#also fuck snape

[moonyslunatic]

Last year while watching PoA I had an epiphany. It was during the Shrieking Shack scene. You know the one.

I was like, oh. OH. These two old men are silly little lovey dovey boyfriends. There should be some good fanfic about them on AO3.

Now, listen.

Nothing could have prepared me for what I would find. I watched HP all my childood. I did christmas marathons for years. The dead parents were just... dead parents.

Then wolfstar decided to fucking snatch me by the throat and throw me into the Marauders Vortex, and there is simply no going back.

Black brothers angst? Everyone's gay? Lily Evans has a personality beyond her eyes (and her sacrifice)? James Potter is literally sunshine turned person? Regulus is... a person?

Delicious.

And all it took was a second glance at that slouchy hug between a shabby old man and a greasy insane prisioner, a simple let's kill him together, a quick check on tumblr, and boom! I have ascended to a higher level of existence.

I see now that this was an inevitable outcome. It may come sooner in your HP journey, or later. But it will come.

And when it does, be prepared. These crazy bitches created lore out of literal scraps and it is fucking amazing.

Yes, Joanne, we snatched these babies from your talons and made them better, gayer, and quite literally, ours.

[foursaints]

also i think harry potter is a more interesting character when you allow james to be extremely morally grey. imo this is more reflective of canon: he was a bully. he was blindly privileged. he harassed lily and treated it like a joke. and no matter what, he's still a man who wanted to marry "the brightest witch of her age" and saw absolutely nothing wrong with making her his jobless prospectless pregnant housewife at 19 years old! that's entitlement!

like in doing this, james technically carried on centuries of misogynist conservative pureblood tradition (marrying women off to be teenaged childbrides) without another thought. this is the environment in which he was raised. and he told himself it was ok and progressive because he, like, wasn't racist to her for being muggleborn and genuinely loved her as a person, or whatever. but that's the bare minimum! and it shows that he had no qualms with participating in pureblood culture & tradition when it suited him, because he literally materially did. a better james potter would never have been comfortable with letting her take on that role.

and the series themes are more resonant when harry's parents aren't both just, like, nebulously ontologically good. it's really poignant when harry spends his entire life being taught to idolize a man who was, in actuality, kind of a piece of shit— and grapples with this as he grows up, ultimately choosing to be different. the lesson is that both good (and cruelty) can come from anyone, regardless of birth circumstances or house placement, because goodness is a choice.

[aezran]

Always

[superfallingstars]

Snapetober Day 6: Roots

[lilithofpenandbook]

Seriously how can M*r*uders stans like random Slytherins (who tf are Evan Rosier, Pandora (is that Luna's mum and why tf is she Evan Rosier's twin in half of these), and I don't even want to discuss Regulus) and make them Actually Misunderstood Good People Who Were Forced Down That Path when at least one of them *coughreguluscough* was obsessed with Voldemort

And then turn around and make Snape an awful person?

[mitsuki91]

I just read an anti-comment about "girls just want to fix Snape" and let me tell you all:

We don't want to fix him.

We want to fix the world around him so he can have a good and well deserved fuck :v

[boomiyah]

i have this HC that the legal drinking age in the wizarding world was like 35+ because its like magic and stronger or whatever but only the purebloods knew that (sirius too but we all know he probably doesnt gaf)

imagine if severus (and every half-blood/muggeborn) just assumed it was still 21 like in the muggle world😭🙌

like, imagine in ootp, or even just the hogwarts staff room, the adults of the order are having booze after a long day

then someone takes a sip (maybe tonks) and goes "damn no wonder the age limit for this stuff is for 35+ years" and severus is mildly horrified like "??? what...."

minerva, at the meeting, immediately staring him down like "🤨? what are you hiding...?"

he'll either a.) have no shame about it or b.) "i am not giving away my supplies"

his hidden stash of booze in hogwarts goes missing the next day

[youdrewstarsxaroundmyscars]

i got on the wrong side of tiktok today and IDK HOW but it was all pro snape anti james/anti sirius and like

UGH

it made me feel ill

[dastardly-lemondrops]

The thing is I think in text that Snape is a victim of trauma and abuse, that his good outweighs the bad, and he's an admirable person. But in the arena of people coming at us claiming it's 'not okay' to like him, that we should instead like a different character who is essentially Snape Lite for morality purposes, I don't really think that's the best counter. That he is worth liking or whatever. The counter in my opinion is -- why do you care what fake guy I like the most. This could not be less consequential to real life issues of any kind. It's a non-issue. If Snape kicked toads, hung children by their toes, and pushed old ladies down stairs, it would still be okay to like him. If he did everything people who hate him claimed he did, it would still be okay. Because he's not real. Sure, it's annoying that they characterize him the way they do, but the answer to that is "so what, this is my fake guy I like and that has zero impact on your or anyone else's real life". Like why is it fine for people to like Voldemort or any other death eater, but not Snape. Because they want a character it's "okay" to bash and more importantly a group of real, living people it's "okay" to hate, mock, and bully over fictional characters. And if you engage in that kind of behavior, you're making fandom worse for everyone, including yourself.

[redr0sewrites]

i would talk about harry potter on here but no one agrees with my headcanons i fear

[galaxostars]

Do you guys remember the first time you read/watched Harry Potter and thought Snape was responsible for everything only to be hit in the stomach when you found out alongside the characters it was Quirrell all along?

Do you remember reading about Sirius Black escaping jail and wanting to murder Harry and do you remember being ready to throw hands at him? And then do you remember that sinking feeling when you realized he’d been wrongfully imprisoned for twelve years and was painted as the guilty one when it was Peter all along?

Do you remember hearing about the death eater Regulus Black, following in Voldemorts’ footsteps only to be hit with the crushing truth later, that he’d betrayed him and died doing so and no one knew about it and you had, yet again, judged him too harshly?

Do you remember hating Draco and progressively coming to understand the circumstances that led him to that?

Do you remember loving Dumbledore and realizing suddenly how badly he wronged Harry?

Do you ever think about those moments, and how we all judged those characters and fell into the easy trap? Time and time again? How easy it was to gulp down one version and not realize how biased it was?

I feel like if there’s one thing those books taught me it was to never get along with one version of a story. You can’t hear one side and admit it’s the final truth. You can’t judge someone through one lens and not admit it’s skewed. You can’t erase circumstances. You can’t shut out the other side of a story because one is sufficient for you.

If you want to crucify someone for something they did, remember all those times you were ready to crucify Snape, Sirius, Regulus, Draco and so on.

I’m not against holding people accountable for their actions, but I don’t want to get that sinking feeling of guilt that I had with characters on real human beings. And it is inhuman to hold one thing against someone’s head forever—especially when you don’t know the whole story.

We all make mistakes, we all fuck up, and we also, all have our own truth. And we’re also all capable of empathy towards others. 🖤

God knows I hate jkr with a passion but fuck if I love the message that was spread through those arcs.

[severus-snaps]

Snapetober 2024 | Cosy

For @redabeline who writes a lot of chubby Snape, for @dreamshopesfantasies who once asked for a cuddly Snape and I think this version is better than the first one I did, and for my boyfriend, who is the cosiest.

[hiidkwhatimdoing7525]

Severus’ animagus is a cat. Don’t. Try. To. Change. My. Mind.

Snucius with a bonus point to Sev for looking like a loaf of bread.

[seriousbrat]

i hate the 'homophobic snape' thing a lot in general, i mean it's worth noting basically his only friend through most of the books is also the only gay character lol.

but the truth about snape is he doesn't give a shit about stuff like that. I don't think he would have rly known about it if (big if) any of the marauders were gay-- like being 100% realistic I don't think as a teenager in the 70s he'd be above using homophobia as an insult if it was someone he hated. but also if it was someone he was friends with (mulciber) he would be accepting/not care. similar to the werewolf thing, i don't doubt he was frequently extremely vicious and offensive to remus about it but if it had been someone he liked (so lily or mulciber) who was a werewolf he would have been pretty accepting of it imo. if it was a random student he wouldn't have cared.

that being said i often dislike homophobia plots in fic in general because they always seem so gratuitous and over the top. it's obviously using snape as a mouthpiece for the most extreme vile (and out of character) views so that the marauders are justified in bullying him. like i don't think he was woke and politically correct (clearly) but be fr he doesn't care that much. and it's not that i don't think people should explore homophobia in their own writing, obviously, explore away, this is just why i personally dislike the way it's handled a lot of the time. it just so often feels contrived and insensitive to me, kind of misery porn-ish if that makes any sense. like to what extent is it necessary i guess

[jupitereater]

what the fuck is up with all the jegulus hate. you want jily? you want your canon-complaint jkr-written heterosexual ships? then write about them!! but ranting in another ship’s tags? accusing people of “forcing female characters to be wlw”? some of these people saying this shit are queer too, maybe you should do some self-reflection on why you feel like the only reason why people would enjoy sapphic ships is to “justify” an mlm ship. that’s so beyond fucked up jfc.

it’s a cute ship. people like it. “it’s not realistic”, “james would hate a death eater” have you heard of this little thing called drarry. it’s done some numbers i’m told. like i’m convinced that all the people who act like the death eater/hero trope is new started reading harry potter (or engaging in fandom) 2 months ago. welcome ig?? stick to your own lane, learn some fandom etiquette.

[lilithofpenandbook]

Sirius Black is proof that love doesn't make someone selfless, Severus Snape is proof that hate doesn't make someone selfish