#severus snape is a dick

[maxdibert]

If James bullied Severus because the latter knew a lot or liked dark magic, then why didn’t he also target the wealthy pure-bloods from important families? Instead, he conveniently chose a poor half-blood boy with no financial resources or family support as the main target of his taunts and abuse.

James hated dark magic, but rather than torment all the future dark wizards who were already showing signs of what they would become, he decided to go after someone who couldn’t defend himself socially or economically. James didn’t go after the boys with money and strong family support because he knew that would have consequences. Bullying someone with present, well-resourced, and influential parents could cause him problems. With Severus, he didn’t have to worry. He was a nobody. Just a poor half-Muggle kid who couldn’t even afford decent clothes. He was the easy prey, and that’s basic bully behavior: you go after the person you perceive as the most vulnerable. The dark magic excuse is just that—an excuse. James targeted Severus because his social and economic position allowed it, while Severus’ situation made it so there were no consequences for James’ actions.

[hootietpants]

"You guys are overreacting! What James did wasn't SA!"

Like James Potter was the king of consent. The guy couldn't take a "no" for an answer. He literally THREATENED Lily to go out with him. But sure Severus was the creep.

[doodlecrumb]

Um- um- hi! I made a new thing, because people liked my last thing. I feel honoured y’all like my art. I don’t have words for it except thank you. I hope you enjoy this one too!!

[rewritingcanon]

i’ve seen relationship therapists and psychologists analyse hermione and ron’s relationship and conclude that they wouldn’t work out in the long run. they’ve argued for hermione to be with harry, krum, even DRACO (don’t understand how a counsellor can vow for canon dramione but alright) as an alternative partner for hermione since ron is “too insecure” to be with her and match her intelligent prowess or what have you.

i seriously don’t understand this sentiment. ron and hermione genuinely seem (almost) perfect to me, maybe not in the movies (a common denominator of people who don’t like romione is that they always cite evidence from the movies, since the films took a lot away from ron’s character and his growth), but definitely in the books.

looking at ron’s insecurities, a lot of people dredge his inferiority complex up to toxic masculinity primarily, when it was more explored how it was an effect of his home life (not gonna argue toxic masculinity wasn’t a factor, they’re teenagers in the 90s written by a pretty misogynistic woman so…). he was the youngest son out of how many children? all of his older brothers were brilliant in some way. bill was an extremely gifted spellcaster, charlie was gifted with magical beasts, percy’s academic score was unmatched, and fred and george (despite their trouble) were entrepreneurial inventor-geniuses. ron, on the other hand, was quite literally born a disappointment to his mother, who conceived him specifically because she wanted a daughter, whilst ginny was born her favourite (though, even then, ginny was gifted at quidditch). ron was mediocre in every sense of the word, and his two best friends were harry (one of the most famous wizards) and hermione (the smartest witch of her age yada yada). and i’ve seen people argue that harry was more welcomed by molly into the weasley household than ron ever was. this isn’t even mentioning the amount of bullshit he copped for being poor (people always downplay the blow to confidence being in poverty can have on a person who is constantly surrounded by people who not only have more, but look down on him for simply being unlucky as to not have what they do).

so yeah, ron was an envious kid, but he was that way not because he was an evil patriarchal conception but because he was lowkey neglected. and even then he was overall an extremely devoted and loyal friend to both harry and hermione, because he did genuinely love them.

there were many moments of ron standing up for hermione that was cut from the films, not as a guy who was romantically interested in her, but as a friend. ron arguing with snape for making hermione cry is one of my fav scenes in the books ru kidding me, and in the movies he AGREED with snape RU KIDDING ME. not to mention how ron was a sobbing violent mess when hermione was getting tortured in the last book, whereas he wasn’t nearly as bothered in the films. and the films cut out harry being a dick to ron about his familial concerns (in dh), so when ron left it seemed like a random dickish move over his jealousy towards harry and hermione’s relationship.

there’s also a million moments where they minimised ron’s usefulness in the books for comedic purposes (forbidden forest with aragog, troll scene, devils snare scene) so ron seems dumber than he is. like, he’s actually smart and a really good spellcaster…. in the books.

so simply by stating this most of the arguments against romione become void. “he’s too stupid/weak for her” simply not true. “he’s a terrible friend who doesn’t stand up for her” also not true. “he’s too insecure to have made a move on her,” yes, but given the context i don’t think people would freak on about ron’s upbringing, i think many would be more understanding, especially considering his growth. even if he wasn’t insecure, hermione is beyond incredible and is bound to make anyone nervous when pursuing her (not an excuse for ron to act like a dick, but it does explain a lot where the movies don’t). “they argue too much” they bump heads, none of the arguments they have are actually super damning, with the exception of ron leaving in deathly hallows.

maybe i’ve covered everything (excluding the abhorrent amount of classism that clouds people’s judgments around how they view ron when harping about how hermione deserves better? hopefully).

now, i know people won’t like me mentioning the cursed child, but i’m going to considering we actually get an insight of their life as a longterm married couple there. a lot of ron stans hated how ron was the only character that wasn’t doing something incredible. harry was head of the aurors, ginny was a famous quidditch player retired to a famous journalist, neville was a hogwarts professor, hermione was quite literally minister on magic. and ron…. ran the joke shop with george.

and i think this was almost the perfect route to go down for ron. because he was average, and was perfectly fine with just being average. hello?? that speaks leagues of growth for his character. he’s supportive of hermione’s work, he grounds her when she gets too caught up in being the literal president of wizarding society, and he still viciously defends her, minister or not. in fact, he’s proud to simply be known as hermione’s husband because he doesn’t feel the need to prove to anyone else his worth. the people he loves most know his worth, hermione never downplays or underestimates him, they are complete equals in the relationship in every single way that matters. they kept ron’s best qualities whilst making him seem more of a healed person. they work so well as a married couple without it seeming like mischaracterisation (not to mention the cursed child literally shows how those two are in love in every reality, so there quite literally can’t be a better partner for hermione or ron according to canon).

so i really don’t understand how professional relationship counsellors can go online and denounce it. probs because they only watched the movies, but it’s 2023 and ron stans should not STILL be fighting for their lives trying to defend him from people who simply don’t consume media with as much depth (which is fine, but one should clarify if they’re talking about the movies because i’ve seen people state they’re talking about the hp BOOKS when it’s simply just…. the films). anyways. romione on top, thanks to coming to my ted talk.

[sulkysnape]

snape didn't feel sorry for Mary McDonald when Malsibir tried to do something to her, why should we feel sorry for Snape and his dirty underpants? He evil not gray.

Hey! So I’m pretty sure every dumbass message that just went into my inbox is from you :D I’ll share the rest with the class for ya.

I am unfortunately not going to argue with a dumbass, but deadass you guys GOTTTTTTAAAAA FIND SOMETHING NEWWWW TO SAYYYYY😭😭

Genuinely how do you want me to respond to you Anon??? Would you like me to point out the fact that not a single person in your fandom can coherently come up with logical statements that is not the same BS said over and over??…would you like me to mention that you all would be no better than those boys and that defending sexual assault is not cute.

You all are gross, illiterate freaks. Congratulations :| LMAOO

[nerdylibertarian928]

HP fans: Snape was Neville's worst teacher

Me: Yeah the strict teacher was way worse than the guy who helped torture his parents to insanity and showed him what he did to his parents or the teachers who literally tortured him and drove him into hiding while at Hogwarts out of fear that they would kill him. Snape's treatment of Neville was way worse than anything Barty Crouch Jr. or the Carrow twins did.

[s1llystr4wb3rry]

The feminine urge to develop and daydream about a fan fiction of a specific Au of your favorite character just to never write and post it so it just rots in your brain

[anti-marauders]

Its funny remembering that in a way Mulciber and Avery are more respectful than The Marauders.

Cause The Marauders bully Lily's ex best friend Severus, despite James being in love with Lily and them claiming to be the good guys. Like bro if you want the girl befriend her best friend, damn.

And Mulciber and Avery, who are friends or acquaintances with Severus which is said by Lily, apparently don't do shit to Lily cause when she tries to get Severus to see how bad they are she only brings up the shit Mulciber did to Mary, someone Severus doesn't even know. Avery & Mulciber are clearly blood purists so they would obviously talk shit and I really think they'd talk shit about Lily wether they were friends with Severus or not cause she's a muggleborn and a gryffindor.

Yet Severus still hangs out with them and has no other issues with them especially cause he'd throw a fit if they talked shit about Lily. And if he did they'd clearly hex him cause they won't take shit from a half blood. Like wether they left Lily alone in an effort to keep Severus on their side to recruit him or not, they seemed smarter then the marauders. Cause while they didn't try to befriend her obviously, they knew if they wanted Severus on their side they didn't target the one person he truly cares about.

Now wether Mulciber and Avery were really close to Severus or not they still didn't target Lily or say shit cause I feel like they would considering how much James goes after her so they'd hear a lot about her. I feel like they'd attack her out of annoyance or berate her incase they thought she believed she was all that but apparently not cause Lily doesn't bring anything up and I know damn well she would have. Severus probably would have left them if they did.

[seleneprince]

Since I can't stop thinking about it, more memes about the Snape's werewolf daughter au! :

Part 1

(Because only SHE can call him out of his bullshit. Pisa off Potter)

(Basically her mind during most of PoA)

[klinefelterrible]

Snape: we will be making potions today, prepare your cauldrons and-

Ron: professor-

Snape: no, Weasley

Ron: but professor-

Snape: Weasley I swear if you plan on asking me about yet another dick growing potion I’m going to go to the Forbidden Books in our library and find a right book, prepare it and fill you up with a rather unpleasant tasting potion that makes your ass so tightly clenched you will have to use a special widening instrument to take a dump for a week!

Ron: so, uh-

Ron: how do you even know about it

Snape: I am a potions teacher

Snape: and I know stuff about potions

Ron: okay, but-

Snape: as it is my specialty!

Ron: but-

Snape: drop it, Weasley, or it will be two weeks of explosive diarrhoea and puking snails

Snape: during quidditch season

Ron: *gasp*

[zephahhhh]

the emotional rollercoaster of meeting a new person who says they like Snape too but then throughout the conversation you realize they meant movie/daddy dom cishet Snape whilst your Snape is a feral short king bottom tired depressed guy

[maxdibert]

‘Severus didn’t care if Lily’s husband was killed—he wasn’t worried about her; he just wanted to get the girl at all costs.’

Correction: Severus couldn’t care less if the rich brat who harassed, stalked, and tormented him for seven years of his life—a privileged, possessive jerk who couldn’t stand the idea of the girl he liked having a friend who didn’t fit his idea of ‘proper masculinity’ and who was an easy target because of his looks and social class—was killed. Because no victim is required to care about what happens to their abuser. Expecting Severus to have empathy for someone who reduced him to a ‘thing’ to take out his personal frustrations on is like asking a woman who was assaulted to feel sorry for her attacker. And for the record, Severus hadn’t spoken to Lily in six years; all he wanted was to make sure she wasn’t killed.

[batwingsrosa]

Was outing Remus Lupin as a werewolf a dick move?

Yes.

Was ist also completely justified?

YES.

[severus-snaps]

“Curious gift for a potions master, this,” Flitwick chuckled, waving a set of fluffy handcuffs at him that Pomona had been about to try on. A brief diagnostic charm determined that they were enchanted so that they couldn’t be removed until the wearer had achieved an orgasm. Thankfully, Pomona had not yet tried them on. “Vanish it,” Severus ordered, eyes wide with horror as Pomona chased him from the staffroom, waving them in his wake.

From this fic, based on this post.

[christelightlavo]

How I understand characters. A guide.

Dislike : Characters I hate due to their fans ignoring their actions and not necessarily due to their actions. It's because of what they represent.

Hate : Characters I hate due to their actions and what they are as a person.

Hate/love : Characters whose actions are shit and some of their fans are too but I understand on a level. They are immature and I can imagine them being not.

Like : Characters that I like because of the fandom, their aesthetics and general personality. EVERYONE LOVES THEM IN THE FANDOM.

Love : Characters who I love because of who they are despite the fandom, their environment and circumstances.

Examples,

1) Dislike :

Dazai Osamu from Bsd (I like that he is morally grey, I just hate the whole sad boy gimmick you guys use to erase over his mistakes)

Claude De Alger Obelia from wmmap. (But-but Dark magic! He was sad because Diana died- shut up. My father went through WORSE and he loves me alot. Claude also killed innocent concubines the day athy was born)

Marinette Dupain-Cheng from Miraculous ladybug. (Thomas's imaginary daughter with his Ex. Do I need to say more? It's not the fandom, its the goddamned creator. Even if she evolves as a character, I will never like her because she is his imaginary daughter)

Kosier / kosher Trovi from Remarried Empress. (He is everything I hate about manhwa brother troupe. I can write a whole book about how shitty and moron he was. An idiot truly)

2) Hate :

Shovieshit from Remarried empress. (Do I really really need to explain?)

Derrick from Death is the only ending for a villainess. (Again, do I need to explain?)

The Joker (some of you guys have issues).

Endeavor from My hero academia (I am alright with his redemption but I refuse to forgive him about it. It's years of abuse guys, it's something that we have seen the damages of.)

Hawkmoth from Miraculous. (BECAUSE FUCK HIM)

3) Hate/love :

Mabel Pines from Gravity Falls (she was a young girl. The apocalypse was everyones fault! she is a bit whinny then again she's a child, who will obviously will take time understand to sacrifice, to understand the situation etc.. Also she had the worse day™ so her thinking of losing dipper must have hit hard)

Severus Snape from Harry Potter (Fuck him for all the bullying, I personally love fanfics in which he is tormented by the students back. He grew into something he was subjected too and that's sad thus I like his character. He has layers)

Draco Malfoy from Harry Potter (See my mabel paragraph and mix it with Snape's paragraph)

Aqua from Oshi no ko (you sir are a dramatic bitch)

4) like :

Dick Grayson from DC Comics (the eldest daughter complex mixes right with teen angst against your father figure. It hits just right. Very uncomfortable with the Ass thing though)

Edith from I thought it was a common possession (THIS GIRL HAS MY HEART, MY TEN DOLLARS IN MY BACK POCKET AND 50% OF MY DIGNITY)

Pereshati from my in-laws are obsessed with me (ABOVE STATEMENT BUT ADD MY LUST)

Anya Forger from Spy x Family (Do I need to explain?)

5) Love :

Boruto Uzumaki from Boruto (jeez who could have guessed?)

Akutagawa Ryuunosuke from Bsd (jeez who could have guessed #2?)

Kana Arima from oshi no ko (who could have seen this coming??? Not me-)

Jennette margarita from wmmap (what?? Oh how the turn tables!)

Rashta from remarried empress (le gasp!!)

Alright I am done. If you like any of the characters I don't. My options are mine, yours are yours. I respect you for liking those characters. But feel free to explain to me why you like them, I am always open to hearing why someone likes a character I don't like.

Or if my favorite is your disliked character. Feel free to ask me why I like them. I love fangirling.

[nerdylibertarian928]

proud to be following a fellow Snape fan🤝

Thanks! Snape is a flawed, complex character. He's like House in that he may deride you at every opportunity, but will move mountains to save your life. It's outright stated that when he can do so without blowing his cover, he saves people. He is a story of how certain groups can be indoctrinated and a story of redemption.