people actually don't care for the pairing. (I almost told him about Snupins, but making him read slashfic might result in a step backward in our cautious progression.)
Groom: But what I don't get is, why Snape at all? He's such a nasty, cruel character.
Me: (Grinding my teeth) Well, some of us think he was just misunderstood. For instance, in "The Prince's Tale," he is quite guilt-ridden, with a broken heart, having had a hand in the death of his first love. Then Dumbledore snags him, and he's forced to play the role of a double-agent, doing everything Voldemort and Dumbledore tell him. It isolates him; he's alone and friendless in enforced solitude. He can't confide in anyone. Half the Order believes he's a bad guy; he is terribly misunderstood. And in the end, his only reward is a horribly violent death.
Groom: Yeah ... (I almost have him.)
Me: We Snape fans proceed from this point to try and write him the way we see him - as a character who is more complex and more three-dimensional than Rowling wrote him.
Groom: Okay, I can see that. But Hermione?
Me: (Giving up.) Would you prefer Remus Lupin? ...
Unfortunately, I don't think we'll hook him through some sort of innate attraction to Severus Snape. (I say unfortunately because, y'know, that's about all I read.)
Groom: I'm beginning to like the relationship here between Snape and Hermione Granger. I still have trouble with the age difference, but ...
Me: (Judiciously) Sure, I understand. Lots of people actually don't care for the pairing. (I almost told him about Snupins, but making him read slashfic might result in a step backward in our cautious progression.)
Groom: But what I don't get is, why Snape at all? He's such a nasty, cruel character.
Me: (Grinding my teeth) Well, some of us think he was just misunderstood. For instance, in "The Prince's Tale," he is quite guilt-ridden, with a broken heart, having had a hand in the death of his first love. Then Dumbledore snags him, and he's forced to play the role of a double-agent, doing everything Voldemort and Dumbledore tell him. It isolates him; he's alone and friendless in enforced solitude. He can't confide in anyone. Half the Order believes he's a bad guy; he is terribly misunderstood. And in the end, his only reward is a horribly violent death.
Groom: Yeah ... (I almost have him.)
Me: We Snape fans proceed from this point to try and write him the way we see him - as a character who is more complex and more three-dimensional than Rowling wrote him.
Groom: Okay, I can see that. But Hermione?
Me: (Giving up.) Would you prefer Remus Lupin? ...
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Date: 2012-08-05 02:50 pm (UTC)But yes, more recs would provide a pool you can draw from - have them include all genres (with and without happy endings), different pairings, etc.
I recently read a Snape/Sirius one that I was VERY impressed with and it wasn't overtly sexual, but also dealt with depression and PTSD. Very realistic and everyone remained in character.