On the sex appeal of literary crushes (more or less)

[donnaimmaculata]

Last week, it took my fancy to read Lucy Maud Montgomery's "Emily" series. I've never really been into the series as a child and have never owned and read the first book, so I hunted it down on the Internet. And then I met Dean Priest.

She heard him say, "My God!" softly to himself. [...] "How can I help you?" said Dean Priest hoarsely, as if to

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[donnaimmaculata]

Heh! It's nice to see someone fell in love with Sirius after OotP! I was a bit put off by fandom's reaction to OotP Sirius, because personally, I didn't think he was quite as deranged as he was made out to be - and as he had the right to be, after all that happened.

Snack is about two equals with a very complicated interaction, which is a challenge to write.

Yes, this is so very true. This is what appeals to me about Snape/Black and why I prefer it to Sirius/Remus (whose relation is also complicated, but who've got their old friendship to fall upon). And I am a sucker for fights for dominance among equals.

a fiction , especially when they are build around the student/teacher relationship.

Intelectually, I know it's only fiction. (I do, honestly! They're not real!) But, as I said, I tend to relate to characters I love on a very personal level, and my gut reaction to a student/teacher relationship is irritation. The Snape/Harry dynamics as such appeals to me a lot, but I can't fully reconcile myself to their relationship.

And I'm still waiting for the story, where Dumbledore finds out and kicks Snape out of Hogwarts.

...Or where he doesn't because he still needs Snape's services.