#m severus snape

[fiendishfyre]

I wish the marauders fandom never got this popular. I dislike the new age marauders fandom especially Tiktok ones.

[firendgold]

[side note/request that's not fireandgold related incoming.]

Can we as a fandom please kill the idea that EVERYONE knew what the "Marauders" called themselves? That includes the name, the map, the nicknames, all of it. It was a secret. The whole mess with Sirius and Peter wasn't figured out for a REASON.

People like fellow students (who weren't as close to the four), or Albus Dumbledore and Minerva McGonagall, these kids' TEACHERS, did NOT know about their nicknames and nighttime wandering habits and Animagus forms. (The last is literally discussed by Dumbledore in Prisoner of Azkaban!!) That's HOW the Marauders were able to get away with so much stuff, because people a) didn't know what all they were up to and b) the Hogwarts of their time seemed plagued with infinite amounts of pranksters and mean girl behavior a la Fred-and-George Weasley, not just four boys and their Slytherin fascist-in-training counterparts. Kind of a "product of their time" moment for readers to make note of.

Even the name 'Marauders' isn't a set in stone thing. Go back to POA. The map is called the Marauder's Map. That's right: Marauder + apostrophe + s. So a Marauder was similar to the dictionary definition, any raider/chaos-causer. Anyone who saw themselves as a chaos agent or even minor mischief-maker might be worthy of using the infamous map. Fred and George were basically "Marauders" for the entire time they had the map.

James, Sirius, Remus and Peter can call themselves whatever in fanfics, but there's no canon evidence that they had a Team Name that they used for motivation or whatever. They were calling EACH OTHER their nicknames, and then only in private.

(MUST ADD: Of course, Snape's Worst Memory in OOTP is the notable exception to this "no one heard them calling each other nicknames" bit. And isn't that interesting? You have to wonder if Snape ACTUALLY overheard all of this stuff before the boys got to him (unlikely), or if he embellished this already-traumatizing memory as normal people do, but the major beats matched up enough with Sirius and Remus' recollections for them to not challenge Harry when he recounted it. And, of course, you must consider that even That Woman could make the mistake of too much exposition and not enough logical explanation.)

It's true that MWPP were very arrogant and may have been caught slipping out a Moony or two, but the average teenager or teacher who has their own life and problems would not likely hold on to knowledge of that nickname for twenty-plus years, to conveniently remember and drop as your fanfic plot demands.

No matter what the fandom is, fans have got to remember that we are the READER, and we are privileged with information as a whole in a way characters putting it together are not--because plot development requires characters actually sharing that information.

Sorry not sorry for the rant, but I've kind of had enough of this particular trend. The Marauders-Marauder's Map-honorary Marauder thing used to be a mild irritation, but (as with many other HP flanderizations) it has expanded into a way to erode at settled canon and characterization for not only the MWPP-era characters, but also all the other characters around them.

[juniperpyre]

canon lily evans: who is she? part 1

there have been many fanon iterations of lily j. evans over the past two decades. she's been a perfect mother and wife, a goody two shoes who plays by the rules and makes sure everyone else does, she's been a kind, intelligent, beautiful dream girl, a genuis, fighting badass who takes no shit and solves everyone's problems, she's been a bitch, she's been an incubator.

it's hard to make an argument for or against any of these traits. we see little of her in canon, and much of it from highly biased sources (petunia, severus). nonetheless, lily j. evans has a canon foundation. let us explore.

we first hear of lily as she is mourned by professor mcgonagall, hagrid, and dumbledore. we see little to no characterization beyond the intensity of sadness all three feel over lily and james' deaths. plenty of people have died in the war, but lily and james' death seem to hit hard.

we hear lily's voice with harry for the first time in the third book, as she begs voldemort to spare her son.

we do not hear about her again besides references to harry's eyes until the 5th book.

snape's worst memory

we first see lily from snape's perspective, in his memories.

what an introduction. lily and james are at odds and it's lily that broke her way into the confrontation. she does not hesitate to command james, or to show her anger. but she also speaks cooly. she only shouts once to get james' attention as she's walking over and then chooses her words carefully. her goal is to hurt james, to shame him enough that he backs down.

we can see from her multiple insults to james—unnecessary, she could simple tell him to stop more, or appeal to his good nature, or get a teacher, or try to disarm him—that she is choosing cruelty in this moment. she believes james is behaving badly (unjustly, perhaps) and her method to stop him is publicly insulting him. the punishment matches the crime.

this all shows a decisiveness to lily's actions. she is sure of herself, quick thinking, she values justice more than popularity, and she is okay with being mean. if someone, james in this instance, has transgressed far enough outside of morality she is fine with using immoral behavior to put them in their place.

we could argue that insulting james is not immoral behavior, or that lily does not believe it is. but the fact is lily is trying to (emotionally) hurt james to protect snape when she has by-the-book options. she is not an idealist, and does not seem a goody-two shoes. (of course, she could've attacked him, but that wouldn't de-escalate. she's not a violent person, or too impulsive).

and then we come to this moment. still in the introduction to lily's character, snape calls her a Mudblood.

lily does not shout. she blinks. she responds with an insult meant to further humiliate snape.

james shouts. james is ready to attack over the use of a slur, but lily is not. perhaps this is because the consequences will always be worse for her. perhaps she knows reacting will give the bigots watching satisfaction. perhaps her emotions are too private for this moment. whatever reason, lily is in control, and she uses insults to regain her power.

"you're as bad as he is"

i rarely see this line worked through in jily fics. this line shows the deepest insight into lily's perspective. it is the first time she shouts, it's an emotional reaction. comparing james to snape may be a cruel statement designed to hurt james, but because lily did not deliver this line cooly, with foresight, i believe it is her true feelings.

she proceeds to insult james with, imo, fairly trivial bullshit, aside from the hexing. it's not that these actions are so horrible; lily is angry at james for his attitude. james gets to walk the halls without a care in the world and he clearly carries a sense of superiority. he isn't thinking about how his actions affect others. he doesn't have think about the sociopolitics of a situation until someone is shouting Mudblood in his face.

this is why lily sees james as bad as snape. james thinks he's a good guy, but he's contributing to a school environment where two rich pureblood boys get to torment whoever they like! he's not fighting bigotry just because he doesn't use slurs. james is ignorant and doing harm, like most teenagers.

lily sees the way both boys are hurting people, many of them vulnerable, and can't see a true difference. fair enough!

the next we hear of this is confirmation from remus and sirius that lily did not hate james, and that james became less of a dick. I'm sure both of these men remember james and lily overly-fondly. however, i believe their statements create a sketch of what happened off the page. james matured. there isn't a comment on lily maturing, however.

the memory highlights lily's self-control, her Machiavellian perspective on combating wrongdoing, her deep rooted anger and morals, her wit, and her strong sense of loyalty.

it isn't until the 6th book that we receive more insight into lily's character. this comes from horace slughorn, her potions master.

horace slughorn & lily evans

he remembers lily as one of the brightest students he ever had. vivacious means full of life, animated. though it also indicates attractiveness, i find it meaningful that slughorn isn't commenting primarily on lily's appearance or her kindness but on her passions and spirit. it leads me to believe that slughorn did care about lily as a person.

slughorn also says lily is charming and cheeky. all of his descriptors point towards an attractive and friendly personality, but not one with a strong fondness for rules. she's cheeky to a teacher, and that is not the trait of a goody-two shoes, a stick in the mud, or a doormat of a housewife. lily has beliefs that she will be made known, even if it may go against the grain.

we saw in snape's worst memory that lily used insults to keep control of a situation and express discontent without showing too much emotion. she had a sharp tongue and a quick mind that she used in all situations. though she showed parts of herself and her beliefs that were not popular, she was keeping aspects of herself guarded. this is shrewd and indicates a keen understanding of social politics, and possibly unhealthy emotional repression.

furthermore, slughorn believes she could have been in slytherin. he could tell that she used social manipulation. i do not think lily put on a mask, but she was particular with what parts of herself she allowed people to see. this also leads me to believe lily did not play by the rules when it came to success, that she showed ambition and cunning. slughorn liked successful students—even in the horrible political climate he saw her going somewhere.

in a highly emotional moment, slughorn says that lily is very brave and very funny. he can't imagine someone not liking her. people are better remembered in death, but slughorn is consistent in highlighting her humor. we also see a mention of her bravery. perhaps this is something he realized once she'd died. more likely he saw it in her during her school years.

the repeated traits we see from teenage lily in severus' memories and slughorn's recollection are being quick-witted, humorous, and brave/justice-seeking. she has a playful disposition and seems to have a secure sense of boundaries and decent emotional regulation for a teenager.

in her negative traits, we observe a propensity to use cruelty as a tool. however, we only see this in an intense moment. lily is not openly shown as someone with true bad traits, or as someone who changes over time, in the first six books.

james is given that complexity. snape's worst memory shows a pivotal moment for both men. this is the scene's point in the narrative: to offer complexity to these men. but is it a pivotal moment for lily? she is used to further both men's character development, but we see no change in her.

part 2 will discuss what we learn about lily in the 7th book.

[fafodill]

Sev and selfcest?

He...

He hates himself.

That wouldn't even cross his mind.

..............

Well I mean both versions of him would be aware of his limits and traumas and repressed feelings and specific needs so... so...

... maybe in the dark? Once?

[crybaby-tami]

Alright. It's done!

Close ups!

No close up of the big boy because.... it's big enough, you don't need a close up.

[sctumsempra]

snape and trelawney are best friends. black bat and blonde bat. everyone hates them but each other. their classes don’t necessarily use wand magic or incantations. ones in a tower and the other is in the dungeons. they both Hate eating in the great hall and sleep at weird hours. and they’re both autistic coded. and queer coded. send post

[wizardingworldlibrary]

Polyamory Slash Masterlist

A Cauldron Full of Hot, Strong Love (ao3) - R33sesPieces Sirius/Remus/James E, 22k

Summary: When Sirius Black bumps into his favourite Omega camboy at a work event, it doesn’t go even remotely as he expects. He smells wrong, for one thing. For another, he has a partner Sirius didn’t anticipate. But when Sirius snags an invite home with him anyway, what else is a lonely Alpha to do?

Aim For My Heart (ao3) - tackytiger Draco/Harry/Ron M, 3k

Summary: Harry's in love, Ron's in control, and Draco just wants a nice lunch. They say three's a crowd, but Harry doesn't always agree. Not when he gets to be in the middle, anyway.

In which Harry's in love with Ron, and Harry's in love with Draco, but they're not all in love with each other. Not yet, anyway.

Bullying? No, Terrible Flirting (ao3) - bearwithmeasitryandfinishthings James/Tom/Snape G, 13k

Summary: (James unwillingly develops a crush on the two most studious, socially separated Slytherins in his year)

Devilish Romance (ao3) - Madriddler Draco/Harry, Draco/Harry/Blaise, Sirius/Remus E, 81k

Summary: Harry Potter, a warlock on the crux of his sixteenth birthday, is both excited and scared to become a full member of his coven. With more feminine interests than his peers, Harry is scared of being mocked and ridiculed, both for his interest, and being The Coward’s Son. Raised by his Uncles Sirius and Remus, Harry finds an unlikely friendship in fellow warlock Draco Malfoy, who has huge aspirations for both him and Harry: summoning a demon, and binding him to their service. They just wasn’t expecting on summoning the Son of the Devil

don't wanna be the bad guy anymore (ao3) - badgerinbloom Draco/Goyle/Blaise G, 980

Summary: Blaise, Draco and Goyle get split up during the battle, and when they find each other again, Draco realizes that he doesn't want to fight Voldemort's fight anymore.

Electric Light (ao3) - orphan_account Draco/Harry/Neville E, 18k

Summary: His gloves are from last year and the left one has a small tear in the charmed leather that he has to keep out of sight of Professor Sprout, who would go into a whole lecture on health and safety if she saw it, and then insist he wore a pair from the lost and found bucket in the corner of her mouldy old office.

Finding What's Missing (ao3) - SumthinClever Draco/Neville/Blaise M, 9k

Summary: Blaise goes missing and throws Draco's life into a tailspin. Neville is the lead Auror on the case, and he helps Draco find himself just as much as he is on the hunt for Blaise.

Will something develop between Draco and Neville? And what will happen when Blaise returns?

In Between Ley Lines (ao3) - Aeliius Orion/Abraxas/Harry M, 68k

Summary: His magical education had missed many things. Ley Lines, he learned, one of the most important of them.

The past was confusing and foreign, and the war awaiting him threatened to destroy all that he had built in it.

Love wasn't easy, living was outright hard. Good thing Harry Potter didn't know how to give up.

Never Too Careful (ao3) - DrSalazar2U Sirius/Albus/Gellert E, 100k

Summary: "So that, when my mother died, and I was left the responsibility of a damaged sister and a wayward brother, I returned to my village in anger and bitterness. Trapped and wasted, I thought! And then, of course,

he came..." (HP&DH; 716)

Gellert presents a life changing opportunity to discover more about the powerful and dangerous Deathly Hallows while also learning so much more about the power and danger inside himself.

Personal Heaven (ao3) - LennyDark Sirius/James/Snape E, 223k

Summary: Professor Dumbledore is tired of James and Severus fighting 24/7. So he has planned the ultimate summer punishment for them, but is it really a punishment.

Promises in the Dark (ao3) - tryslora Neville/Harry/Ron E, 2k

Summary: Six pints into the evening, the alumni of the Gryffindor boys’ dorm make a bet, and Harry gets much more than he bargained for on his way to trying to win it.

Small Comforts (ao3) - keyflight790 Neville/Draco/Harry E, 3k

Summary: A slice of life in this beautiful triad.

This Fever (ao3) - gracerene Seamus/Neville/Harry/Dean/Ron E, 6k

Summary: A chance encounter opens up a world of discovery for Harry.

Triad Trials (ao3) - Misty Shadowbrook (Dagger_Stiletto) Draco/Harry/Snape N/R, 3k

Summary: Draco can feel their happy world starting to crumble, but he and Severus are determined to keep their love afloat, no matter what it is that's trying to destroy them.

Unconventional Relationships (ao3) - Vorabiza (Biza) Lucius/Harry/Blaise E, 23k

Summary: Harry has always stood out from the norm, and his relationships with Lucius and Blaise are no different.

we’ll win together, you and i (ao3) - sadie18 (orphan_account) Marcus/Percy/Oliver N/R, 16k

Summary: the ministry meddles in the young lives of the sixth and seventh years, and the sorting hat as sorted percy, oliver and marcus into the same bed.

it turns out just fine, if they had anything to say about it.

[imonthatgayshit]

maybe its just on twitter but snapedom is just so hostile to any controversial takes or conversation about snily as people/friends/lovers. like, i thought our whole thing was unpopular opinions and embracing them?? i can appreciate both severus and lily's characters and how crucial they were to each other while also believing they mightve been shitty friends. or liking them as just platonic. anything really.

the main thing about this community that still lets me actively participate in discourse is our ability to not have a hive mind (kinda like the marauders fandom). let people interpret things differently without taking it as an attack against your beliefs!!

that being said i do love snily a lot in all its shapes and forms, but i need to see more talk about them without it just being "soulmates and perfect for each other if it hadnt been for lames potter!?;/!"

[hp-fanfic-archive]

The Marriage Stone by Josephine Darcy Pairing: Harry/Severus Rating: M Word Count: 382k To avoid the machinations of the Ministry, Harry must marry a reluctant Severus Snape. But marriage to Snape is only the beginning of Harry's problems. Voldemort has returned, and before too long Harry's marriage may determine the world's fate.

[nidamae-approvedhpfanfics]

The Gilded Cage

Clever Miss Hermione Granger believes that by marrying Azkaban prisoner 11652 she can effectively skirt the new Ministry Marriage Law requirements. A story about morality, mortality, and pickled walnuts.

Harry Potter, M, English, Angst, chapters: 62, words: 203k+, favs: 4k+, follows: 1k+, updated: Sep 7, 2009 published: Nov 17, 2008, Severus S., Hermione G.

[mellohisan]

have some snapewolf doodles since i uploaded a new chapter for the first time in like …. months whoops

read lycanthrope on ao3!

my comms are open!

[lovesickf-fics]

Okie okie can I request something with the marauders perhaps??? Like, an exchange mreader student who gets sorted into slytherin, is really quiet and soft spoken and maybe befriending lilly? AND that's all I have idk anything about harry potter but your marauders post REALLY intrigued me.... you can do whatever you with this:3 i doubt I'll ever get into the franchise (unless the author dies in the next few years shhdkfgffhsdgd) - 🐺anon

Lily Evans and her heart of gold

tw : none!

character(s) mentioned : Lily Evans, Severus Snape

Reader pronouns : He/Him

Summary : The hat called out slytherin and suddenly the world seemed to be filled with green and silver. Thankfully a ginger girl will break those colours.

A/n : i 100% agree that the author should die, but i absolutely love the fandom as it is, and im very glad you're intrigued by it, i wrote this in a list format so i hope thats okay !!

- When the hat called out slytherin, he didn't really know what that meant. He had been told that slytherin was about ambition and wanting to do anything for his own dreams, but the whispers in the halls, the looks and the jeers he got from people outwith silver and green told him there was a reputation he wasnt aware of.

- There were bad people in slytherin, theres bad people everywhere and you wouldn't catch him dead near mulciber but he did want friends, thats how he found himself studying next to a boy with longer black hair, their green uniforms blending together.

- Severus Snape taught him why they were hated, how ambition became evil to the mind of those "dimwitted," and how he wished house rivalry simply didn't exist. His own bullies are a stark red in contrast to them.

- On one of these studying days a girl in red joins them both, talking to Severus and also him with a voice he hadnt heard from anyone out of the green unifrom. She was kind. She let him know she didn't care what uniform he was in so long as he could help her with her studies, and they laughed.

- They became a trio, lily spoke enough to cover the fact the boys were quieter. She spoke about home, her parents, her sister and their problems and also about the boys in her school house.

‐ Lily and him shared honeydukes treats, study together and talk about muggle things, the things she misses while in a school that contradicts muggle technology. Music, Television, comics, it all.

- People in all houses were cruel, or kind. It was nothing to do with the colour they wore but the life they upheld themself too. Snape was quiet and ambitious, a natural slytherin. Lily was so brave and intelligent from what he knew gryffindor or ravenclaw would've fit for her.

- They all hung out around the black lake, studying, casting spells and enjoying the weather at hogwarts.

- Things all go wrong in the end. Severus speaking too boldly, losing his only two friends and lily, who introduces the shy boy to the "once-was" bullies who aren't actually all that bad.

- Kids grow up and things change, circumstances and upbringings matter to people, the shy boy doesnt stay in britian as the clouds go dark, but he remembers the stark red who had a kind smile.

[changetheprophecy81]

Ok but can we talk about that one scene after Snape kills Dumbledore though

Death Eaters: Are clearly running away from a crime scene

Buckbeak:

Death Eaters: Continuously try to hex Hagrid (man who fought a literal court case for him)

Buckbeak:

Death Eaters: Set Hagrid's hut on fire

Buckbeak:

Snape: Hexes Harry to the ground

Buckbeak:

[juniperpyre]

i think my key issue with the sanitization of death eater characters is that it feels like people do not see their stories as tragic or empathize with the characters until we have a hc that's like "actually they were morally good the whole time!"

regulus black and severus snape are tragic characters and child soldiers no matter what side they were "really" on. even barty crouch jr, who may not have been groomed into being a death eater, is tragic when you spend a second to consider his relationship with his father. there are plenty of death eaters who we know are taking after their fathers in joining the cult. lucius malfoy, who was a prefect when the marauders enter hogwarts, most likely spread the death eater ideology, since the ideology is just a more extreme version/logical endpoint of what already existed in the wizarding world.

to me, these ideas are not headcanons, because they are heavily implied by the text. when jkr mentions malfoy in the deathly hallows that is not for no reason.

mallfoy's acceptance of snape and position of power are both highlighted in this sentence. we can infer that snape felt a sense of community for the first time in Slytherin. with malfoy as a prefect we can infer that the culture of Slytherin house lifted up bigots and those with an important family name.

this is a culture that breeds more bigotry. we know that Dumbledore did not step in to stop this cultural development in the 90s, after already seeing what it could do!!! so we can infer that he did not in the 70s. so a bunch of children were left alone in an echo chamber of hate. of course some of them became fanatics!!!

this doesn't mean they shouldn't be held accountable. but we cannot expect children to overcome cultural and political hegemony all alone. like.... that's just not how the world works. and it's tragic that children are fodder for fascist's wars, especially when the fact that the children were abused or neglected makes them more vulnerable to be fodder.

regulus and severus weren't treated as people, their humanity was denied by the fascist they served, bc that's how fascism works. exploring their characters as they are in canon, with full humanity, without needing to change their stories to see that humanity, is much more interesting to me. it is much more in the spirit of redemption and restoration.

[fafodill]

Hii, I really enjoy your Hcs about "deprived snape" and just his character in general,they are all great!

I don't know If you've said this before,but do you have any recs for snape smutty fanfictions,preferably F/M but M/M is also fine!

Thank youuu so much,please continue writing about deprive snapee heheh you have a lot of fans

I got you! I just posted it <3 There's one specifically about deprived!Snape that you might enjoy. 👀

Keep in mind I haven't been back in the fandom for a super long time so I'll update it as I go. Whenever I read a very good one I yap about it so you might see it but I will also add it to the masterpost.

Also the masterpost will be added to the pinned post on my front page.

Also thank yooou for your kind words. I miss writing about deprived!Snape, he's the best!

[lilithofpenandbook]

Ya know what, if they can do it, I can, so fuck canon I'm making my own lil alterations because why the fuck not!

So headcanon that Andromeda and Narcissa Black were actually Severus's best friends in hogwarts. Andromeda was only there for one year with Severus. She was a seventh year in Slytherin, and a prefect and unlike Lucius who went about using his prefect privileges to essentially use the little boys as his lil servants (especially the poor ones, like Severus, in exchange for favour and gifts and praise- hence Sirius calling Severus Lucius's lapdog as Severus was naturally the most eager for these), Andromeda actually took care of people. She believed that there were people who were lucky and people who weren't, so it was the duty of those who were lucky to help those who weren't. She especially took care of Severus, seeing how the boy quite literally didn't have anything or anyone, and often scolded Sirius for being too harsh with him (Sirius would just laugh, never taking her seriously, and Andromeda did find it difficult to be stern with her little cousin). When she graduated, she asked Severus to take her old robes, saying that she'd never need them and she hated to waste such lovely material (her robes were made of the best material possible, and so they weren't just elegant with the very faint pattern all over them, but also very sturdy), and she said it like that because she didnt want to embarrass Severus either by implying that he was so poor she was giving him charity (compared to Lucius who gave Severus a trinket as a "gift" that Tobias stole, sold, and spent the money on alcohol). Severus wore them for the next 6 years and they're still wearable.

After she left, Narcissa took an interest in Severus. While she was much more classist, she wasn't unkind either. She did believe that wealth and blood purity made people better than others, however she didn't treat people poorly based on class, although she did expect the lower classes to serve in exchange for favours. Unlike Lucius, when she gave orders to younger, poorer students, she wasn't arrogant or unkind in them, and she did do well by them. Severus always knew he wasn't her equal the way he was with Andromeda (who treated him no differently than she treated Sirius, except perhaps with greater kindness), however Narcissa did treat him with kindness and even a sort of respect, better than Lucius did. Oh, as for Lucius...

The reason he married the youngest sister and not either of the older two is because Bellatrix scared him and Andromeda also scared him. He once dared ask her to dance with him and got a look that could freeze hell. So he settled for Narcissa. Who also almost rejected him, but (as she confided to Severus one day when he asked why was she marrying someone like Lucius) Lucius looked so miserable and defeated that she felt sorry for him. That and she hoped that by marrying into the Malfoys her parents may calm the rage they felt when Andromeda married Ted Tonks. But mostly she felt bad for him. (nobody wanted Lucius, for all his pure blood status, because the fact is Lucius was pretty damn useless at anything noble or gallant, and the pure blood women had a sense of self respect- if they're marrying into a traditional marriage and taking a traditional role, their husbands had better be the traditional knight of a man. Not whatever sad wet peacock Lucius was).

I have so much more on them but the rest needs to come in another post