#severus sides

[crleonis]

Dumb wolf

[maxdibert]

The fact that James Potter, as a character, only really exists to explain why Severus resents Harry —and to flesh out Severus’s personal backstory— because outside of that, he’s utterly irrelevant and could have easily gone unmentioned without affecting the plot in the slightest… how do his fans, who also happen to be well-known snaters, cope with that?

[lilithofpenandbook]

Snape, witnessing a student he frequently complains about kicking Lockhart's arse in a duel: :]

Snape, realising he's being witnessed: :[

[fafodill]

Do you think Sneep is artistic? What form of media do you think he favors?

I'd argue that creating spells and experimenting with potion is totally an art form. He possesses the yearning to create. Similarly to painting for example, it requires discipline, patience, skills and imagination.

And Severus is someone who appreciates his solitude so in the event of him surviving the war and starting a new hobby (which would mean he's not just mopping somewhere) I'm gonna go ahead and again say : taxidermy. Be it bugs, weird magical creatures he'd put in jars and everything.

Because (to me) this is an art form AND there's something academical to it. Also it's quite precise, requires patience, it's a bit eerie... We know he's got so many jars of creepy stuff in his office, so as he experiments with specific potion ingredients, I could see him be like 'uhm, i'd like to keep a specimen of that one'.

Something about him being a collector of creepiness suits him I think.

I'm having a harder time seeing him paint or draw, but if he did, it would be fucking creepy and gory shit. And I'd love that going for him.

Or... write poetry.

[neowqing]

After all these years, Sirius remembers everything about Snape, tiny details on the face that make it unique, he will distinguish Snape's figure in the crowd, he knows what time he wakes up, his food preferences, his favourite books, how many pages Snape reads before class. Knowing that he has remained at the school, it is unlikely that there have been any significant changes over the years. At the meetings, Sirius can easily pick up on Severus's mood and state of mind. No matter how many years pass, Sirius will be obsessed with Severus.

After all these years, Severus will always love Lily.

[ghostscarface]

I just saw someone saying on tiktok:

"I hate HP canon stans and golden trio"

You hate the actual plot??? Buddy, why are you even here?? Imagine Batman stans saying, they actually hate the whole part where Batman goes after criminals, or that Star Trek takes place in the future?? Maybe it's just not for you, if you have to change everything to like it. I love fanon and AU but why would I if I don't care at all about canon.

That must be raige bait. An account dedicated to the marauders, which is a part of HP and you hate the whole world but them? What's next,you hate the magic part too??

This is the thing that's so annoying.

[superfallingstars]

Snapetober Day 7: Flame

There is a light that never goes out...!

[hptrash-lookaway]

Favorite Sirry scenario that I haven’t seen anywhere yet is a time travel one where Harry decides to hang out with his mom (because honestly he’s heard a lot about his dad, but not really about his mom, and he’d like to know more about her)

But hanging around her means hanging around Snape too

Which means that now, Sirius hates Snape even more, cause he’d already quickly gained a crush on this new mysterious transfer student

And it’s just Sirius and James glaring over at their little trio and talking about Snape as if he’s some evil casanova stealing away all the cute gryffindors, while Snape is just. like. sitting there.

[ottogatto]

I did some googling and found some interviews, and the actor has a background I think is quite relevant to Snape - he was the working class child of an immigrant single mum who grew up in working class East London and got scholarships to private school and then drama school because he was unusually talented, where he was one of only two black kids among all the rich white students and was treated badly by teachers for being different.

I think the reactions to the casting are really telling. I suspect the showrunners made this choice partly to tick a corporate box (they can’t race swap one of the main child characters, it would be so unfair to the child actor) but partly in order to tell Snape’s story faithfully for a new audience who is very far removed from the realities of life in the slums in 1960s Britain. People just don’t seem to get the classism and prejudice and ostracism Snape faces, and don’t understand the reasons why he’s on the losing side of the power dynamic in every relationship he has, but suddenly when he’s not white everyone gets it immediately. ‘But it makes my favourite character look bad when they abuse/abandon/manipulate Snape if he’s black!’ Yes, because it was always bad. They’re so so so close to getting it. And for that alone, the choice is worth it.

Oh gosh, no wonder he accepted the role! I trust him even more to give justice to Snape. You perfectly said it all.

[fannedandflawless]

Why, of all people, did Lily Evans choose to marry James Potter?

To me, full bias, as someone who went from Snily to anti-Snily, it reads like a rebrand. A calculated step into the wizarding world, fully and securely.

Marrying James? Perfect on paper: wealthy pure-blood, no in-laws to navigate, utterly devoted to her, and apparently, his earlier arrogance could now be rewritten as charm.

And perhaps, it carried a touch of the vindictive about Severus too. You called me a Mudblood once? Well then, I married someone your world would’ve approved of.

Just speculating, of course. But if her ego really does reach Mars... wouldn’t rule it out.

[serpenera]

Chu ❤️

[katie-krum]

[maxdibert]

Severus Snape literally fits with the entire discography of The Smiths. There’s no way that, if he ever discovered the band, he didn’t listen to it on repeat during his sleepless, death-wishing nights, thinking every song was about him. I mean, “Back to the Old House,” “Heaven Knows I’m Miserable Now,” “How Soon is Now,” “Please, Please, Please, Let Me Get What I Want,” “Unlovable,” “Half a Person,” “Asleep,” “The Boy with the Thorn in His Side,” and of course, “There is a Light That Never Goes Out.” Listen to all those songs and tell me they aren’t literally Severus Snape. Morrissey is to him what Taylor Swift is to white girls with dreams.

[birdiein]

sirius who bullys severus bc he can’t accept that he likes him

severus only having eyes for lily bc why would he like the guy who is constantly mocking and making fun of him?

[inkyarcturus]

One of the headcanons that bounces around in my head alot is one where, in a very ironic reality, Harry becomes the potions professor and Draco becomes the defense Professor.

Everyone expects Harry to become the defense professor. He was the one to show original interest in becoming an auror, teaching the defense association and he had the expectations of general “boy-who-lived”ness. Yet, he ends up finding potions so intriguing after getting his hands on the half blood prince’s book. For once, he finally understands all the ins and outs of brewing while also having the chance to grow confidence in his abilities. It’s in the back of his mind for a couple of years, but with Voldemort defeated he decides to bite the bullet and make it his full time job.

On the other hand, everyone expects Draco to become a potions professor because of his skills and his relation to one (being the godson of Severus). He thinks he will become one too for the first, oh I don’t know, 5 years at Hogwarts? Then he gets exposed to the dark arts through Voldemort. Then he’s forced to fight a war he was unprepared for. He learns about the horrors that his family and other purebloods have subjugated muggleborns to. He gets out of that war being saved by the “hero of the light” with a new goal, “be better”. So he seeks out a defense against the dark arts mastery and tries to prove to himself along with others, that he can change.

I don’t know, just one of those little plot bunnies in my head that comes back around.

[thatlittlefangirl]

Omg... Am I getting pulled into the dark (short Snape) side?