Snape/Lockhart
| Pairing | |
|---|---|
| Pairing: | Severus Snape/Gilderoy Lockhart |
| Alternative name(s): | Snart, Snockhart, Snackhart, Snape/Lockhart, Severus/Gilderoy, SS/GL, H.M.S. Tigereye |
| Gender category: | m/m, slash |
| Fandom: | Harry Potter |
| Canonical?: | no |
| Prevalence: | rare |
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Snape/Lockhart is a Harry Potter rarepair involving Severus Snape and Gilderoy Lockhart.
Fandom
Snape/Lockhart fic and art date back at latest to 2001. Though a rare pairing in Harry Potter fandom overall, it is the most common pairing for Gilderoy Lockhart, with upwards of a hundred fanworks.
The most common portmanteau for the pairing is Snart, though it is occasionally also smooshed as "Snockhart" or "Snackhart". The FictionAlley Park pairing name "HMS Tigereye" was established in 2002, though the reasoning behind the name is unknown.
Appeal
Most of the interest in the pairing derives from Snape and Lockhart's interactions in Chamber of Secrets. While some fans enjoy this dynamic and its potential for hatesex (at least on Snape's part), others have suggested that the characters are more similar than they initially appear, and so there is potential for a deeper connection:
Everyone's thinking about the celebrity Gilderoy Lockhart. But are you all forgetting the REAL Gilderoy Lockhart? The cunning, evil, decieving one that I, personally, think could be a true equal for the man Severus Snape. The real Gildy, that we only see in the Chamber of Secrets for a few moments before his memory is blasted away, could really make a good lover for Severus. I think they probably were in Slytherin together, if Gildy went to Hogwarts, which the books never say whether or not he did. I think that if Severus knew the real, evil Gilderoy Lockhart they could be much more than just "f*** buddies" as everyone keeps saying. That's why I love this pairing. The two men are so much like each other, only the masks that they are putting up are so opposite that its actually quite cute- the thought of them being together when publically they look like such opposites.[1]
Severus Snape and Gilderoy Lockhart are caricatures at opposite ends of the scale. Snape is greasy, ugly, sarcastic, dark, unpopular and nasty, while the handsome, brightly-dressed Lockhart is the gorgeous darling of the Wizarding World. Yet each character is the opposite of what he appears to be: Snape may look villainous, but it is Lockhart who is the villain. Behind the facades each presents to the world lie two deeply complex characters with a startling number of similarities. The challenge in writing Snape/Lockhart is to bring out these parallels. [...]Fundamentally, though, both men are manipulative and insecure and hide behind exaggerated personas. It is highlighting those common elements in an apparently diametrically opposed couple that makes the pairing both attractive and challenging.[2]
Example Fanworks
Fanfiction
- Lethe by Spyke Raven (2002, rated R, part of the first wave of the Severus Snape Fuh-Q-Fest)
Fanart
- Snape/Lockhart by Tanja (swussian) (c. 2001)
- Bedtime Story by Tanja (swussian) (c. 2001)
- Wanna borrow my Shampoo? by Tanja (swussian) (2001)
- Snackhart by summer_day (2003; image offline but icon available)
- Spells for Binding by ponderosa121 (2004, rated R, originally posted to pornish_pixies)
- HP - Love po-t-i-s-on by ellaine (2005, gen)
- Daydream Believer by lizardspots (2005)
- SnapeLockhart Rape by ponderosa121 (2005, NSFW)
- Lockhart and Snape by hill_ (c. 2005)
- Snape/Lockhart: After the Valentine's Day bash! by hill_ (c. 2005, NSFW)
- Best Friends Forever by lizardspots (2006)
- SnapeLockhart Kilt by ponderosa121 (2007, NSFW)
- Gay Paree by purplefluffycat (2007)
Vids
- Snart is Beautiful by akemi42 (2006)
Links & Resources
Discussion
- Opposites Attract, a Snape/Lockhart ship manifesto by Elanor Isolda (2005)
- Ship Discussion: Severus Snape/Gilderoy Lockhart at the harrypotterfanfiction forums
- HMS Tigereye (Snape/Lockhart) thread at FictionAlley Park's SCUSA forum
Communities
- Severus & Gilderoy's Love Shack (glnssls), a Snape/Lockhart LiveJournal community founded in 2003
- HMS_Snart, a Snape/Lockhart Yahoo! group founded in 2004
- Snockhart community at FanFiction.Net
Fanworks & Recs
- Gilderoy Lockhart/Severus Snape tag at AO3
- Severus S. & Gilderoy L. and Severus S./Gilderoy L. at FanFiction.Net
- Snape/Lockhart category at Slug & Jiggers Apothecary (Wayback Machine link)
- Lockhart Slash Masterlist, compiled by painless_j
- Snape Slash page at Chance's Slash Archive
- Severus Snape/Gilderoy Lockhart fanfic links at FictionAlley Park
- Snape/Lockhart fic recs and art recs at crack_broom
- SS/GL recs at Know it Alls
References
- ^ Post by I Kiss Dementors at the HMS Tigereye (Snape/Lockhart) thread at FictionAlley Park's SCUSA forum. 07 February 2005. (Accessed 05 February 2015.)
- ^ Elanor Isolda. Opposites Attract at ship_manifesto. 17 June 2005. (Accessed 05 February 2005.)