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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However, if we're doing a trans positive revisionist reading, we shouldn't be associated dicks inherently with maleness.
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Perhaps Snape is a trans *boy* - all of the evidence that's presented in the article I read would support either hypothesis really
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In general, the argument seems to rest on wishful thinking based on the idea that potions are a more "feminine" magic than hexes, etc.
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WHAT? Potions is conducted in a bad ass dungeon and will explode in your face. i dont know, CHARMS always rang more fem coded to me.
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If we're gonna go with spurious Freudian arguments it's about producing fluid that goes into someone's body and causes biological changes
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Anyway the in-universe "girly" class is Herbology, complete w having a woman teacher and having Neville get mocked for liking it
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