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teddy_radiator) wrote2014-08-17 01:03 pm
teddy_radiator) wrote2014-08-17 01:03 pm
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The State Of Snape
From Akatnamedeaster. There was speculation on whether Walking Dead's Daryl character may in fact be gay, and Kat included this quote from someone on Daryl's character. She also mentioned it paralleled how Severus Snape's sexual orientation could be viewed. And while still enjoying the fact that I like a masculine, very het Severus Snape, since I'm writing him, I can picture him anyway I wish.
"He strikes me as one of those guys/people who is really asexual, they are victims of a very difficult childhood and as such have a really hard time accessing/opening that part of themselves as required for a romantic relationship of any sort. As such, anybody who is capable of understanding and empathizing with them is certainly a possible romantic interest; people like Daryl Dixon (or in this case Snape) don't think in terms of gay or straight, and are very complex and fragile inside, thus they put up such a strong defense to protect themselves or what is left of their emotional self inside due to an early life and years of neglect or abuse."
I really like that. I think instead of 'asexual', a better term might be 'demisexual' as defined here: "A demisexual is a person who does not experience sexual attraction unless they form a strong emotional connection with someone. It's more commonly seen in but by no means confined to romantic relationships. The term demisexual comes from the orientation being "halfway between" sexual and asexual."
Don't mind me, just doing more navel gazing. I'm talking about a fictional character, so I can wax my crackpot philosophy to my heart's content. I'm also trying to gird my loins for the giftfest, and picturing my very masculine, older-but-wiser Snape, finding his place in the world with his favourite know-it-all by his side.
And yes, alright, I'm also working on a really filthy bit of raunch for HP_Het_taboo, so yeah, I need him to step up there, too.
"He strikes me as one of those guys/people who is really asexual, they are victims of a very difficult childhood and as such have a really hard time accessing/opening that part of themselves as required for a romantic relationship of any sort. As such, anybody who is capable of understanding and empathizing with them is certainly a possible romantic interest; people like Daryl Dixon (or in this case Snape) don't think in terms of gay or straight, and are very complex and fragile inside, thus they put up such a strong defense to protect themselves or what is left of their emotional self inside due to an early life and years of neglect or abuse."
I really like that. I think instead of 'asexual', a better term might be 'demisexual' as defined here: "A demisexual is a person who does not experience sexual attraction unless they form a strong emotional connection with someone. It's more commonly seen in but by no means confined to romantic relationships. The term demisexual comes from the orientation being "halfway between" sexual and asexual."
Don't mind me, just doing more navel gazing. I'm talking about a fictional character, so I can wax my crackpot philosophy to my heart's content. I'm also trying to gird my loins for the giftfest, and picturing my very masculine, older-but-wiser Snape, finding his place in the world with his favourite know-it-all by his side.
And yes, alright, I'm also working on a really filthy bit of raunch for HP_Het_taboo, so yeah, I need him to step up there, too.