#albus severus who?

[fafodill]

Insufferable old coot

[lilithofpenandbook]

Something about Dumbledore being so hard on Snape

Dumbledore being scornful of Snape even when Snape was on his knees

Dumbledore emphasising that Snape made a mistake and must pay for it

Dumbledore who kept reminding Snape of his mistake even when he was grieving Lily

Dumbledore who didn't just let Snape change sides, he needed Snape to change his heart

Dumbledore who made the same mistakes as Snape and has been living in guilt ever since

Dumbledore who realised Snape was following in his footsteps

Dumbledore who may have started out thinking of Snape as cowardly or selfish but soon grew to trust him

Dumbledore who gave Snape half truths because if worst came to worst then Voldemort would have all the information right on his arm

Dumbledore who trusted Snape enough to not lie to him about the fact that he wasn't telling him everything even though he knew Snape resented it

Dumbledore who trusted Snape so much he knew that even if Snape resented him he would not betray him

Dumbledore who left everything he worked for in Snape's hands knowing it would be safe

Dumbledore who asked Snape to be the one to kill him, not just to save Draco's soul but for his own sake

Dumbledore who chose to die but only at the hands of someone he had grown to love

Dumbledore who once saw Snape as a desperate selfish boy that disgusted him

Dumbledore who made Snape his heir

Dumbledore who made Snape his.

[atlasdoe]

IF I HAVE TO SEE ONE MORE "DUMBLEDORE WHERE HAVE YOU BURRIED ALL YOUR CHILDREN" TIKTOK WITH A BUNCH OF CHARACTERS WHOS DEATHS DUMBLEDORE HAD NOTHING TO DO WITH I AM GOING TO LOSE MY GODDAMN MIND

[strawberryscorp]

i actually miss scorbus so bad i might start drinking yall

[rewritingcanon]

scorpius who is always like “i secretly feel i dont deserve a place in the world so i always accept people’s treatment of me even if its bad bcuz im not worth fighting for, i know i have sins to repent for that are older than me” vs albus who is always like “i deserve better and scorpius deserves better and im tired of acting like things out of our control is our fault and i dont care if im the only one getting pissed about it, i have enough anger for us both.”

[bawbawbridgie]

who would’ve thought that id need to change one of my presentation slides! here is now an updated version of this scene:

[shrimpalbuspotter]

Albus giggling to himself as he walks away every time he does the iconic Slytherin "sneer and tch" to some random student. They're standing around, minding their own business, and suddenly out comes Albus looking at them like dirt on his shoe and tutting to himself, followed by a chuckle which he THINKS is quiet but really isn't.

[dufferpuffer]

Did you ever figure out what's Snape's pronoun in japanese? 👀 I'm curious

I have jumped through so many hoops... I want to buy the hardcovers in Japanese, so I didn't want to spend money just to check a word... but piracy is hard for Japanese things... So I've signed up for an Amazon kindle unlimited thingy account and Amazon is useless in my country nobody has a fucking amazon account

AND THEN to read it I have to download the KINDLE APP on on my PC and log into AMAZON on it uuugh whinge whinge complain tantrum

I got all the japanese books - and I've been tipped off that he might use 'Wagahai' and FUCK do I hope he uses wagahai but it seems I cannot use the search function with kanji. Nor does it seem to search through furigana. Only hiragana and katakana. uuuugghhhhhh So I just need to... search for Snapes name in every book and scour the pages. Cool. Cool.

So I am looking through each book's every mention of スネイプ... Dumbledore uses 'Washi' and is, as always, delightful - using the typical old man 'jya's. I hope he and Sebarusu enjoyed their umasou custard tarts. Shoutout to Suneipu's poisonous eyes at Hari- and Ron.

「ミネルバ、わしは歓迎会のほうに戻らんと。二言、三言、話さねばならんのでな。さあ行こうかの、セブルス。うまそうなカスタード・タルトがあるんじゃ。わしゃ、あれを一口食べてみたい」 　しぶしぶ、自分の部屋から連れ去られるように出ていきながら、スネイプは、ハリーとロンを毒々しい目つきで見た。

秘密の部屋 (p. 124) How come "さあ行こうかの、セブルス。うまそうなカスタード・タルトがあるんじゃ。わしゃ、あれを一口食べてみたい" sounds so much cuter in Japanese

I got ONE 'Watashi' - but I'm not satisfied with it. It's in a note written for Slytherin to train their new seeker. "I, Professor Snape,"

『私、スネイプ教授は、本日クィディッチ・ピッチにおいて、新人シーカーを教育する必要があるため、スリザリン・チームが練習することを許可する』

秘密の部屋 (p. 167) But a note is formal. What does he call himself casually...?

「校長、一言よろしいですかな」 ��の中からスネイプの声がした。ハリーの不吉感がつのった。

秘密の部屋 (p. 218) ("Headmaster, May I have a word." From within shadows came Snape's voice. Harry's sense of foreboding increased.) Unrelated - just iconic af.

BUT I FOUND IT!!!!

スネイプはますます底意地の悪い笑いを浮かべた。 　「校長、ポッターが真っ正直に話しているとは言えないですな。すべてを正直に話してくれる気になるまで、彼の権利を一部取り上げるのがよろしいかと存じます。我輩としては、彼が告白するまで、グリフィンドールのクィディッチ・チームから外すのが適当かと思いますが」

秘密の部屋 (p. 219)

HE USES WAGAHAI!!! He is SO cat themed in Japanese, what the hell... English its always bats and spiders, Japan is straight up like 'He purrs and is a cat' ... For people who don't know: Wagahai is an old-timey male pronoun. It's long been out of use and sounds arrogant, pompous, formal... "I'm better than you. I look down on you. You're a peasant; I'm a Lord." It re-gained popularity within fiction because of the 1905 book about a teachers pet cat by Natsume Souseki, 吾輩は猫である (I am a cat). It is STRONGLY associated with that book and cats in general. It's almost always used for non-human characters, especially to give an 'old military man' or 'from a different time' feel.

[lovebeatriceplz]

Severus Snape >> The Marauders. FIGHT ME

[lines-in-limbo]

I recently saw a post on tiktok about Neville as a potentially great chosen one if he had been picked, and I wanted to share my thoughts and rant a little because I don’t have much else to talk about, lol.

I believe ppl are missing a crucial point here. If Voldemort had targeted Neville instead of Harry, things would have played out very differently. Neville most likely wouldn’t have survived at all and wouldn’t have become "the Boy Who Lived."

Firstly, let’s discuss Snape. His role in Harry’s survival is massive. Snape’s love for Lily led him to ask Voldemort to spare her, and he then went to Dumbledore to beg for her protection. The Potters went into hiding, and Dumbledore cast the fidelius charm. Unfortunately, they were eventually betrayed by Peter. Since Snape wouldn’t have done this for the Longbottoms, they wouldn’t have gone into hiding (unless Dumbledore had been tipped off by someone else). This would have made it easier for Voldemort to find them.

Secondly, the protection Harry received from his mother’s sacrifice was unique. Lily’s choice to sacrifice herself for Harry created a magical protection that caused Voldemort’s curse to rebound, leading to his temporary downfall. This was possible because Voldemort gave her the choice to step aside. Alice and Frank, though loving and brave, wouldn’t have had the same opportunity to step aside for Neville. Snape wouldn’t have asked Voldemort to spare them, so Voldemort wouldn’t have given them a chance to step aside. As a result, Neville wouldn’t have received the same sacrificial protection, and Voldemort would have succeeded in killing him.

In short, if Voldemort had targeted Neville, the lack of Snape’s intervention and the absence of the Fidelius Charm and sacrificial protection would likely have led to the Longbottoms' deaths. Neville wouldn’t have become the boy who lived, and the wizarding world’s history would have been completely different.

I personally speculate that if Voldemort had succeeded in killing Neville, he might have then turned his attention to Harry to prevent the prophecy from coming true. Given Voldemort’s nature, he would likely have sought to eliminate any remaining threat. Snape would've intervened (assuming he was aware), potentially resulting in a scenario similar to the one we know. This would mean Harry could still become the chosen one and “the Boy Who Lived,” despite the different circumstances. It’s an intriguing thought—how fate might realign even when the paths change.

This has probably been discussed before, but I just needed to yap a little. It’s been a while since I posted!

[fictionalmenaremytype]

Yes yes we have the jegulus raising harry and wolfstar raising harry and jily raising harry aus. I propose we have follow up fics that are 'marauders as grandparents being a bad influence'.

[scorpiusmalfoylovesoscarwilde]

albus severus is the human embodiment of be gay do crime, in this essay I will-

[lilithofpenandbook]

The best Severus and Harry dynamic is when everything is exactly the same and they absolutely loathe each other

But also Severus is the one Harry goes to when he has a nightmare, the half-asleep Severus asking if he needs to 'kiss it better' (mocking, snarky) or 'actually kiss it better' (serious, protective) and he just needs to see how Harry reacts to know whether he needs to comfort Harry or if he's good to make fun of Harry until Harry's so annoyed he stops being upset. Severus is the one who kisses Harry's forehead when Harry absolutely wrecks himself playing Quidditch. Harry's the one who drags Severus to bed when Severus is trying to power through a headache. Harry's the one who cheers Severus up when he's upset by just being a sassy lil shit and cracking Severus up.

And it's even funnier when Remus Lupin is the only person who doesn't understand what the hell is this hot-and-cold dynamic? How the hell can Sev both hug Harry after a nightmare and yet also try strangle him when he says one thing wrong? And why is everyone so normal about this?! Why isn't anyone concerned?!

To everyone else, it's pretty obvious to everyone that Remus is an only child.

[lulublack90]

Prompt 25 - Curl

@wolfstarmicrofic June 25, word count 459

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“The competition is as follows. Whichever table can make the sturdiest stool from the provided materials will win a fabulous prize. You have thirty minutes to make your stool and then we will add increasing amounts of weight until we have a winner.” Albus addressed the room once all the lunch things had been cleared away.

“Anyone got any ideas of the best way to do this?” James asked as he experimentally clustered a handful of lolly sticks together. Everyone around the table shrugged, apart from Snape. 

“Actually,” He said, clearing his throat. “I know exactly how to do this,”

Working as a team, they let Snape order them about, as he talked them through how to make the best stool. They all agreed that Peter should probably just hold the bag of lolly sticks so James could easily grab them when he needed them. 

Remus and Sirius controlled the sellotape, while James counted out the lolly sticks into bundles for Sirius to tape together and Snape to put where he wanted each bundle with the help of Remus and his tape. 

At the end of the thirty minutes, McGonagall stood and blew her whistle.

“Hands up. Mr Dunn, that includes you. Mr Harris drop those scissors immediately.” She barked at the few campers trying to hastily finish their stools. 

“Right then!” Albus clapped his hands together. “If one person from each table could bring their stool up here and we'd find out how well you've done,”

“It’s your baby, Severus,” James clapped Snape on the back and handed him the stool they’d all helped create. Snape took it and walked up to Albus. 

The room was silent apart from the prolonged ‘oooooooooohhhhhhhhhhhhh’ when the first stool started to sag after just 1 kilo. 

Stool after stool crumpled under the weights until there were only three left. Theirs was one of them. Sirius was chewing his nails anxiously as the next weight was added to their stool. There wasn't even a wobble, while Ravenclaw cabin's lost a leg and toppled over. It was down to theirs and the rest of the campers from Slytherin cabin. Remus reached over and tucked a stray curl behind Sirius’s ear. He gently pulled Sirius’s fingers away from his mouth and held his hand tightly. 

Albus added more and more weight to the stools, but neither of them were showing signs of breaking. 

Finally, the cracking sound of splintering wood echoed around the silent hall. 

“Whose was it?” James’s whisper was deafening. Albus added another weight to each stool and the cracking sound rang out again. Almost in slow motion, the weights on top of the left stool sunk into it and thudded to the floor. The competition was over. There was a winner. 

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[josiecarioca]

You know how I know Snape is a good person? Cuz when Dumbledore gave him that "After all this time?" bullshit, he just said "Always" instead of "Well, you're still not over your toxic little fascist boyfriend after a whole century, but go off, I guess."

[rewritingcanon]

i truly deeply believe in my heart of hearts that it does not matter if albus’ dad wasn’t famous and if scorpius’ dad wasn’t famous, if they were just two anonymous faces rocking up to ANY school ever (not just hogwarts), they would’ve gotten bullied no matter what. i mean look at them.