A constant in all fanfics and dôjinshi is that James is the dominant and Snape the submissive partner.
(NB I know your sample was small, I'm just saying:) I have read fics where Severus was the dominant partner to James, both in the context of abuse (even rape), and in a more conventionally "romantic" context (not exactly, but there are at least some softer emotions going around). I agree though that the majority are the other way around.
His most conspicuous facial feature in canon, an overlarge hooked nose, is nowhere to be seen in dôjinshi. Why do dôjinshika try so hard to prettify Snape?
I don't know if it's conscious, although some of it may be. I think it's just the standard character drawing style for the form, and so Snape gets very "converted" (I find him unrecognizable a lot of the time, mainly because of the absence of the nose). But really, who ever has such a nose in dojinshi, anywhere?
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Date: 2009-01-15 06:24 am (UTC)(NB I know your sample was small, I'm just saying:) I have read fics where Severus was the dominant partner to James, both in the context of abuse (even rape), and in a more conventionally "romantic" context (not exactly, but there are at least some softer emotions going around). I agree though that the majority are the other way around.
His most conspicuous facial feature in canon, an overlarge hooked nose, is nowhere to be seen in dôjinshi. Why do dôjinshika try so hard to prettify Snape?
I don't know if it's conscious, although some of it may be. I think it's just the standard character drawing style for the form, and so Snape gets very "converted" (I find him unrecognizable a lot of the time, mainly because of the absence of the nose). But really, who ever has such a nose in dojinshi, anywhere?