Snape makes the first move
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resonantThere are a lot of HP stories where Harry gets up from the table at the Leaving Feast and blows off a chance of the party of the decade in order to go down to the dungeon, shout, "I'm not your student any more," and fling himself at Snape.
Sometimes Snape is expecting this, and sometimes he's as shocked as Warner Bros.' lawyers. Sometimes he accepts Harry's offer, and sometimes he nobly sends him away toget old enough to be interesting gain Useful Experience and Perspective so that he can Make An Informed Relationship Decision.
What I want to know is, why is it always Harry who makes the first move?
Because, really, can't you see it the other way around? After the Leaving Feast, Snape comes up to the Gryffindor common room and sends everybody scattering, and he talks for a while to Harry in private and then sweeps away, and the rest of the Gryfs come cautiously back in:
"What'd Snape want, Harry?"
"Probably wanted one last chance to assign him a detention."
"Er, Harry? I really think it's not terribly healthy to be casting Scouring Charms at your lips ..."
And then Harry goes off into the world toget old enough to be interesting gain Useful Experience and Perspective and Enough Distance To Become Intrigued.
But meanwhile, Snape's despairing of Harry's ever changing his mind, since Harry didn't say "No thank you" or "I'm flattered, but" or "It's not you, it's me" -- he said "Wha -- aaaaagh -- no, no, no, make it stop, make it stop --, god, the nightmares, where's my wand ..."
That's a story I would really like to read.
Sometimes Snape is expecting this, and sometimes he's as shocked as Warner Bros.' lawyers. Sometimes he accepts Harry's offer, and sometimes he nobly sends him away to
What I want to know is, why is it always Harry who makes the first move?
Because, really, can't you see it the other way around? After the Leaving Feast, Snape comes up to the Gryffindor common room and sends everybody scattering, and he talks for a while to Harry in private and then sweeps away, and the rest of the Gryfs come cautiously back in:
"What'd Snape want, Harry?"
"Probably wanted one last chance to assign him a detention."
"Er, Harry? I really think it's not terribly healthy to be casting Scouring Charms at your lips ..."
And then Harry goes off into the world to
But meanwhile, Snape's despairing of Harry's ever changing his mind, since Harry didn't say "No thank you" or "I'm flattered, but" or "It's not you, it's me" -- he said "Wha -- aaaaagh -- no, no, no, make it stop, make it stop --, god, the nightmares, where's my wand ..."
That's a story I would really like to read.
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Date: 1/11/04 02:46 am (UTC)I'm fine with them as adults - I wouldn't write it, but I wouldn't mind. And even 15-year-old Harry wouldn't be so bad if it wasn't for the teacher thing.
See, I've had a teacher who started dating a student (dumped his wife for her and everything). And that's uncomfortable for the entire class, because there are certain roles you're supposed to take as student and teacher and suddenly the teacher doesn't respect that. Everyone else might be "safe", but it doesn't feel that way.
A teacher responding to a student's advances is behaving rather unprofessionally, but a teacher who'd be the first to make advances is much, much worse.