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A century or something ago I posted this meme in which people could ask me to blog about something I don't usually blog about.
Now, as my new job has disastrous consequences on my leisure time and I don't get round to checking my private e-mail anymore, my journaling activities are at an all time low. But that doesn't mean I don't try to keep in the loop, and I do attempt to do something with all those hours I spend on the train. As I have no means to be on the Net while on the move, the best thing I can think of is to draw. The circumstances are not ideal, but I do manage more or less. In any case: the next entry in the meme blogging series is a picture, drawn on the train.
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ellecain asked, "What d'you think would happen if Oscar Wilde and Severus Snape met accidentally on the street?"
Well... Actually I would have a hard time thinking of two men who are more unlike. Wilde was by all accounts a charming (if pretentious) man, a very talkative man also, who liked to laugh out loud at his own jokes. He loved life, he loved art; he was whimsical, promiscuous and absolutely artistic. Of course he could be deeply serious also, and he had great learning.
Now, Snape... Frankly, I have never bought any of those stories in which Snape is cultivated or artistic, much less both. In fact I am inclined to believe that Snape would despise most of the things Wilde stood for. Oh, and I do think it likely he's homophobic, despite all the slashing that goes on in fandom. So here is what I make of that chance encounter:
;-)
Now, as my new job has disastrous consequences on my leisure time and I don't get round to checking my private e-mail anymore, my journaling activities are at an all time low. But that doesn't mean I don't try to keep in the loop, and I do attempt to do something with all those hours I spend on the train. As I have no means to be on the Net while on the move, the best thing I can think of is to draw. The circumstances are not ideal, but I do manage more or less. In any case: the next entry in the meme blogging series is a picture, drawn on the train.
ellecain asked, "What d'you think would happen if Oscar Wilde and Severus Snape met accidentally on the street?"Well... Actually I would have a hard time thinking of two men who are more unlike. Wilde was by all accounts a charming (if pretentious) man, a very talkative man also, who liked to laugh out loud at his own jokes. He loved life, he loved art; he was whimsical, promiscuous and absolutely artistic. Of course he could be deeply serious also, and he had great learning.
Now, Snape... Frankly, I have never bought any of those stories in which Snape is cultivated or artistic, much less both. In fact I am inclined to believe that Snape would despise most of the things Wilde stood for. Oh, and I do think it likely he's homophobic, despite all the slashing that goes on in fandom. So here is what I make of that chance encounter:
;-)
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That's so perfect! I suspect you're right about a streak of homophobia in Snape, especially given his background, and the philistine comment is probably on the mark, too. Although Snape obviously has some artistic flair (a certain fondness for poetic phrasing, the way he swishes his robes and makes dramatic exists and entrances), I can't believe in sensitive aesthete!Snape, who plays the piano like a virtuoso, when he's not reading Shakespeare and Tennyson. ;-)
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It's true, he does have some artistic flair, and he is certainly image-conscious - but I don't think he'd cultivate an artistic temperament as such, or admit to himself that it's artistic - if that makes any sense *g*.
Thank you!