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[arcanetrivia]

Huh. Here I thought I'd got over being put off by 20-year age differences (case usually in point, Severus/Harry), or at least was consistently able to handwave it as "age difference alone is kind of the least of the issues here". But guess what? Bring a 19-year-old Lily forward in time to a nearly 38-year-old Severus, and lo and behold, I am back to not being able to stomach it. Weird.

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[lilyevans-snape.livejournal.com]

Interesting. Was there a fic out there where this happened?

[arcanetrivia]

Yes, that's why I mention it, because I was reading it, and was surprised that this, which I thought no longer was a problem, suddenly was one in this case.

[lilyevans-snape.livejournal.com]

Hmmm where's the fic at? I'm curious.

[arcanetrivia]

http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4400517/1/Ananke

[lilyevans-snape.livejournal.com]

Interesting. It doesn't squick me at this point, but if it keeps going, the potential is there.

[arcanetrivia]

Well, since I'm still following 90+ chapters on, I think it's a safe bet it hasn't put me off. ;) Nah... somehow that's not the same. They're bodily the same age after all.

[helen99.livejournal.com]

Yeah, the 3000-year mental age difference in LOTR didn't seem to bother people at all (it bothered me - I was all 'what are you two going to *talk* about'). The "wrinkled old fart" aspect is the problem for most.

[arcanetrivia]

Aragorn and Arwen, you mean?

[helen99.livejournal.com]

Yep (but any human/[insert otherworldly designation here] relationship bothers me for the same reason).