So here's the thing about Harry Potter and this new Snape is trans thing. I'm not saying don't headcanon that.
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But, I think it's worth noting the way gender is portrayed, and transgressed, in the series, and the complexity of Snape as a character
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While the article I read advancing this theory (which went as far as to switch Snape's pronouns) >
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cited a couple of places that, if written by, say, the Wachowskis, or me, I would totally say "yeah, that's a trans thing"
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There's also one very salient point to be made about Snape that the article does make, but it's also, unfortunately, an inconsistency
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They point out, in Snape's famous opening monologue to the first potions class, that he mocks "careless wand-waving," aka a phallic symbol
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I've always been a little bit annoyed by the frequency with which wizards use phallic symbols as their spellcasting device.
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It's not that I buy into ridiculousness about earth-goddesses or something.I just note that power DOES get associated with dick shapes a lot
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In the Dresden Files Harry's ex girlfriend gives him a hard time for his ingrained habit of pointing phallic implements as a magic focus
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Her foci are jewelry that she wears, which makes them much easier to hide than Harry carrying his staff with him
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