#eileen prince headcanons

[nightingale2004]

Severus's life if Tobias was an actual decent father and husband headcanons

When he finds out that Eileen and Severus are wizards, he takes a minute to take in the information (i feel like he is more the religious type) and even goes to church.

At first, he was angry that his own wife would hide that from him, but after much time and talking with a reasonable, open-minded, understanding priest, he went home and he and Eileen had a long talk.

He is a hard worker at the factory. He goes to work early but comes home late, and Eileen always makes him breakfast, lunch, and dinner and barely drinks but still drinks every now and then.

After Eileen told Tobias everything, he told her to educate him on the Wizarding world so he could have a better grasp of it.

After Tobias was educated on the Wizarding world, he did not like how relationships like his and Eileen's were looked down upon, which made him worried for Severus, especially when he got accepted into Hogwarts.

Severus still wears hand me downs but he does get some new clothes since they don't have a lot of money.

Tobias would be that husband and father that would glare or yell at someone who gave them looks or said/whispered something about them.

Tobias would not be afraid to fight somebody, magic or not. (YOU DO NOT MESS WITH THIS MAN'S FAMILY)

Whenever Severus comes back and he is acting different, he notices. He knows what being bullied looks like, and he talks with Severus about it

Tobias teaches Severus how to defend himself and shows him a couple of moves he learned in the military (the man obviously served)

Eileen would be more involved in Severus's life instead of being afraid.

When the "prank" happened, they immediately found out and gave Dumbledore h3ll for this. And they immediately pull Severus from hogwarts (but not before Tobias is about to give the marauders an old school a$$-whooping)

Eileen and Tobias transferred him to Durmstrang, where they kept a close eye on him (they are helicopter parents now, and u can't tell me otherwise)

Severus obviously noticed the struggle that his parents were facing, not just prejudice but the money struggle. So, growing up, he would always help his mom around the house, help cook and clean, and even sell some potions here and there. (He sells his potions to Tobias's work buddies)

Severus gives his dad potions to help his health and even casts a few spells on him to help him at work (Tobias even after all these years is still not used to it but is impressed by his son's brain)

When Severus graduated, a lot of potion masters wanted him, but he knew he couldn't afford it. So his parents both worked to scrounge him enough money to pay for his apprenticeship (severus helped, he's not letting his parents do all the work)

Severus's summer job as a teenager was helping out at either his father's factory or working at a bar

When Severus came out that he liked both girls and boys, both his parents weren't surprised. They found out a looooong time ago and had their time to process it. And they learned to accept him and his Sexuality in their own way.

Severus is a potion master, has his own apothecary, and his parents couldn't be prouder. He also has a medical and chemist degree. (So if anyone needs a doctor, he's your guy)

When Eileen passed away, Tobias was distant from Severus, but eventually, he learned to be close with his own son again for his wife's sake.

Tobias and severus visit Eileen's grave every year on her birthday.

After Tobias passed, Severus visits their grave in his free time just to talk to them and tell them about his life.

Severus is happier, calmer, and less depressed but still our favorite Sarcastic sharptounged Slytherin

He wouldn't join the deatheaters unless they threatened his parents. He would protect them with his life

Hope you guys love this little headcanons. Enjoy

[maxdibert]

Maybe it was Eileen he heard talking shit about Muggles. Eileen, who married a Muggle and gave up her entire world for that Muggle—who lowered herself to live in a shitty neighborhood, in a shitty house, surrounded by shit, all for that Muggle. Eileen, who could have had a decent life in the magical world but ended up not even being able to buy her son clothes in the Muggle one—all because of a man. The same man who yelled and was violent and scary and made her existence miserable. So Eileen probably told her son how amazing the magical world was compared to the hellhole they lived in, the opportunities he could have, and how good it would feel to be among people like him—not among those Muggles who only brought misery, poverty, and violence.

Because Eileen is often portrayed as a helpless victim and fairly loving toward Severus, but I prefer to think she also contributed to her son's cognitive dissonance, to his resentment, and to his obsession with becoming someone in the magical world. That precisely because of the trauma and personal drama, she wasn't in any condition to be a functional mother, nor was she particularly emotionally close. And maybe, over the years, Severus felt torn between a certain affection for her—because, after all, she hadn’t been a total piece of shit like his father—but also a deep internal resentment for feeling like she had never truly protected him, despite being a witch and having the upper hand.

[souryam]

sad hc of the night: when severus was around 5 or 6, tobias broke eileen's wand and she never got the chance to buy another for herself.

[yprite]

I love mean Lily

I love Lily looking down on the Marauders (especially Sirius and James) before getting to know them because she thinks they are just spoiled brats who don't care about anything but themselves

I love pretentious, a little too sure of herself Lily

I love Lily slowly understanding her relationship with Petunia through Sirius and Regulus

I love Lily being overprotective of Mary and disliking all of her boyfriends before realizing she's in love with Mary

I love Lily learning about witchcraft for the first time through Eileen

[honora-antares]

Severus Snape Headcanons for my upcoming Fanfic!

Uses Muggle supplies

For studying & note taking in class because they're cheaper than Wizarding supplies.

Ex: spiral notebooks, wooden pencils, pens

Only ever uses his parchment and ink quills when doing class work and essays that need to be turned in.

Professor Flitwick noticed and charmed his pen so that the ink will last until the school year ends.

"Best to not tell" is all he said when he did before awarding him 10 points for his cleverness and resourcefulness.

Is Actually Left Handed

But because Tobias deemed it another "freakish" trait from his mother, broke his fingers every time he caught him writing, forcing him to use his right hand, therefore making him ambidextrous.

Reason why his school work is immaculate and his notes are a complete mess. because even though his left hand has a slight tremor, he still uses it in the comfort of his own privacy.

His Mother is Jewish so He Knows a Bit of Hebrew

When he's in Potions or any other class that require numbers, he only ever counts in the language under his breath.

The Marauders (not Remus) think his mumblings are incantations of Dark Magic spells because of course they do.

He Was a Late Bloomer

Meaning his first growth spurt happened during the summer between 4th and 5th year.

His voice changed to a deep throaty tone that everyone immediately pointed out. Both Severus and Eileen mastered honey-lime tea.

He refused to speak for almost half of first term & only relented when Regulus told him how his voice is perfect for Reading Nights. Especially if he's reading in Hebrew.

(the Slytherins have a short of "poetry night" which I find kinda cute)

He Steals the Library's Candles

Madam Pince is convinced its the Marauders so she has made countless complaints to Headmaster Dumbledore, but he just lets it be. Claiming how wonderful it is that students are working so hard into the night on their studies that they need the extra light.

Only that Severus uses the candles to coat and seal his more expensive and/or important potion ingredients since their wax is of more higher quality and its charmed to last longer than regular candles.

I've only posted a brief Prologue of sorts but feel free to check it out! ✌🏽

And if you like a bit of Snirius too, chapter 8 for To Take Your Name is currently being edited 😉

[unnecessaryheadache]

Eileen probably died when Snape was still a kid. There's no way she could've lived that long in that house, she probably fell sick or committed, or maybe she just gave up one day and fell asleep, never to wake up again.

What if it was on his birthday? The one birthday he'd be looking forward to seeing her. What if his father did it? What if he ran after doing it? It could be old age too, sure, but I feel like that's least likely.

[finnfinland]

HAIII GUYS GUESS WHO FINISHED THE EILEEN HOLDING BABY SEV SKETCH

its not the best bc im LAZY and dont wanna render or do lineart so here u go :333

(clarification: i hc that sev was born w brown hair like her dad that darkened as she aged to the same black as her mom)

[half-blood-prince-throne]

What if Eileen was a muggleborn and not Slytherin?

We assumed Eileen Prince was a pureblood witch who was cast out of her family, but we have only heard words from Hermione and Harry to prove that.

Hermione believed that the Prince was from a wizarding family, but she couldn't find any magical Prince except Eileen. There was no Prince in the Black family tree; even Black was related to nearly every wizarding family, including the Weasleys. Harry called Eileen pureblood, but he just wanted to compare Snape to Voldemort. We have announcements about her wedding, but newspapers in the 1950s were like social media; they even have announcements about who comes back from vacation; you don't need to be famous to be in them, and if Eileen was rich and pureblood, why didn't they mention it? It might be more spicy.

We also assumed she was Slytherin because Snape wanted to be one, but Eileen was distant toward her son, and Snape didn't say he wanted to be Slytherin like his mother; he might just want to be Slytherin like Merlin, just like Hermione, who wanted to be in Gryffindor like Dumbledore.

Why did Snape become a deatheater then?

Snape didn't have a good relationship with his parents.

He was raised in the muggle world and was ignorant about how bad Voldy was.

He was in Slytherin, and his housemates lied to him and said that Voldy was a great wizard.

His housemates were decent to him; they didn't hex him, humiliate him, or trick him into being a werewolf victim like the Light Wizard did.

4 He heard rumors about the bad things Deatheater did, but he didn't believe them because he was also the victim of a makeup rumor.

5  Voldy even wanted Lily, who was muggleborn, to join him. He could make an exception for Muggleborn, who was very talented. Why didn't he do the same for Snape?

 It depends how you take defying, doesn't it. I mean, if you're counting, which I do, anytime you arrested one of his henchmen, anytime you escaped him, anytime you thwarted him, that's what he's looking for. And both couples qualified because they were both fighting. Also, James and Lily turned him down, that was established in "Philosopher's Stone". He wanted them, and they wouldn't come over, so that's one strike against them before they were even out of their teens.

Interview from Jk

[sideprince]

What are your thoughts on Snape's parents/childhood/upbringing ?

Sorry it's taken me ages to get to this ask! I wrote a meta post about Eileen Prince recently ("recently." It sat in my drafts for about a month as I whittled away at it) but I can go off a bit on Tobias and the kind of home a young Severus might have lived in, though it'll be a bit of a messier convergence of meta and headcannon, probably.

The tl;dr of the Eileen meta post is that I think she may have come from a family with reasonable wealth and reputation, and ended up stuck with Tobias as the result of an accidental out of wedlock pregnancy that led her family to disown her. @vulnus-sanare left one of my favorite comments on that post, which I'm just going to quote in full:

"It is hard to not think that Severus may have been the outcome of an unwanted pregnancy. It is harder to believe that "love" was ever in the foundation of the Snape family. My theory is that Eileen and Tobias had a fling, it had consequences, the Princes disowned Eileen for getting impregnated by a Muggle, and Tobias was forced to marry her out ... Patriarchal honor. However, the first time Eileen and Tobias had a violent argument, Eileen threatened him with her wand for defense. He didn't sleep at home that night. The next morning, Eileen found her wand split into two unsalvageable pieces on her bedside table. Tobias was home. And there would be no more magic."

My personal take is that we see clear statements in the books that depression can sap a witch/wizard of their powers (Merope Gaunt), and also that existing powers can't be suppressed, they'll find a way to come out and with terrible consequences if bottled up for too long (Ariana Dumbledore, and basically every underage wizard). Because of this, my own interpretation is that Eileen probably lost much of her powers due to despair. We see Severus in a memory shooting down flies with his wand alone in his room as a teen, and that casual use of magic makes me think that the Ministry still had magical activity registered at that residence on Eileen's account, otherwise Severus would have had to deal with the repercussions of violating the Statute of Secrecy and, if that was the case, he certainly wouldn't have used his wand and done magic so nonchalantly. Eileen's magic would have been too weak to stand up to Tobias, but still enough to warrant the Ministry thinking there was an active witch at their house.

Nevertheless, I love the idea that Tobias split her wand! It's a striking and complex statement on what that relationship might have looked like. Tobias must have been insecure (secure people don't tend to abuse their loved ones). Eileen had power over him that he would never be able to match. Even so, every person with power has a vulnerability - for any wizard it would be that their power must be channeled through a wand to be effective. A wand which, despite the power of the witch or wizards who wields it, can easily be snapped in two. What might its core have been? Would Tobias have been surprised to find it wasn't merely a stick carved on a lathe, that there was something running through its center that he couldn't identify? I love the irony of such a mundane, muggle act stopping the power of magic in its tracks. And, after all, if Eileen had no money of her own and she and Tobias had little to live on, she wouldn't have been able to buy a new wand. Or perhaps she eventually did, but her powers remained weak (or perhaps she bought a cheaper wand she could afford, maybe even secondhand, and it never worked as well as her own had). As for her magic struggling to get out without a proper way to channel it, perhaps her wand's destruction may have been the final straw for her spirit, which broke as a result of her isolation from her family and her world, and her being tethered to such a man.

As for Tobias, I think that while he may have had a proclivity towards abuse, it didn't truly come out until sometime after Severus' birth. I think he was always working class, and possibly fought in WWII like every man of his generation, but that the crippling poverty of the family was brought on by some kind of workplace accident that left him unable to work and dependent on welfare. Eileen wouldn't have worked, having few skills and weak magic, but back in the 60s many working class families only had one breadwinner. There are signs that Severus was both poor and also neglected, particularly his ill fitting, mismatched, hand-me-down clothes that no one even attempted to sew to size for him (let alone use magic to do so). Eileen would have made sure Severus was out of the house as much as possible, if Tobias was home most of of the time, and tried to take the brunt of Tobias' anger when possible. Severus wouldn't have understood this for a long time, and would have felt rejected and isolated as a result.

As Severus grew older, got a wand, and expanded his knowledge of magic, he would have stood up to Tobias more in the weeks he was home from school. He wouldn't have trusted his father, and would have eventually realized that their power balance had shifted. I think there may be a parallel with Voldemort there, too: as Dumbledore says, all tyrants fear that one day someone will rise up against them. I think perhaps Severus felt more able to be that person and undermine Voldemort, because he had already done so with his own father. He had learnt, firsthand, that terrifying people, people who intimidate with violence and brutality, are not infallible. It makes sense for his character: throughout his school years we see Severus reject his bullies and fight back against them, even though they attack him four against one.

As for his own experience of growing up in that small house on Spinner's End, I think Severus must have been a lonely child. We see the way he feels the need to pick his moment when first meeting Lily; he doesn't have the confidence of a child who's been able to spend much time playing with others. His parents fought a lot, and if his mother tried to protect him, he would have spent a lot of time alone in his room listening to them do so. We see him as a teen shooting down flies with his wand, in a dark room, alone. I think his world at home was small and often painful. Like many children of abuse, he wouldn't even have been aware how much pain he was in, or how constant it was, it was just a part of his internal wallpaper. I don't imagine he had much of a relationship with his dad, though the need for approval from him would have been buried in him somewhere. Perhaps, as he grew older, his relationship with his mother grew more complex and there was a bond.

My own headcanon is that Tobias, a middle aged, disabled, working class man on the dole, wouldn't have survived austerity under Thatcher. I like to think that Severus, living on a teacher's salary in a prestigious school and not needing much beyond the room and board that his job provides, would have used his savings to take care of a widowed Eileen. Perhaps he visited her once or twice a year. They were never sentimental, and talked very little. They would have a cup of tea and a game of chess, or maybe even Gobstones. When Voldemort returned, Severus would have made sure that, if he should die, Eileen would be taken care of. He would not have been able to leave her a letter or any kind of explanation, for fear of it being found. She would have been proud to learn he had been appointed Headmaster of Hogwarts, though he would not have taken pride in it, knowing it was a tactical appointment, and not an earned one. She would have been prouder still, maybe, to learn of his heroism after his death.

[hp-confessions]

Because Sev and Severus are also Turkish names, the name means love ❤️ , i headcanon that Snape is turkish on his mother side of the family.

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[headcanonandburn]

The Prince Family

The Noble and Ancestral Prince Family is very old, its origins are even more distant than those of the Black family or those of the Potter family, they date back even centuries before the creation of Hogwarts and it is considered the oldest English wizarding family. currently existing.

They were rulers for centuries in the Middle Ages, they were kings before the British Muggle crown appeared and had been in power until the witch hunts began causing them to join the rest of the wizards to protect wizarding society.

The Princes, formerly called Beckett, changed their last name to remember where their lineage came from and show that one day they had been kings, queens, princes and princesses, but above all the titles they were wizards and witches who protected magic when it was needed most.

According to some sources, the idea of ​​creating the Statute of Magical Secrecy was given by a member of the Prince family at the time, Egan Beckett, who convinced the Supreme Head of the International Confederation of Magicians to make known the probability of the clandestinity of magic and with this it led to weeks of discussions between the countries, which finally accepted the creation of the institution and with it came the end of the witch hunt.

[maxdibert]

Does Severus have daddy issues or mommy issues?

Can it be both?

Severus comes from a dysfunctional home, and trauma in such environments often has one main figure but several peripheral ones. Clearly, the focus of his issues is Tobias, who is a violent figure. We can also assume that his father is one of the main reasons he developed a disdain and dislike for Muggles and the Muggle world in general, as he associated everything related to it with something negative. This could explain why he had such anxiety not only about fitting into the magical world but also about being sorted into a house that was considered opposed to the acceptance of Muggle culture.

I also always say that his upbringing context must be taken into account—he didn’t come from a good neighborhood, or a comfortable area with resources and social welfare. He was raised in a very poor and vulnerable social context, so it’s logical that for him, the Muggle world represented being at the very bottom of the social ladder and, at the same time, symbolized violence and a lack of basic necessities.

The fact that we know his father was a violent man, and yet Severus does not express physical violence himself but is rather sly when he wants to hurt someone—that he acts from the shadows and always tries to contain himself—says a lot about how trauma shaped his personal expression in relation to others. Also, the fact that he clearly has more conflicts with men than with women—especially with men who have a very heteronormative behavior, who exhibit a hegemonic, dominant, and aggressive masculinity—could be interpreted as a reflection of his rejection of everything that reminds him of that abusive paternal figure, identifying that type of masculinity as something negative, while also seeing it as a threat.

But the father is not the only negligent one, and we know that victims can also be abusive without ceasing to be victims, or they can be imperfect victims. I believe Eileen also played a role in his personal issues. There are many versions of Eileen, but the most widespread is that of the abused woman who adored her son and who was his only emotional support. However, one thing that is rarely talked about—since it’s a taboo because it’s often interpreted as questioning victims of gender violence, even though it isn’t, because we’re not delegitimizing what they went through—is that violence within a couple, when there are children involved, doesn’t only affect the woman—it affects the children, too.

And women don’t have to put on a brave face or try to pretend nothing is happening. Many try, to protect their children, but even so, it doesn’t work, because children are not blind. I don’t rule out the possibility that Eileen had her moments of maternal affection, but she probably also had her moments as a traumatized and abused woman who couldn’t get out of bed or manage her own trauma properly and wasn’t capable—or didn’t have the strength—to be a support system for her son.

That, of course, adds to the fact that the abuse came from someone supposedly “inferior” to her. That she could have easily knocked him out, that she had tools to defend herself but had fallen into learned helplessness and the cycle of violence that often affects these types of victims, and simply didn’t see herself as capable. And that also breeds a lot of anger and resentment and long-term consequences.

I bring this up because it’s very common that, even though the main hatred or trauma children feel in these households is directed toward the abuser, the violent figure, over time they also develop internalized resentment toward the other adult who was supposed to take care of them. Because even if you know your mother was a victim, she was also an adult, and she was supposed to protect you, she was supposed to get you out of there—and she didn’t. And even if you understand why she didn’t, even if you know she couldn’t, that doesn’t mean you stop resenting her actions.

So to me, Severus not only has daddy issues, but could very well have mommy issues as well, from this angle. It’s not far-fetched. In fact, it’s completely logical and realistic, especially if we assume that Eileen never left Tobias—not even when Severus went to Hogwarts and she knew her son would be in a place where he’d be fed and sheltered and she could have run away. She stayed, as many victims do, and it wouldn’t be far-fetched to think that Severus, as he grew up—and especially as he fell deeper and deeper into that Slytherin purist sphere—began to resent his mother more and more. Or even blamed her for the fact that they could have had a better life, but she chose to live in misery.

So I’d say both, but clearly, the main and foundational source of his trauma and anger issues is his father.

[souryam]

I HC that tobias was very religious, ferverous catholic. and that's why he hates magic so much, he thinks it's from the devil, that he married and fathered demon-possessed creatures. I also think it would tie nicely with the "he doesn't like much, really" because very catholic people (at least in my experience) are very strict in what they can say or do and I do think a 9 year old would describe it like that. so you mix a religious extremist with alcoholism and ptsd (I hc he fought in ww2) and you have tobias

[cassiaallen]

I have had this in my notes forever, and since I’m not sure if I’ll ever turn this into a fanfic, I thought I’d post it here.

A lot of this is my own version of canon, but it’s also partly inspired by wonderful accounts such as @halfblood-princes-crown, @moonlightdancer26 and more.

Hope you enjoy!

Severus Snape’s Death Eater Journey

-Eileen married Tobias because she was the eldest of her siblings and thus the "heir" and hated it

-she was in Gryffindor (hat stall, almost in Slytherin)

-Tobias was a misogynistic wife-beater and child abuser

-he hated magic

-he didn’t like feeling his wife was superior to him

-he beat his wife to "get the magic out of her" and when that didn’t work, he did the same to his son

-Severus started to resent T when he was about 5

-his first bit of magic showed during a time when he was defending himself against his father

-he started thinking "are all muggles this bad?", but slightly changed that view whenever he spoke to his muggle neighbours and the Evans family

-Sev is excited to go to Hogwarts as he thinks he can finally escape his family’s tormenting

-he latches onto Lily as she’s A) magical (and thus, an "outsider" like him) and B) a complete contrast to everything he had ever known

-encounter in the train 01.09.1971

-at first, he brushes it off

-Lily being Sorted into Gryffindor upsets him mainly because it reminds him of his miserable home life (Gryffindor as a symbol of badness)

-first week of school, J&S play a prank on Sev

-they find his reaction funny, play some more pranks on him during the next few months and decide to make him their main target

-part of J&S detentions are the result of Sev telling prefect Lucius (this in turn contributes to their hatred of Sev and Slytherin)

-the pranks are physically harmless at first, "just" humiliating

-Sev throws himself into his studies, becoming a very skilled wizard

-in year 2/3, the "pranks" become more and more physically violent

-in year 4, Sev accidentally hexes an OC as he believes them to be one of the marauders (he just saw someone coming in his direction from the corner of his eye)

-he apologises and takes the OC to the hospital wing

-the only people that somewhat listen to him when it comes to the M are Slytherins

-he is not close to any of them though

-he starts hanging out with Avery and Mulciber

-he’s happy to be somewhat included, so he doesn’t openly criticise their anti-muggleborn views

-despite his friendship with Lily, Sev associates the Light™️ with his oppressors

-he begins to learn more about the Dark Arts to fight back (he focuses on the opposite of what his bullies stand for)

-he hears slurs in his common room all the time and often they refer to his bullies (which is largely why he calls Lily that)

-he never says the slur out loud, only in his head/under his breath

-one time Sev and Mulciber bitch about the Gryffindors/his bullies in particular and Sev calls Remus + Peter the slur under his breath (he wants to get back at them for all the pain they’ve caused him by supporting J&S)

-Sev says he dislikes an OC as much as the M, which leads to people believing he calls everyone of Lily’s birth the slur

-January 1976 Werewolf Incident

-February 1976 Mulciber tries doing something to Mary MacDonald ("They don’t use Dark Magic though.")

-Sev's anger and bitterness increases as Dumbledore forces him to keep quiet about the WI

-May/June 1976 Lake Incident (+ failed apology)

-Sev comes home that summer to find out his father had (accidentally) killed his mother ("She fell down the stairs.")

-the summer holidays are awful as A) Sev misses his mum and B) his father now takes all his anger out on him

-he spends as much time outside as possible

-he spends some time on the playground where he first saw Lily

-he writes her a letter, delivers it personally, and Lily’s parents promise to give it to her (she never responds)

-year 6 is the worst bullying ever, as J&S A) realise Sev no longer has Lily’s support and B) Sirius’s disowning fuelled their anger at Slytherins

-Lily pointedly ignores him

-Sev's only safe haven is the Dark Arts, but he is also hesitant as this is what drove Lily (=the Light) away

-due to the increased bullying that year, Sev ends up in the hospital wing every other week

-summer 1977 is when he starts getting caught in the loop of "I want power to protect myself from my pain (J&S, Gryffindor, everything they represent)" and "but I don’t want to commit evil acts (Cruciatus Curse etc)"

-through spies at Hogwarts (Lucius?) Voldemort finds out about a skilled and vulnerable Sev and starts preying on him

-he is on the fence, but when he finds out Lily is dating James (his tormentor) in 1978, that tips him over the edge

-his motivation for joining the DE is revenge for the pain the light side caused him (the M bullying, Dumbledore covering it all up, Lily "betraying" him by joining his tormentors), gaining power to protect himself against future attacks, and to protect Lily from "their clutches"

-he comes home that summer to find out his father died in a car accident (he was driving while drunk), so he owns the Spinner’s End house

-he receives the Dark Mark a few months after graduation September 1978

-Voldemort instructs Sev to use his home to make potions for the DE

-he occasionally takes part in battles, but during his first year, his main job is brewing potions

-while spending so much time at home, he goes through his old belongings and discovers things from his friendship with Lily

-guilt starts to manifest, but the DE are the first people who value him and his skills and don’t make fun of him, so he ignores their pure-blood ideology even though he doesn’t believe in it himself

-in 1979/1980 Voldemort starts using Sev as a spy as he recognises his talent for it during previous battles

-15.05.1980 the Prophecy

-August 1980 Voldemort decides to go after the Potters and guilt hits Sev in the face so hard he can barely breathe

-"well, I don’t care about Potter, but I can’t leave Lily dead or unhappy"

-asking Voldemort to spare her (had he asked for the whole family, it would have been suspicious)

-asking Dumbledore to spare all ("Anything.")

-starts teaching at Hogwarts (V believes it is to spy on D but it’s actually the opposite)

-Halloween 1981

-guilt and grief times ♾

-"Always."

[rosie-love98]

The Story Of Tobias And Eileen:

Thanks to “These Are The Damned”, here-

I can’t help but see Tobias Snape being a Teddy-Boy (the British greaser) at the time he met Eileen Prince. Think about it; they could’ve met when Tobias’s gang was defending her against a rival group. Later, Tobias and Eileen would start a relationship which would result in an unplanned pregnancy. 

Once finding out the situation, Eileen’s family shunned her. Thus, Eileen would beg Tobias to marry her (both for their child’s sake and because she genuinely loved him). Tobias didn’t want to have anything to do with her or their child. Yet, it was Tobias’s best friend (I call him “Oliver Davis”) who was trying to get Tobias to do right by Eileen and the baby. In the meantime Eileen had been taken in by David and his girlfriend (let’s call her “Susan Brightfield”). 

One night-when Oliver and Susan found Tobias at the local pub to speak with him, the rival gang would arrive to start something. To make a long story short, a brawl would ensue which would result in the deaths Oliver and Susan. 

Distraught as they both were, Eileen (having revealed herself as a witch), promised Tobias that she’ll find a potion/spell that can bring the dead back to life. In turn, Tobias finally agreed to marry her. After the arrival of their son, Severus, Eileen would keep her word by working hard to come up with something-anything to revive the dead. But as years went by, her experiments, theories and data would be in vain. And as those years went, Tobias would grow as bitter as the alcohol he became too dependent on. Poor Eileen and little Severus would be the targets of such bitterness.

By the time Severus graduated, Tobias was dead in 1977-1978 (either from alcohol-related ailments, a final brawl with his Teddy-Boy rivals/friends or killed by the Death-Eaters to get Severus to join them). As for Eileen, she would live until 1979-1980. Often depressed, she’d refuse to eat or drink anything, add a terrible illness to it and that was it for her, unfortunately. She would die thinking her latest Revival Potion formula was nothing but a pipe dream. Unbeknownst to her, Severus, the Death-Eaters and anyone from the Pheonix, a member (or two) from The Cabal would someday prove Eileen’s doubts wrong.

[chaoswiththeprettyspine]

Batfam Karaoke tournament headcanons

I firmly believe that the batfam has a bi-monthly karaoke night, which is mandatory for all family members. You can enter with a serious song or a joke song it doesn't matter, but you have to perform. It doesn't matter if someone can sing or not, the others judge them on execution and ✨️vibes✨️. It's forbidden to let any preexisting grudges affect your rating. You WILL be called out if you do.

Dick has a nice voice, but nothing extraordinary. He usually goes with his favourite song at the time, or something really relatable to him. His dance routines always slap tho. Best performances include: Holding out for a hero by Bonnie Tyler, Inertia by AJR and 30 by Bo Burnham

Barbara usually only performs the one mandatory song, but she's a ruthless judge. She is responsible for recording the event, and making memes from it that can be used in the groupchat. Her favourite song to perform is Burn for You from the Bridgerton musical that she and Dick made a choreography for when they were still dating. They perform it at least once a year for nostalgia sake. Other than that, her best performances were I am not a Robot by Marina and a duett of Mamma Mia with Steph.

Jason "theatre kid" Todd is living his best life every tournament. He usually has 3 songs prepared, and depending on the mood, he performs one. His voice is really fucking good. And the worst part is, he knows and weaponizes this. He usually makes podium, if not wins it all together. Best performances include: Bad Reputation by Joan Jett & the Blackhearts, My Petersburg from the Anastasia musical and Dos Oruguitas by Sebastian Yatra (which DID make everyone cry for 3 hours)

Tim goes with a meme song every single time. His voice is horrible. Despite that, his choreography and dedication sometimes gets him to the podium. His best performances include: How bad can I be? from The Lorax, Barbie and Ken by Scene Queen and Set it Off (duett with Steph) and on one memorable occasion WAP: Midwest emo rendition. He WAS disqualified for the last one, but it was legendary.

Steph gives it her all every single time, and she usually makes it to the podium. Her voice is good, but it's the dedication which she performs with that sells the show every time. She usually sings at least 2 songs, sometimes even a duett at the end. Best performances include: Die Young by Kesha, Girls just want to have fun as a duett with Cass, and all American bitch by Olivia Rodrigo

Damian doesn't like singing. His voice is at the stage where it starts cracking, and he doesn't really listen to music with words. He does like to dance tho, so he usually sings duetts where he can be a background dancer while the other performs. Best performances include: It's tough to be a god with Duke, Revolting Children performed by the whole Batkidclan and Prince Ali sang by Jason ABOUT him, while he acted out everything Jason sang about.

Duke likes singing, but he's mostly here to judge. His points are always fair and well thought out. He's the most influential judge right after Alfred. He does have to perform tho, so he usually chooses something he listened to right before the competition and is already in his head. Best performances include: Bourgeoisieses by Conan Gray, Dirty Town by Mother Mother and Come on Eileen by Dexys Midnight Runners.

Cass is selectively mute, so depending on the day, she might just dance, or she might sing you to tears. Her voice is a little rough around the edges from misuse, and she mispronounces some words, but the emotion behind it shines through every time. Best performances include: a ballet to Swan Lake, a modern dance interpretation of Luminery by Joel Sunny, and Last Words of a Shooting Star by Mitski (which also left everyone crying for 3 hours)

Bruce is not exempt from the competition. His kids are adamant he performs too, but he doesn't actually care what he sings, so the song depends on what kid gets to him first. Crowd favourites include Bring me to life by Evanescence, Teenagers by MCR, Little girls from the Annie musical, and one time when Tim got to him first My Dead Gay Son from the Heathers musical.

Alfred performed exactly once, and it was a heartbreaking rendition of Frank Sinatra's My Way. He was forbidden from participating because he would win every single time. Now he's only judging, and his points are greatly sought after.