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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Replying to @BootlegGirl
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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If a spell channels energy in a specific direction (e.g. you're shooting lightning) is there a non-phallic way to direct it via pointing?
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It seems like in canon a lot of the aiming of spells is mentally directed, or else they really should put pistol grips and sights on wands
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Snape straight up tells us that like in D&D seeing something is enough to "target" it
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But yeah a Tarot person would talk about the fundamental association between staves/wands and pointing energy outward at a target
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