That meme

[sigune]

I'm doing my best to catch up on my flist and came across this meme a few times. So... Why not?

The problem with LJ: we all think we are so close, but really, we know nothing about each other. So ask me something you want to know about me. Something that should be obvious, but you have no idea about. Ask away. Then post this in your LJ and find out what people don't know about you.

Comments

[sigune.livejournal.com]

I can do both :).

1) Yes, I have a sister three years younger than I.

2) No. I have thought about this for a while, but no. I had a biology teacher once with an enormous hooknose, so I know that 'my' Snape nose isn't far-fetched, but from there to saying that I know/knew a Snape-like character... That teacher was the sweetest guy. I guess the most Snape-like person that I know would be myself XD. And that's not really fair. I started imagining my version of Snape when I found I could identify myself with the boy we saw in the Worst Memory. But the similarities between the Snape I imagine and myself don't go much further than that. In fact, I am quite sure that if I had met a person like Snape, s/he would have scared me to death... Do you know one?

[mary-j-59.livejournal.com]

I've been thinking about that, too - did I know anyone who was Snape-like? Well, a couple of family members very dear to me had/have sarcastic tongues - and also good and gentle hearts. That has influenced how I see the character, though, of course, I primarily identified with him myself, just as you did, in the SWM scene. But I don' t think I ever knew anyone who was actually Snape-like in the way Rowling would like us to see him - except perhaps a couple of professors. One taught property law, and would look around for anyone wearing bright colors to ask them questions. We all learned to wear drab colors to that class, and not stand out in any way - but a friend and I were talking, and agreed that this man was one of the better teachers in that school. He had a sharp tongue, and took, it seemed, malicious pleasure in catching us out, but he was also honest about his expectations, and he certainly wasn't a bully. That's influenced how I see the character, too. The professors I couldn't stand were the ones who (1) didn't bother to teach at all - I had a couple of those - or, worse (2) were genuinely abusive of their position in one way or another. And I just don't identify those people with Snape. But yes, I think I'd be scared of Snape in real life, and, as a child, I would have had a miserable time in his class. Maybe my 3d grade teacher, who didn't like me, would fit the bill?

Except that, like Marionros, I think Snape is actually a good teacher, with the capacities (had he bothered to develop them) to be an excellent one. But I would have suffered in his class, all the same. I can see that.