#also thanks @ my gf for actually properly introing me to hp unlike the dozens of bad failed attempts my friends did

[to-hope-against-hope]

the pest’s tale (or: how my pro snape friend pulled the rug under me before I ever touched hp)

(this is just a short post describing my experiences w/ my heavily pro snape friend who I talk to irl bc its the funniest shit ever and I look back and still laugh at how absurd it is as a fellow snape fan)

so my introduction to hp is honestly weird because I bet most ppl read the books/watched the movies as they came out. or at least consumed SOME form of hp, but I was one of those rare few who had no idea wtf hp was about and had never touched it like, ever. like I knew who the kid in the glasses and the funky scar was, and I knew voldemort was some “he who shall not be named” villain, but I legitimately didn’t know jack. I also thought for the longest time that hermione was in ravenclaw and ron was in hufflepuff because based on what little I knew abt the series, it was the only thing that made sense

so moving on to the meaty part.

about a few years ago (2020 or so I believe? might be 2021), I was talking to a close friend of mine and she confessed her love of hp to me. really, she loved it, and she loved snape about just as much, if not more. so me, trusting my friend’s  ability to explain things in a non biased manner (which turned out to be nonexistent), I asked her what hp was about and what Snape is all about. the key notes of what she told me are:

- James Potter and the marauders were bullies who tormented Snape day in and day out (true)

- Lily and Snape were childhood friends who were close (also true)

- Lily betrayed Snape by choosing James and “she SHOULDN’T have done that, she’s AWFUL why would you date your best friend’s bully!!” (wait something seems wrong here)

- Harry Potter is a spoilt rotten child of James’ who acts like a brat (hold on a moment huh??)

- Harry Potter constantly gets himself into trouble, acts arrogant, acts like a bully like James and deserves everything coming his way (??????????)

I absolutely believed the WHOLE spiel she gave me (which if I’m being honest could be mistaken for a really bitter Snape’s recounting of events) until I asked my gf (who consumed hp) about it and she was like “wha-- no, no that’s not how it goes wtf” and I was completely SHOCKED at the fact that Harry Potter is not, in fact, a condescending twat of a child who bullies Snape

anyways now we’re here in 2023 and I really really really like snape. life is weird