Why does the use of soemthign in a fic have to equal addiction? People could enjoy a glass of wine, or absinthe, occassioanlly and have no additiction to it.
The addiction thing seems in some (not all) cases to be writers also going the "extreem" route- very similar to the Harry can't just have had a crummy neglectful childhood he had to be repeatedly beaten with crushed ribs and broken bones and gang-raped everynight by all of the dursleys, etc until snape or whoever comes to rescue him. Moderation- be it for Harry's upbringing or Snape's recreational enjoyments works better IMHO for most fics.
Oh and FWIW, absinthe I think does make sense to snape because absinthe strikes me at potion-y- its herbal, there's a certain ritual to preparing it to drink, and its shrouded in a sort of cultural mystery that fits with the secrecy/mystery of the wizarding world, IMHO. I think Snape would be familiar with, if not use absinthe, but I think he's not a highly-addictive person and would guard himself against extended overuse and resultign dependance. I see him occassioanlly testing his own potions on himself, being reckless like that with his life- because if he dies, then its over... but not reckless with his ability to think clearly, because i dont think he'd want to live with that.
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Date: 2004-10-29 01:04 am (UTC)The addiction thing seems in some (not all) cases to be writers also going the "extreem" route- very similar to the Harry can't just have had a crummy neglectful childhood he had to be repeatedly beaten with crushed ribs and broken bones and gang-raped everynight by all of the dursleys, etc until snape or whoever comes to rescue him. Moderation- be it for Harry's upbringing or Snape's recreational enjoyments works better IMHO for most fics.
Oh and FWIW, absinthe I think does make sense to snape because absinthe strikes me at potion-y- its herbal, there's a certain ritual to preparing it to drink, and its shrouded in a sort of cultural mystery that fits with the secrecy/mystery of the wizarding world, IMHO. I think Snape would be familiar with, if not use absinthe, but I think he's not a highly-addictive person and would guard himself against extended overuse and resultign dependance. I see him occassioanlly testing his own potions on himself, being reckless like that with his life- because if he dies, then its over... but not reckless with his ability to think clearly, because i dont think he'd want to live with that.