[[File:FandomsecretsUPLJ4.png|thumb|center|a [[fandom secrets]] post in 2012. One anonymous commentator had this to say about the attraction of the pairing: ''"I suspect it's a combination of Hermione being an easy character for a certain type of fan to identify with and Snape being a....magnet in general. (Plus he has the whole dark/brooding/needs to be fixed thing going on, as the other anon pointed out.)''"<ref>[http://fandomsecrets.dreamwidth.org/646482.html?thread=565962066#cmt565962066 Fandom Secrets Thread] dated July 27, 2012].</ref>]]
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[[File:FandomsecretsUPLJ4.png|thumb|left|a [[fandom secrets]] post in 2012. One anonymous commentator had this to say about the attraction of the pairing: ''"I suspect it's a combination of Hermione being an easy character for a certain type of fan to identify with and Snape being a....magnet in general. (Plus he has the whole dark/brooding/needs to be fixed thing going on, as the other anon pointed out.)''"<ref>[http://fandomsecrets.dreamwidth.org/646482.html?thread=565962066#cmt565962066 Fandom Secrets Thread] dated July 27, 2012].</ref>]]