Are your friends and/or families aware of your Snape fixation? If so, how do they react?

My husband knows I'm a HP fan, well, that I enjoy the story, both books and movies. But I keep my fascination and admiration for Severus as a part of my "secret garden".

I need to have such a garden in my mind, there is not only Severus but many other things (there's a whole space there devoted to imagination in general too), a space which is also a shelter when I need to keep my sanity intact from the outside world. My inner world is much more interesting than the outer world. I'm glad to have welcomed Severus there (you know, after his messy affair with Nagini in the Shrieking Shack...).

Actually, I'm quite good at keeping secrets. Some people even say that I cannot be "guessed at". Great - exactly what I want to be.

The only people that know I'm completely head over heels with him are the folks here on FanPop and my readers on FF.net. And I'm here incognito ! LOL

I do not have a fixation on Snape I just find him an interesting characters. My family knows that I am a huge HP fan.

I don't talk about it around my family, but if someone would bother to have a closer look it's pretty obvious. But really, I don't think my family would react negatively to it. Frankly, I don't think they would react at all.

My biological family has no clue. I don't think they'd care, honestly.

My best friend knows I love him, that he's my favorite HP character, but beyond that, she has no idea.

Sometimes, some things are best not shared with those closest to you.

Yeah. My parents know that Severus is my favorite character and that I love him. So much so, that they question how I can still enjoy HP, even though he was "killed" off. My parents actually seem to enjoy my fixation -- probably because I don't get fixated like this on things very easily.

My boyfriend calls Severus (and Alan...and Hiddles) my "obsession" jokingly. My boyfriend's told me that he prefers my Severus fixation over my fixation for Alan and Hiddles. He said that as long as I don't go crazy and tattoo his face on my body or anything, he really doesn't mind.

Well, my other half alternates between disliking it and joking about it. What bothers him is that my fixation is for an 'older man' that is not that 'attractive'.
He can't understand this or my other likes--Hannibal(SotL), Jayne Cobb(Firefly), Jareth(Labyrinth), Artie(WH13), Wyatt Cain(Tin Man), Vincent(BatB), Eric(PotO)--and if any of you know anything about my choices, you know, it wasn't based on the traditional definition of 'attractive'.
The people that have actually watched the shows or read the stories, understands why I chose the people I chose, regardless of age, looks, disabilities.
My men stand out for their character, their abilities, their attitudes, their actions, and more. They are not 2 dimensional, they are more.....

Yes, they have noticed my...obsession seems to me too strong a word...I like interest better. Yeah, they've noticed my interest in Snape. They half tease me about it, but more in a good natured sort of way. There's only one friend who kind of ticks me off a bit as she's now taken to always gleefully introducing me to people as "And this is (my name), she looooves Severus Snape".

Who cares? It's SNAPE for God sakes! They already tiptoe around me and know never to bring up the names 'Severus or Alan' if I'm within 100 yards unless they want to find out WAY more than they wanted to know (with heavy breathing included). Look forward to when you get old kids - then they stop calling you crazy and just go for 'eccentric'. God, I love being 'eccentric' with Severus and Alan.

Mine is secret for now and I hope for it to stay that way so that my mother will not fine out about it. Sadly, my friends know!! I didn't tell them they guessed and now they won't shut up about they basicly tease me but I love my friends I'm not mad with them about it.

Most people don't understand what they don't know.
Some know that I like Severus Snape very much; but they won't understand what I feel for real. So I have my secrets. I let them and they let me.

my best freidn knows lol only cuase with her i cant hold anythign back. plus we think a lot a liek. she has only read the frsit bok. even though sev, isnt her first person at the moment she like i will eb head o heels for sev, i eman who wouldn't i don't get picked on ecause i don't put put my obssession just that he is oen of my favortie peopel form hp. i do agree my paretns would probably think i am pyshco if i todl them the truth in the way i feel abotu a fictional character or and my best friends boyfriend knwos thaat sev, is my fav person [hhe looks like harry him self. } anyway no way that anyone would understand why hes y favortie

My family know I'm a HP's fan and they haven't nothing against it. I also made ​​known Severus my sister and fell her in love with him!
I speak all days of him,and I think I'm just a bit crazy..but it isn't considerable!xD

Yes.My friends know my fixation about Severus Snape.And when one of my best friends came to know about it,she reacted violently,she said that I'm no longer the kind of person she knew and she asked me if I know what I'm talking about,if I'm aware of what I'm saying,and when I said yes,and that I'm not joking,she asked me if I'm drunk!Of course she's my friend and I understand her concern for me but I was hurt.I want to cry at that moment but I resist,I forced myself not to because i want to know the reason why she hated the idea of me,being attracted to Snape.So I asked her why,and she said that Snape is a bad guy,he's a villain,he's evil,dark and not good for me.Well,after I heared her reason,I sighed in relief because it's just a misunderstanding,she thought that Snape was evil,and sha's obviously wrong so,i told her all about Snape's past,about him,being a double spy,his love for Lily and everything....And fortunately,she now understand.She's now supporting me and I'm glad for it.You know,me and my friends have a lot in common,we have crushes on fictional characters like me,of course,in Snape,one of them has a crush on Draco,and the other one for Jacob Black in Twilight.But in my case,it's different,it's more serious,it's not just crush,and it's not an infatuation,I'm obsessed with him and I'm not sure if it's love but for now,I think love is the most appropriate word to use,my feelings for him is very different compared to my previous crushes crushes.I'm not really an expressive person but because of him,I turned to be.And how many times do I have to tell you guys,that he's more than twice my age?There are many guys there that's in my age,young,cute,teenagers like me.But I was gripped by him,it's only him and no one else and oh,I'm so sorry,I'm talking nonstop so,where was I again? Yes,my friends know about it but there's still some parts of it that they won't understand.and my family,they know that I'm obsessed in Harry Potter and my father supports me with this and they just recently know that I have a crush on Snape but all they know is that it's just a crush,nothing serious and maybe they were thinking that I'm only half joking,well I was,at first,when I was just somewhere between 12 to 14...So,that's it.