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The August Challenge

The World of Severus Snape

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The August Challenge

[info]sylvanawood
8/4/09 04:04 pm
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was suggested by [info]geri_chan

Severus and his Men

Snape slash--one of Torino's weekly questions was on "Snape's other women," and I thought it might be fun to do a "Snape's men" question or challenge. Why do we like to slash Snape, and whom do we like to slash him with?

A separate het challenge so as not to discriminate against the non-slashers will be issued next month.

This has the potential to get heated, but I'm asking you to keep in mind that there are good reasons for or against slashing Severus. We don't want to see any 'why Snarry/Snupin/Snucius/Snwhatever" is the best and eeewww, het. Remember: no shipping wars, no disparaging comments about other ships.
What we want to see is an exploration why a certain pairing could work well, or what would be detrimental for an involvement.

Suggestions for future challenges are always welcome. Please leave them here.
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  • [info]sylvanawood
    8/5/09 07:40 am (UTC)
    Both, or either, whatever you like. As long as no one insists that this one and only pairing is the one and only one for exactly these reasons and no other, and all others are idiots, it's fine with me. I know that most people here know that, but since the topic has the potential for 'heat', I thought a reminder wouldn't hurt. ;)

    • [info]bohemianspirit
      8/5/09 02:08 pm (UTC)
      The only pairing I really have a hard time not disparaging in the strongest terms possible is the "No Pairing" option: the assertion that Severus never ever had a sexual partner, not even once, in his entire life. As a fiction trope I can understand why some people find it appealing to explore in writing, but as an assertion of Canon Truth About Severus... well, I do find it ridiculous, not to mention astonishing that people actually believe it.

      The most astonishing reason I see given is: "because he had greasy hair." Not sure how to explain all those greasy-haired people wearing wedding rings...

      But I will behave. Easy to do, since the present challenge has nothing to do with perpetual virginity! :-D Heh.

      • [info]sylvanawood
        8/5/09 02:14 pm (UTC)
        Making a bit of fun about the cliché-loving Snape-haters isn't the same as ship bashing. But we're above this anyway, aren't we?
        Canon indicates strongly that he didn't live as a monk with the hint at 'other women, more worthy'.

        ;)

        • [info]bohemianspirit
          8/5/09 07:05 pm (UTC)
          But we're above this anyway, aren't we?

          Bothering with the Snape-haters, yes; none so blind as those who refuse to see. ;-) It's the ones who call themselves fans yet make such leaping assumptions from the text, e.g., he loved Lily and fought Voldemort to "make amends" to her memory, therefore he LOVED LILY AND ONLY LILY AND DIED A VIRGIN FOR LILY!!! that make me want to scream.

          But I can't be personally responsible for making every person on the planet understand that textual interpretation might require a little more effort and between-the-lines reading than so shallow a reading. I know this. I still wish I were All Powerful. :-D

          And then there are those who, despite being Snape fans, still think his greasy hair is a bad thing (I don't prefer it myself, but it ain't a sentence of doom, and lots of people can't help it). Someone who attended my workshop on Severus Snape at Writercon twittered a friend of hers, in which they both agreed that between his greasy hair and his "obsession" with Lily, OF COURSE he died a virgin.

          You and I, of course, know better. ;-) And that he's not dead, yet.

          Canon indicates strongly that he didn't live as a monk with the hint at 'other women, more worthy'.

          And of course those are only the ones he told Voldie about. ;-) *peeks into Sev's secret closet of Muggle women and a variety of men*
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