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@heatherlly

Nabokov's genius was that nothing in his novel was named or said directly! This word juggling was truly amazing! The film with Irons was already clearer, you know, it's a film. But the book... You really have to have talent! Additionally, it was placed on the index of banned books in many countries. This proves something. Besides, his hero didn't seem disgusting, unlike Severus from this story. 

I really liked your second idea for a sequel. I know you'll do it brilliantly because you write so beautifully. Thanks to this, you will also whiten the "real" Severus, it is very uplifting.

When you wrote about the sequel, I thought about the Stockholm Syndrome thread. Despite the great harm, Lily would write letters to Severus in prison. The victim's psyche is very complex and everyone deals with trauma in different ways. I know that epistolary novels are not as interesting as they were in the 18th or 19th centuries, but the plot itself seems interesting to me. Great villains did not complain about the lack of attention, even though their behavior was sick. 

Of course, these are just my loose suggestions.

I really like epistolary novels. Ironically, my favourite one is Les Liaisons Dangereuses (Dangerous Liaisons) by Choderlos de Laclos, about a scheming pair of seducers, one of whom is a man who becomes obsessed with a very young girl, seduces her, sleeps with her, and eventually ruins her. Might be another reference book for stories in this vein.

@mmlf

In a twist of fate, the role of the evil seducer was played on the theater stage by Alan Rickman himself! 

 

 

 

 

Oh really? That is something I would have loved to see!

@mmlf

This play was performed in 1987 and Malkovich was based on the character created by Alan in the famous film adaptation. Alan couldn't play in it himself, which was a pity. I saw photos from the staging on Facebook, Alan was so demonic there! 😍😍😍 It's a pity it's not in Polish. 😪