<p>I know this is an odd topic but I am among that weird but unnaturally large group of girls who swoon over Alan Rickman. I have found that most girls walked out of HP and the Sorcerer's Stone, and each consecutive movie, thinking, "Who is that Prof. Snape?" </p>
<p>It's so odd how many are out there. He has like more fan pages than Brad Pitt. There is this dreamy mystical kind of thing about him that makes him incredibly desirable regardless of his now 60 years of age. It's crazy but he doesn't look it! And it helps to see him in the black wig as Snape. </p>
<p>Of particular note is the shot of him standing over Barty Crouch Jr. recently in Goblet of Fire at the very end where he is holding his wand to him. The way the upward close-up had him leering at Crouch was enough to make me shiver. It was the look on his face, just the way it was framed, his black costume, the dreary black/blue lighting . . . it all conspired to make him look younger and so good. Or as some girls put it on his fan sites, "yummy." </p>
<p>In fact, if you picture him in costume as Snape, but only in the buttoned coat and pants, not with the heavy billowy cloak, that costume makes him look so good. It must be the fact that he is the so-called "bad boy" of the series. He takes the greasy, cunning, sallow-faced Snape of the books and makes him a dream visitor of women's minds at night. And DO NOT get me started on his voice: chocolate velvet, that is how I describe it. </p>
<p>I mean, anybody remember him as Hans Gruber? Oh golly he looked so wonderful in that. The prim, pricey suit, the cunning wit and intelligence. He was so enticing. And then his performane in Rasputin---if the ORIGINAL Rasputin, with his creepy, skin-crawling eyes made you want to run and stay clear of him, RICKMAN'S version of the mad monk made you want to get close and never leave his side. And again, more wit in Dogma with the excellent side burns and fearless ability to drop trow on camera for the sake of a hearty laugh. </p>
<p>And the mother of all to-die-for moments in his career, Colonel Brandon in Sense and Sensibility. Who wouldn't want to have a love-starved man with Rickman's voice and his gorgeous amber eyes doing anything to earn your love in return? And the way he spoke so quietly--complete iconographic gentleman; all men should strive to be like Rickman's Col. Brandon.</p>
<p>And then we come to Awfully Big Adventure: the movie that any young girl who fancies him would enjoy. Imagine: physically he looked great for being 47 or thereabouts; he spent the whole movie looking anguished, which only made him adorable; he can dance; he wears his sleeves too long, knows it, and therefore he looks cute in his clothing; he plays Captain Hook in the movie for a time; and there is an interesting few scenes with the lead actress (who is supposed to be 16 but was played by a 21 year old) where they, "hook up," at his flat. Come to find out, he "hooked up" a few times, with his biological daughter that he never knew he had. Entirely traumatizing to him that he ends up nearly fainting, slips off a dock, hits his head and drowns. But again, the scenes where he's "in bed" are rather "yummy" as some have put it. It's a good movie despite the taboo incest subject. It's British, so you need an open mind.</p>
<p>Again, did I mention his voice is like chocolate velvet? I don't know, post all you want about it. I'll bet there's a few girls on CC who are oddly taken by him too. Don't even get me started on what he is like as a normal person. He is extremely intelligent and wise, is a Pisces like me, so bonus points for being a perfectionist yet lazy, a dreamy dreamer. And he seems to be riotously funny and extremely sweet and cute in a shy, adorable way. You should have seen his appearance on The View from a few years back. Adorable.</p>
<p>Post away girls!</p>