#snape and mulciber are so done

[t1oui]

surprise surprise i’m thinking about the rosier twins again

let’s just agree that pandora is consistently breaking into evan’s dorm, right? and because i hc the twins as a year older than the rest of the skittles, he doesn’t share this dorm with regulus and barty but with snape and mulciber.

(mulciber would put up more of a fight if he wasn’t scared of pandora, but he is, so he doesn’t do anything but roll his eyes in her and evan’s general direction every few minutes)

evan and pandora building blanket forts and telling each other secrets (they’re gossiping)

they’ll put a sign with “no boys allowed” on the outside and this actually evan’s dorm mates bc how else are they supposed to get the tea (pandora’s a girl and evan’s bigender and they think this is the funniest thing in the world)

these forts are also where they have their secret meetings (they’re setting their friends up)

they still do it as adults. evan will just show up with a bottle of vodka and a comforter and they climb in pandora’s bed

they still put up the “no boys” sign and depending on who pandora is dating, the reactions range from mild sadness (xeno) to confusion (mary) to annoyance (lily)

(because really, “no boys” means “no non-rosiers”)

(this rule means that, should she show up and want to gossip, narcissa is allowed into the fort)

pandora and evan know everything and the fort is how.

[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.

[hogwartsstudentconfidential]

Welcome back to your favorite paper ever ;)

First off I wanted to wish everyone a very happy holidays seeing as they are coming up very fast.

Second of all I wanted to issue a warning because this party last weekend seemed to have stirred up a lotttt of drama.

And third of all, can someone tell me how Professor Binns is still teaching here? It's absolutely ridiculous. Not a single student can stay awake in that mans class.

Anywho as always here are our updates and informative section for the week.

Professor McGonagall has assigned a major project due before the holidays so pair up or swear up because if it's not done you're probably failing the year and nobody wants that. So pick your partners wisely and submit your mood boards that you think suit yourselves by the end of next week.

Here are some things that your mood boards should include: What you want to be after school, your favorite class, your family, your favorite things and in the center a picture of yourself ofc.

This Friday there will be another quidditch game. I know surprise surprise am I right? No. If you don't suspect a party or a quidditch game with every update where have you been? This weekend is Hufflepuff vs Gryffindor. Probably another party this weekend depending on if y'all are ready after this past weekend's mess.

On another note Mary MacDonald is hosting a cookie gathering a couple of days into Christmas break so I'd like to remind everyone all are welcome except Riddle, Avery, and ESPECIALLY NOT MULCIBER.

And our final reminder is James Potters Christmas ball that will be held December 24th to the morning of the 26th. Please dress appropriately for such an important event.

NOW ONTO EVERYONES FAVORITE PART (I know that's why you're here) ✨THE GOSSSIPPPPP✨

Boy do we have a lot of gossip this week y'all plus some photographic evidence ;)

Let's start with our favorite dramatic couple, Pandora Rosier and Lucius malfoy. It seems the two broke up, this we all of course know but immediately the girl went on a date with another man, Fabian Prewett. Isn't that crazy? Moving on after being in a relationship for such a long time. Although no one seems to blame the girl after finding out Lucius is the one who ended things. The same boy tried making up with his ex-girlfriend only to find her coddled up with the red headed Gryffindor at the party this past weekend. Lucius dropped his make-up gift for his ex and ended up starting a fist fight with the Gryffindor instead. Who then ended up calling Pandora a whore. Ouch that one's gotta hurt.

Severus Snape and a few others ended up breaking the fight up after Pandora was pushed harshly onto the ground by Fabian, with no apology and then it seems the intoxicated blonde girl ran off in tears after the fight, leaving Lucius to pack up his smashed flowers and fix his own bruised knuckles without anyone's help.

And then (ikr it just keeps going) the girl ended up posting a sad love song dedicated to missing the boy. Is there a possibility Pandora is ready to take the boy back?

Now onto Anastasia Selwyn everyone's favorite Slytherin Princess. The girl who seems to have everyone but one wrapped around her finger seems to have had a little fun this past weekend. Miss Selwyn was seen running off with none other than Gryffindor rival, Phoenix Harvey. The same boy posted lipstick stains all over his neck that seemed to match the shade of Anastasia’s own lipstick. Could this be an enemies to lovers story in the making?

Speaking of making out it's been noted that Edmund Avery and Elias Smith were off getting high and drinking together at the party and even caught making out? Are these two friends hiding a different relationship than what they've been telling everyone?

Our proof that was sent in. I mean at this point just ask each other out, Godric.

I've been told to note Remus Lupin and Sirius were hogging a couch and snogging the whole time all of this drama was going on. Hogwarts it couple for real.

Now speaking of couples it seems Andromeda Black has found herself a new boyfriend. The young daughter of Black seems to have gone on a date with none other than Ravenclaw quidditch captain Alexander Kemet-Ali. The two were spotted at a little restaurant in Hogsmeade, seemingly close to one another and even being rumored to have shared a kiss. May this be a new Hogwarts it couple joining the ranks?

(Andromeda and Alexander)HAHAAHAHAHA I HAD PROOF.

Another area of interest is our very own Veronica Davis has posted an interesting question on her blog.

This is her blog from yesterday. It seems we may have a new one for the girls ;)

And onto our last but most interesting gossip for the night. Has anyone seemed to have noticed Mary MacDonald was nowhere to be found during the party? Her ‘good friend’ Emmeline was looking for her during the whole party but the girl was rumored to have gotten lost in the confusing corridors of the school. Only for her to show up a day later with a small bruise and the news that Mulciber was in very bad condition and needed to be brought to Madame Pomfrey, which she refused to do herself. If anyone wants to sign up to whoop Mulcibers ass after he heals the sign up sheet will be posted in the great hall.

Oh and Marlene, honey I'mma need you to act up or something cause I miss writing about you, darlin'.

Anywho that's all for now. Don't forget to send in your gossip for next time.

Have a nice night and remember I'm always watching.

Tah Tah 💋

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[the-most-faithful]

New day, new discussion with a Snater who twists the canon to justify bullying Snape

The other day I commented on a Tiktok video listing James' good deeds (with fanon additions, as usual) to say that James was a good person and didn't deserve to die, I wrote this comment

Obviously I expected someone to reply, but some real gems came out xD

So follow the reasoning, because it's funny.

First let's discuss whether James has matured or not, that's fine, it's a matter of interpretation from the little we know from the canon but then we get to the point, Snape was a special case, he responded to James' attacks after seven years of bullying.

So according to this person if a victim of bullying responds then he is no longer a victim. Clear, right? If someone attacks you you just have to suffer and maybe even in silence. Realizing that the thing doesn't hold up he goes to the classic "But it wasn't bullying, they were rivals" But when I say that 2 vs 1 is not equal and cannot be rivalry then he changes again by putting in the field guess what?

ASSUMPTIONS

Death Eaters SA Mary. False, we don't know what Mulciber TRIED to do to Mary. In the fandom this Headcanon is very popular but it is indeed a Headcanon. But then what does what Mulciber tried to do have to do with the fact that Snape was bullied? Was James responding to something Mulciber tried to do by taking it out on Snape who had done nothing? This doesn't make any sense at all

And then of course we only see Snape's point of view so it could be different, maybe he wasn't the victim. Really? The Snaters don't know the canon. Memories are OBJECTIVE, we see the facts as they happened, the thoughts and feelings are Harry's watching.

Then strangely he didn't bring up the point "Snape cursed Muggle-borns" I hope this person has come to his senses and realized he said something non-canonical

Ma preparati perchè ora ridiamo:

"It wasn't always 2 vs 1" most of the time Snape was with Death Eaters gang.

WHERE? But when? This is another assumption, if Snape had been with others who defended him then James and Sirius would not have attacked him (because they are cowards)

But at least he admitted that Snape was the victim in this episode. So why continue, he admitted it, stop, and instead in order to blame the victim he puts forward other ASSUMPTIONS, Snape created the Sectumpsempra, so what? To curse James? We don't know why he created it (which I then wrote to him) But hey Sirius admitted that they were idiots BUT they bullied Snape (Another admission, they BULLIED SNAPE) because he was a racist. But this is also false

So it's never said that James never attacked Mulciber and others, so it could have happened? But of course, it's never said that Hermione isn't actually The Rock with a wig so she could be. But do they really do that?? Plus they wouldn't have attacked Malfoy because he was older? So they only picked on the weakest, just like real bullies

James and Sirius as the twins? Well on this point I have a lot to say, I know I've been saying it for months but I'll soon publish a chapter dedicated to this. Let's say that if the Twins had been Slytherins everyone would have called them bullies, so this similarity does not go in favor of the Snaters. But here comes a pearl

"Snape was attacking muggleborns"

Snape attacked muggle-borns? Dude, have you ever read the books? When, for Morgana's sake, would this have happened?

Let's see what he'll answer.

(and then he also brought up the fact that Snape was to blame for the attack on the Potters and that he only asked for mercy for Lily, but now this point is so stupid that I have an automatic answer)

[stxrrnightjxr]

Day + night 1 of Marauder’s hunger games sim. ‼️‼️

The first day and night of my marauder’s hunger games simulator…. Hope this goes good‼️‼️ (it probably won’t, but oh well)

Okay, first off: the bloodbath. Mulciber already has killed Dorcas😔 and Marlene???? Thought you were better than this 😭

Poor Ted, at least he’ll be with Andromeda I guess 😭😭 but YES REGGIE‼️‼️scare that guy‼️‼️ and Sirius and Pandora… odd alliance but I’ll take it. (His brother’s best friend 🙄 who would ever do that)

Severus runs away without getting anything (I mean what more can you expect from a coward like him) (certified Snape-hater can you tell)

Evan, Remus, Mary, James, Bellatrix, Lily, Narcissa, and Peter get what they can and run.

Barty, like the risk-taker he is, stays at the cornucopia.

YES MARLENE‼️you get those death eaters‼️‼️ Maybe you’ve redeemed yourself from killing andromeda 🤗 Remus being everyone’s favourite, and the Blacks teaming up!!!

Rosekillerchaser confirmed 🫵🤨 (Reggie’s just off in his own world 😭) and Bellatrix.. thanks…? I’ve got the feeling she’s gonna come back to haunt me for that

The nargles must’ve surprised her 😔

Isn’t he always?? Smh

Good job Peter I suppose 😭

Night #1‼️‼️

Marlene… what are you doing 😭😭😭 bro just killed their friend/brother and now she’s singing songs with them what the freak‼️

We love a self sufficient queen u go Narcissa

Peter what r u gonna do with that iPad … watch ‘how to survive the arena no glue no borax’ on YT kids??

Bro is so dramatic and for what 🙄 smh (to be honest I woulda done that to, were I in his position)

Good job I guess, Snivellus 🙄🙄🙄

Yayyy!!!! Peace‼️‼️

Lily girl I mean nice but what have u been doin

Bellatrix 💪

Reg is so me‼️‼️‼️

[severussnapemylove]

what do u think abt the similarities between snape / lupin and their treatment by the fanbase.....

I think there are similarities between Remus and Severus. They both were both isolated and felt othered internally. They both overlooked or justified the harmful actions of their social groups because that was really all they had. Remus felt accepted and supported by the Marauders. And it's understandable why Remus failed to act against them, even when he was in a position of responsibility to do so. Remus justifying what his friends did as "just pranks" is exactly the same as Severus justifying what Mulciber and Avery did. When someone, a child especially, has such a small social group, when they're vulnerable and that is their only support structure, you will justify the bad things to yourself because you can't face being alone again.

I think Remus gets a pass from the fandom a lot because he's on the surface, acceptable. He's got the air of a lost puppy, he's close to Harry, he's the "fun teacher". His fans will say that he "grew up" but as a teacher, he continued to mock and humiliate Severus, he hid vital information about Sirius Black, even after Sirius broke into a dorm full of children with a knife. And he failed to take his existential medication and almost killed three children. But Severus is the one making Remus's wolfsbane potion, he keeps their working relationship relatively civil. He doesn't trust Remus and honestly he has no reason too, which is why he makes sure the students are prepared on how to handle a werewolf. And he only outs Remus after Remus showed himself to be an unreliable danger. Nothing in Severus's personal experience has shown him that Remus is reliable or that he had changed in personality.

I like Remus as a character, he's complex and interesting. But like with Sirius and James, a lot of people in the fandom like to see him as someone who has never done anything wrong ever.

[lulublack90]

Prompt 26 - Burn

@wolfstarmicrofic June 26, word count 721

Previous part First part

The three from Slytherin cabin threw their arms up and cheered. 

“Wait, what?!” Snape spat. “That’s our stool!” James pushed his way to the front of the crowd. 

“Mr Dumbledore, that isn’t their stool. It’s ours,” He gestured to the rest of them. Albus peered down at both stools. 

“They do look very similar, but I’m afraid I’ve lost track of whose is whose,” Albus said apologetically. 

To everyone’s surprise, Peter piped up.

“Flip it over,” He shouted over the excited crowd. Albus picked up the stool and looked at the bottom of it. 

“Peter woz ere!” He read aloud. 

“Ha, see it’s ours!” Peter squeaked triumphantly. 

Remus had to quickly wrap his arms around Sirius to stop his storming over to Mulciber and the others. 

“Sirius, don’t, it’s not worth it.” He struggled to keep hold of Sirius, he wasn’t as strong as Sirius was. 

Something flashed past him and on instinct he tightened his right arm around Sirius and shot his left out to catch what was rushing by. His hand wrapped around the back of Snape’s jumper. He dragged him back, away from his cabin mates. 

He was beginning to sweat with the force it took to keep them there. His body shook and Sirius stopped fighting. All his anger seemed to have left him and, instead of trying to get away, he started trying to calm Snape down. 

“Sev, stop, you’re hurting Remus.” Snape stopped fighting him.

“Maybe they got confused about which one was theirs like Albus did,” Remus suggested, glad they’d settled down as he was exhausted. Sirius brushed Remus’s damp hair off his forehead and took his hand. 

“Sorry, sweetheart. We can go hang out in the cabin after this, okay?” Sirius said sweetly, rubbing his thumb across Remus’s knuckles. Remus sighed, glad that Sirius could read him so well. 

“Well, it seems that Gryffindor cabin and Mr Snape have won this competition. Congratulations boys.” Dumbledore announced. A round of booing went around the hall. 

“Why do they always win?”

“I swear they must cheat! Nobody can win this much every year!”

“They only won because of Snape!”

“Enough!” McGonagall’s voice rang out over the protesting. “They win because they work together and utilise each person’s strengths. You could all do to learn from them and actually give them some competition for once,” 

“Yes, yes.” Dumbledore cut across her. “Well done boys. Now as for your prize,” McGonagall leant over and whispered in his ear. His fluffy eyebrows shot up.

“As all of you are on chores your prize will be,” He paused for dramatic effect. “NO MORE CHORES!!!” He cheered loudly, raising his arms above his head. “You may join in with all daily activities for the rest of your stay.”

“Woohoo!” Sirius and James cried together. 

“Yes, yes, well done, well done. Right, everybody, you can get back to your fun. The sun is out, the lake is cool. Go enjoy yourselves!” Dumbledore waved them out of the main hall. “But you don’t want to burn so make sure you apply lots of sunscreen,” He called after them all.  

They waited for James and Peter to come over to them and followed the crowd outside.

“Remus and I are going to lie down for a bit. What are you guys going to do?” Sirius asked the others. 

“I might join you,” James yawned. “All that washing, mopping and wiping has wiped me out,” He snickered at his own joke. 

“Me too,” Peter said, stretching out his sore muscles.

They walked back to their cabin and realised Snape wasn’t with them. 

“Hey, Sev, where you going?” James shouted at Snape, who was slumping off towards the forest. He looked up, scowling at them. 

“You’re all going into your cabin.” 

“Yeah, come on then,” Sirius waved his hand towards the cabin. 

“I want to lie down and I’m pretty sure there are only four beds in there,” Snape replied glumly. 

“Sirius and I are sharing,” Remus smiled mischievously. “You can have Sirius’s bed. Now come on and get over here and stop sulking, you look like a right git.” Remus dragged Sirius inside, having used up the last of his energy and needing to lie down badly.  

Snape rolled his eyes but followed them all in and made himself at home on Sirius’s bed.

Next part

[maxdibert]

The thing that gets me about James fans who try to justify his bullying by pointing out that *many years down the line* Severus became a Death Eater is that it begs the question of why James never went after all the other boys in Slytherin who also went on to become DEs. It's never stated that James hexed Mulciber, Avery or Rosier, all boys of similar age. But of course James didn't go after them! They were purebloods, with parents who would have probably interfered on their behalf! They were probably well off! They weren't isolated, weird children! And of course, they weren't best friends with the desire of James' affection. Truth is, Snape was easy pickings - he may have done terrible things throughout his life, but his torment began much earlier than any of his sins and there's no justifying that.

Of course, I have a meta on the classism underlying the abuse directed at Severus, where I specifically point out how interesting it is that, out of all the Slytherins they supposedly hated, they just so happened to constantly bully the one who lacked social and economic resources and had no familial support. They didn’t go after kids from powerful families or those with financial safety nets and connections who could have gotten them expelled with a few complaints from their parents to the Ministry.

No, they targeted the boy who couldn’t even afford new clothes, who came from a completely dysfunctional and broken home, and who was a social outcast through and through. How brave of the Gryffindors, fighting the enemy—so long as the enemy couldn’t fight back. Truly a shining example of heroism and social justice.

[sevsbestfriend]

A Severus Snape x MaryMacdonald story idea

"--This is a new chance at life for you Severus, you can go back and fix all your mistakes and truly get a happy future for yourself"

"I...don't think I know how to live anymore Albus, there will not be any point in going back, Lily would be a 10 year old innocent child and I would be.."

Severus exaggeratedly gestures at himself.

"However, we can come to a...compromise" Severus said after some hesitation.

"And that would be?" Albus looked at his friend curiously"

"I would be amenable to.. giving my younger self my memories if that is possible. Devoid of my own emotions of course, then he can make the choice himself and what he wants to do, without me stealing his life from him. However miserable that life might have been"

Albus frowned, while he believed it could be done by the higher powers that be, he had wished his friend would just take this chance to build a happy life for himself. After a few moments of deliberation Albus agreed to Severus's idea.

The process to send Severus Snape's unbiased memories to his past self began.

But it looks like something went wrong...

In Cokeworth, 8 year old Severus Snape woke up just like he would any other day going about his life normally

In Little Whining, Mcdonald Orphanage

an 8 year old girl named Mary woke up with a mild headache. The girl had come to 3 conclusions.

1 she see could see or saw the future of someone name Severus Snape.

2 She wanted to find Severus Snape and be his best friend.

3 She hates Lily Evans.

Edit: Just to let ya'll know, this is Mary Macdonald. A character in the marauders era, that one girl who gets harrased by Mulciber. I changed her background a bit just so her situation is more relatable to Severus.

[snape-fans]

Could you say that Snape's gang is holier than the Marauders? yes, yes I could. Let's start, the harassment that the four Marauders gave to Snape, jokes, nicknames, spells. And because? James is "justified" why he was obsessed with Lily. Because even bothering his friend he had the "courage" to say "accept me on a date and I'll leave him" Remus turned a blind eye and everyone justifies it because "he was going to be left without friends" they are bothering, harassing, and hurting a person emotionally. Do you care more about a friend's opinion? Sirius was just going along with James, because he found it funny? And Peter just overlapped him.

Now Snape's gang, it's really only said that they were Slytherin Mulciber and Avery. Charity and Aurora Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff. And about Mulciber and Avery it is only said that they were afraid of Lily and that they had done something to Mary. Although it is never explained what it was, which could be a joke, a spell or they just bothered her. And if I remember correctly it was never said that they were Death Eaters. (Aurora and Charlity were only teachers) So yes, Snape's gang is better than the youth marauders.

[danpuff-ao3]

Valentine Fics

A list of Valentine's fics for various ships! Snarry has their own list here.

Reclamation

by Arsenic. Draco/Severus. Rated: E. Words: 1,442.

Challenge: Draco/Snape, corsets, must include music.

A Spoonful of Snowflakes

by Belladonna_Lee. James Sirius/Scorpius. Rated: T. Words: 200.

Catching snatches of music and other people's conversations in the gelateria, James becomes aware of the silence between him and Scorpius.

Valentine's Tryst

by bellatrix_love. Regulus/Severus. Rated: M. Words: 200.

Severus learns how much Regulus loves him.

Valentine Sweet

by cruisedirector. Draco/Severus. Rated: T. Words: 200.

It's almost too good to be true.

Welcome to the Family

by danpuff. Ron/Lucius. Hermione/Narcissa. Draco/Sirius. Harry/Severus. Rated: M. Words: 4,615. Humor. Caught in the act.

Valentine’s Day goes from bad to worse when Draco discovers his parents’ secret relationships.

Slytherins Don't Do Valentine's Day

by fangqueen (@fangqueen). Blaise/Draco/Theodore. Rated: E. Words: 504.

At least, that was Draco Malfoy’s opinion. His...boyfriends of the past few months were of an entirely different one, it seemed. Which is why, when the dreaded day of hearts, disgustingly cute courtship, and…pink came along, the young man found himself standing just inside the Room of Requirement, jaw agape, the two fools themselves smirking like they’d done something especially clever.

A Slytherin Valentine's Day Love Story

by floweringjudas. Lucius/Severus. Rated: E. Words: 10,133.

"All right, if you're so certain, a wager." Lucius sat up a bit, giving Mulciber a smirk. "Terms?" "Fuck Severus Snape by St. Valentine's Day, and I'll give you my broom. Fail, and I take your place accompanying Narcissa Black to Hogsmeade for the rest of the year."

Roses May be Red, but Violets Are Actually Purple

by GMTH. Lucius/Severus. Rated: E. Words: 3,362. Infidelity. Rough sex. Crossdressing. Corsetry.

This was definitely not what Severus had been expecting when Lucius requested his help finding the perfect Valentine's Day gift for Narcissa.

Mating Habits

by Mad_Maudlin. Harry/Ron. Rated: M. Words: 1,162.

Ron and Harry are mates.

How to Ask the Question

by madeofbees. Draco/Severus. Rated: E. Words: 22,790.

Draco has wanted Severus since he can remember. On Valentine's Day of his eighth year, he finally works up the courage to ask for what he wants. Or does he?

Mutual Pain, Mutual Pleasure

by _Melodic_. James Sirius/Teddy. Draco/James Sirius. Draco/Teddy. Rated: E. Words: 981. Threesome. Infidelity. POV Alternating. Morally Ambiguous Character. Angst & Smut.

James and Teddy both need something they can't get from the other. Draco is only too glad to step in and assist.

J'adore

by MysticKitten42 (@mystickitten42). Albus Severus/Draco. Rated: T. Words: 200.

A love declaration in gemstones. ~Or~ The one where Draco has difficulty resisting his attractive potions assistant.

You're the Only One for Me

by MysticKitten42 (@mystickitten42). Draco/Harry. Rated: M. Words: 1,789. MCD. Unhappy ending. Heartbreak. Grief/mourning. Regret.

After all these years, Draco's still the one.

it's a day for grand gestures

by tryslora. Harry/Neville. Rated: G. Words: 836.

Harry almost walks into a wall of flowers on his way into the florist.

Sweethearts

by wynnebat (@wynnefic). Rated: T. Words: 791.

Harry embarks on a quest to find out if Tom plans to gift him chocolates on Valentine's Day. It's a very short and delicious quest.

[saintsenara]

I am literally so stressed right now since school is starting up again. I was just scrolling through your posts and I absolutely adore your opinions and thoughts. If you’re still up to the ships asks, I have a few.

For some reason, I have been thinking about age-gap relationships that wouldn’t be quite possible…and added with my love of Severus Snape… 👀👀

Abraxas Malfoy/Severus Snape - I don’t know if you’ve done Lucius/Severus but I just took it a generation back.

Romulus Augustus Lestrange/Severus Snape - I remember you mentioning in Scylla and Charybdis that the two were kindred spirits (?) since they were both killed by Voldemort.

Bellatrix Lestrange/Severus Snape - maybe a bunch of sexual tension during missions? Bellatrix’s attitude toward Severus was mainly suspicion but I feel like she meant it in a ha-ha-I’m-jealous-you’re-the-favorite way, not in a oh-wait-he-actually-is-a-traitor way.

Marlene McKinnon/Severus Snape - I love your take that she was a seasoned veteran in the First Wizarding War. It never made sense to me that everyone in the First Order were all children. Majority, maybe. But all of them being Gryffindors and out-of-school never stuck to me.

Frank Longbottom/Severus Snape - I’ve read a few works for this and I like the few takes there are.

And I already know your thoughts on Lord Voldemort/Severus Snape (it’s a favorite).

I’ve also been thinking about time-travel fix-it’s in general too. How do you think Severus would react if he found himself in Tom Riddle’s era? There’s the take on him being older and aware and absolutely done with his life, and Lord Voldemort (few years out of school or maybe in his 30s to level the age in a way) whose intrigued by the sour man (and maybe gets impressed by his knowledge of the Dark Arts?). Then there’s also student Severus meeting student Tom and getting further radicalized by this young handsome man. There’s so many to explore but at this point, if I don’t get my head out of this rabbit hole, I may never be able to pass school. 😭😭

This turned out to be longer than expected, but I love reading your posts! It’s always so entertaining, especially with your interpretation of Severus Snape. I can rarely ever talk about Severus without being attacked by Marauders fans online.

thank you very much for the ask, pal! i hope this term goes well for you - and that your extremely chic recent interest in snape-related age gap relationships endures.

let's see what we have here...

abraxas malfoy/severus snape romulus lestrange/severus snape

i'm going to take these two together - since romulus is an original character who exists nowhere other than my own head - because they occupy essentially the same role in relation to snape.

i've written before about how i really like the idea of voldemort having three distinct impacts across three separate generations - the knights of walpurgis/the original death eaters, who know the proto-voldemort of the 1940s and 1950s, with his muggle name and his retail job; these men's sons, who know the unassailably powerful voldemort of the 1970s; and these men's sons, who know the paranoid and volatile voldemort of the 1990s.

so you have abraxas - lucius - draco in each of those categories [or, romulus - rodolphus - n/a...]

snape is - of course - part of lucius and rodolphus' generation, and the voldemort he encounters when he becomes a death eater is the unstoppable political force who appears to be made of pure magic - which, naturally, makes snapemort have a very different power dynamic to something like tombraxas.

but it's also clear that snape is someone voldemort takes an interest in because he recognises so much of his former self in him - the slightly feral vibes, the poverty, the disappointing muggle father, the feeling of being an outcast surrounded by posh kids and the desire to bend those same kids to your will.

this is the reason for voldemort arranging things in scylla and charybdis so that snape can lord it over mulciber and avery, and it's also the reason why he's so insistent that abraxas and romulus [and other senior death eaters he knew at school] are nice to him - he's basically enjoying reliving his youth by, once again, making his minions obey someone who is technically their social inferior.

snape lacks the teenage tom riddle's charm [and looks], of course, which means that there's far more condescension inherent in any relationship - platonic or otherwise - that either of these two would have with him than there was in their early relationship with voldemort.

but they also have a fondness for spindly lads with an obsession with magic and regional accents, which means that i'm sure that something can come out of the fireside chats voldemort's compelling them to have with snape while they're forced to host him in their houses...

bellatrix lestrange/severus snape

i am very, very fond of this as a pairing - and, indeed, have something in the works on the topic - and bellatrix's rampant jealousy of snape is exactly why.

one of my preferred ways of exploring snape's position within the death eaters is to think of him as voldemort's exception in terms of social class - that is, that he is the only marked death eater who doesn't come from an elite, quasi-aristocratic background; and that voldemort's supporters who are from lower social classes are kept, like fenrir greyback in the rank-and-file and not permitted to take the mark.

[this is why, in my writing, i always make the carrows a similar level of posh to the malfoys and lestranges - canonically they're rather one-note working-class stereotypes, but i don't think this makes sense given what we know about voldemort's structuring of his organisation during the first war. it's also why i think that peter pettigrew doesn't receive a dark mark until he returns to voldemort post-prisoner of azkaban.]

bellatrix - on the other hand - is voldemort's exception in terms of gender [and another thing i'm wedded to thinking is that alecto carrow also doesn't receive the dark mark until the second war.]

these means, of course, that both she and snape depend on voldemort's favour - especially in the first war, when he still trusts his death eaters sufficiently highly to delegate things to them - much more than the elite male death eaters do.

i think it's reasonable to assume, for example, that rodolphus may object to his wife behaving in a way which defies the gendered conventions elite pureblood women are clearly subject to - and that it's only voldemort's authority that prevents him voicing an objection publicly. or that lucius malfoy - like sirius - conceives of snape as his "lapdog", and it's only voldemort's authority which forces him to treat him as a peer.

which means, of course, that snape and bellatrix are in competition with each other for voldemort's attention in ways which the other death eaters never have to be - which explains their vibe in canon, in which bellatrix finds snape's elevation in voldemort's good books after she falls from grace after the cock-up in the department of mysteries so infuriating.

[it also gives a really interesting dimension to her being completely fucking right about snape's loyalties, but being in the wrong position in voldemort's eyes for her opinion to be trusted by him. you just know she was pissed when she got to the afterlife.]

and - from a shipping perspective - having to be constantly jealous of and obsessed with each other is a very effective way of lighting a spark...

marlene mckinnon/severus snape

i do always like snape with an older woman, because i think it fits his whole vibe, so he goes very nicely with my preferred vision of marlene as a fifty-year-old hard-nosed ministry bitch who fucking loathes mad-eye moody.

the meet-cute? well, spies have to have handlers, don't they? dumbledore passing over his new turncoat death eater to one of his senior lieutenants - particularly given the fact that she's unlikely to be thrilled about this - is something i can get on board with.

frank longbottom/severus snape

frank and alice are other ones i don't enjoy seeing written as part of the marauders' generation - for them to be well-established aurors by the time the lestranges attack them, i think it's reasonable to assume that they're around molly and arthur's age [that is, around ten years old than snape et al.]

so i think we're repeating the same scenario as above - frank needs to debrief the order's new spy. if you know what i mean...

time-travelling snape!

i think that the teenage tom riddle would fucking hate the teenage snape, to be honest. the teen snape we meet in canon is someone who really obviously refuses to play along with the social conventions which govern an institution as elite as hogwarts - and he clearly stands out more for his grubby, feral demeanour, his uncouth manners, his way of speaking, and his refusal to be deferential to his social superiors than he does for his name and blood-status.

[indeed, he's one of the only really visibly working-class students we ever meet in canon - to the extent that i am increasingly convinced that hogwarts is a selective school...]

the young voldemort, in contrast, happily plays along with these social conventions for his own ends - simpering through slug club meetings and sending slughorn pineapple and doing all he can to be viewed as a suitable candidate for head boy, in order both to provide a cover for his wrongdoing and as a way to soothe the chip on his shoulder by beating the posh at their own game.

he's going to think snape's as common as muck, and snape's going to think he's a pretentious cunt.

a post-1981 snape going back in time and finding himself entangled with the young-adult voldemort, in contrast, i think could be rather compelling. it's very interesting that the teenage voldemort's willingness to play-act a fondness for the class system doesn't extend to being prepared to grit his teeth and suffer through a ministry internship slughorn procures for him - and his decision to go off and work in a shop has a slightly bolshy "fuck you, sir" side to it we don't otherwise really see from him.

this voldemort would, i think, be slightly more open to snape's whole vibe, and they could get cracking on all the things which make snapemort a hot ship - the shared love of magical experimentation, the dubious morality, the fact that voldemort's clearly responsible for snape's aesthetic, and so on - several decades early.

one question, though, is whether snape would know who he was.

i go back and forth on how widely voldemort's birth name is known - and whether it's ever connected to him following his return to britain in the mid-1960s.

on the one hand, i think dumbledore's secrecy surrounding it is nonsensical - a substantial proportion of the death eaters were clearly at school with voldemort, and those who weren't are still usually related to these men in some way [i always think, for example, that it's much more plausible to assume that the diary horcrux was given to abraxas malfoy, and that lucius was well aware that his father and voldemort had been at school together] - but on the other, i do wonder whether snape, who comes into voldemort's orbit as - as i've said - an exception would be made privy to the information about voldemort's background which was probably an open secret among the elite male death eaters.

[which also provides an explanation for why bellatrix is so shocked to hear harry say voldemort's a half-blood in order of the phoenix, while lucius malfoy doesn't bat an eyelid.]

which is to say, i am much more taken by the idea of snape - destroyed with grief over lily's death - rocketing backwards three decades, landing in the knockturn alley of 1951, and having no idea until he's in far too deep who the softly-spoken shop-boy who offers him a cuppa will turn out to be...

[sendandburn]

What was so funny about Mulciber attacking Mary Macdonald with Dark Magic that Snape described it as "just a laugh"?

"Let’s make something as clear as possible. We have no idea if Snape and Lily were even present when whatever happened to Mary Macdonald happened. That is how little information we have available. The only two people in the series that discuss it. And we don’t even know if they were there at the time. Let that sink in for a moment.

Snape says it was just a laugh. Lily says it was Dark Magic. And states thatJames and the Marauders do not use Dark Magic when Snape tries to compare what they do with what was done to Mary. She also considers Mulcibers sense of humour sick. There are a few ways to interpret this.

Snape was there and is lying/does consider it just a laugh when someone that isn’t him is being bullied. Lily was also there and finds what was done to Mary worse than what James does in SWM.

2. Snape wasn’t there and has heard secondhand that it was just a laugh or bit of fun that got out of hand. He appears to believe said account. Lily was there and knows it was worse than SWM.

3. Snape was there and considers it just a laugh. Lily wasn’t there and from what other people have told her about it considers it to be Dark Magic and worse than SWM.

4. Neither Snape not Lily we’re there. And both of their assessments come from secondhand information from people who either sided with Mary or Mulciber. People who could quite easily have lied to one or both of them.

One is the most unlikely possibility. Since Lily doesn’t argue that Snape let his friend Mulciber do xyz to Mary Three is likewise unlikely.

As Snape being there would have likely been mentioned to Lily if she heard the news secondhand and she’d make the same argument as above.

Snape being friends with someone doing evil stuff behind his back makes sense given the arguments she makes in canon. Not Snape already being aware of what his friend is doing and letting it happen.

That leaves two and four. And personally I tend towards four.

Given Lily does not say something like “I was there Severus it definitely wasn’t “just a laugh”” But as you’ll notice I’m talking probability not certainty when I say I find it most likely neither of them were present for what happened.

We have a fairly wide disparity of reactions but if we assume that what Mulciber did was Dark Magic and both Snape and Lily’s friends told the truth here’s what I think happened; Mulciber cast the Imperius Curse on Mary under his breath. And forced her to do relatively harmless but embarrassing and humiliating things for his and some mates amusement.

If we assume they’re prejudiced and cruel let’s say kissing the hem of their robes, calling herself a filthy Mudblood and things to that effect. If confronted by Mary’s friends or a teacher he lies and insists it was just a powerful Confundus. Or outright denies it was him.

As no one can prove it was Dark Magic/ that Mulciber did it he gets away with it. Facing light punishment at worst. Snape’s friends tell him of the stuff they forced Mary to do in a way that he finds amusing in the telling. He is convinced they were just having a laugh and it wasn’t as bad as what James has done to him. Lily’s friends tell her they’re sure Mulciber used the Imperius Curse. And she gets told how Mulciber wasn’t even punished properly for it. How upset Mary was etc. She believes it’s considerably worse than what she’s seen James do. Because she saw what it did to the person afterwards.

Now for a mature adult it’s pretty obvious this kind of mental violation is deadly serious even if no physical lasting harm was done. But a teenager hungry for acceptance could relatively easily not linger on that form of harm. And think “they weren’t actually hurt so where’s the harm?”.

If my scenario is accurate and Snape was told outright that it was Imperius not Confundus they used. He should not have found it funny. He ought to have considered it a significant violation of another person. But we can say exactly the same of everyone in the crowd during SWM. Remus and Lily are the only people outside that have any issue with what Snape was being subjected to. SWM was slightly less severe (provides my scenario is accurate and everything that Mulciber did was cruel but petty) but the people there actively witnessed someone being hurt and tormented. No secondhand accounts. No distance from someone else being upset and hurt. Yet they laughed and found it amusing.

Should we consider the people in the crowd psychopaths or as empathic as Death Eaters? Snape is a teenager. The people in the crowd are teenagers. Teenagers can be very s**tty under the right circumstances. (...) Snape is wrong to find it amusing yes. Just as the crowd is to find his humiliation amusing. But it doesn’t make him abnormal, sub-human, evil etc. He did choose a pretty dark path and took time to turn back from it as much as he did. But people like Remus who know it’s not cool to laugh at someone else’s suffering. But who don’t do anything to help/stop other people laughing are a bit depressingly rare at secondary school. People like Lily who for whatever reason can tell when things go too far and actively try to stop it even more so. " (Analysis by Alex Forbes)

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to add on lily’s flaws she also believes james and the marauders rather than severus (which is just bad writing imo) and she tells him to be grateful james saved his life, she also who quickly bites back once you annoy her, she also gave cheeky answers to slughorn when he suggested she could’ve been in slytherin, (i personally hate her sm for her trying to tell severus he should be grateful to james would like to hear your opinions) but yes even her, a briefly mentioned character, is very flawed!

tbh my feeling is more that she just believed a rumour that was going around the school rather than having heard it directly from james. idk obviously we dont know. but teenage girls (and boys) often believe rumours. not that weird. I actually think she wouldn't have believed it coming directly from James given how she acts towards him in SWM, but if the school generally seems to agree that it happened then it's more believable.

re: her telling Sev he should be grateful, I've talked about this before (I think in that very post about lily's flaws) but I don't read it as "you should forgive james for everything he's done" but just this kind of desperate, naive "can't we all just get along and stop fighting" sentiment. it's still not a great thing to say, absolutely it's insensitive and tactless.

however it's always interesting to me how Snape people despise Lily for that singular comment (like that's the worst thing anyone could do lol) when Sev is pretty atrocious to her in that conversation too. He completely dismisses her feelings-- like how is Lily saying he should be grateful any worse than him writing off what Mulciber did to Mary as 'just a laugh'? Sev literally ignores her because he's too focused on his hatred towards the Marauders to hear his muggleborn friend's very valid concerns about the death eater wannabes he's hanging out with.

I don't think it's fair to hold Lily to a different standard than Sev, that's my opinion. If she's insensitive towards her best friend then god is he ever. and idk teen friendships are often like that- immature. they have yet to mature

they are so dysfunctional lol. and i love them for it personally!

[snapesbestbuddy]

headcanons about the young Severus Snape?? I'm curious because I love that character so much (and when he was young I like him more)

I got so many! Almost every second post of mine is about him.

1. He hit puberty when he was 17, until that you could mistake him as a girl, because he was 5'6, unhealthy skinny and obviusly had his long black hair.

2. He did infact smoke from a young age, even he hated the idea of it.

3. Also obvius one he is a mama's boy and always will be.

4. Him and Reggie were besties until the end, I also like to gaslight myself with the idea he switched side because of him, instead of Lily.

5. And if we are at Lily, I'm sure Severus moved on at some point from her. Has he forgiven himself for what he did? No. But he was obsessed with her with all those years? Also not.

6. He loved small animals, especially as a young child. He admired every bug, reptile or even mammal (like cats or rats).

7. He was the type of guy who would either spend time at a play ground or a grave yard.

8. He become close with the black family, mostly after Lucius and Narcissa marriage.

9. In his mind he addressed himself in second person, like he would think about himself things like: "You’re such a loser".

10. Of course he is autistic.

11. He head a weird attraction for evil people, especially if they done somethink evil for him, he really wanted someone to step up for him.

12. I also admire slavic Severus, what is not real, but being half slavic would definitely fit him.

13. He almost k*ll himself after the prank, thanks to the idea of others literally tired to k*ll him. After some hard times he could found enough strengh to not do it, but the thought never really left.

14. The only girl friend he had even in his life other then Lily, was Charity Burbage, and her death destroyed him.

15. Boy know how to steal, he was whole pickpocket, sometimes he done it as a joke with Mulciber or Evans to annoy them, but there was time when he actually stole thing from gryffindors.

16. The only muggle games he loved was card games, Elieen played a lot with him when he was younger, so it was one of his sweeter memories.

I just get all out from myself in the past 20 minutes, I'm sure there would be more.

[the-most-faithful]

I'm rereading All The Young Dudes

and it's really worse than I remember. Don't lynch me, I respect the immense work that the author has done and I admire the popularity that the story has had.

Really Remus is an orphan here and okay, it's declared at the beginning of the story, so it's a sort of AU. But really already in the fifth chapter Remus punches Snape and then points are deducted from Slytherin for this even doubled because Mulciber (horrible person) defended Snape.

Don't tell me the author wasn't Marauders Stan. Snape is beaten and punished as well