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Thanks, Geri! I'm sorta kinda back, but getting there. Still kind of sporadic in getting online at the library, but at least I'm actually interested in it, again.
but then we see Harry attempting to understand Snape in his awkward, fumbling way--I think this is how he'd act if he had actually been able to confront Snape post-war in canon, a bit contrite and a bit defensive at the same time.
I agree. Savior of the Wizarding World notwithstanding, the guy was only 17, after all, with a hell of a lot of baggage and hard experience to process that would daunt many people twice his age. I think JKR handled it far too glibly. Then again, I'm also into the "angst-ridden soul in search of healing and integration" genre of story, so maybe that's just my bias showing!
And you know I'm not much of a Snarry shipper
I'm not, either. There's some good Snarry fiction out there, but I don't find the pairing very plausible, on a romantic level. This was really out of my usual scope, but I'm pretty good at suspending disbelief in the service of fiction!
but wow, I really loved the way you portrayed Harry's repressed desire for Snape, suddenly freed.
Thanks. Not only desire, per se, but basically realizing that maybe the "I hate Snape" story he'd been telling himself all those years wasn't still true--a consideration that works as well on the platonic level as the romantic level.
but then we see Harry attempting to understand Snape in his awkward, fumbling way--I think this is how he'd act if he had actually been able to confront Snape post-war in canon, a bit contrite and a bit defensive at the same time.
I agree. Savior of the Wizarding World notwithstanding, the guy was only 17, after all, with a hell of a lot of baggage and hard experience to process that would daunt many people twice his age. I think JKR handled it far too glibly. Then again, I'm also into the "angst-ridden soul in search of healing and integration" genre of story, so maybe that's just my bias showing!
And you know I'm not much of a Snarry shipper
I'm not, either. There's some good Snarry fiction out there, but I don't find the pairing very plausible, on a romantic level. This was really out of my usual scope, but I'm pretty good at suspending disbelief in the service of fiction!
but wow, I really loved the way you portrayed Harry's repressed desire for Snape, suddenly freed.
Thanks. Not only desire, per se, but basically realizing that maybe the "I hate Snape" story he'd been telling himself all those years wasn't still true--a consideration that works as well on the platonic level as the romantic level.