#snape defence

[fresiants]

Lmao, someone on Reddit wrote that they would probably simp for Severus if they were to enter the Harry Potter universe, and people in the comment section really went out of their way to disprove OP's attraction by listing his 'unattractive features.' Just wait till they see how thirsty Snape fans are on Tumblr.

[crimsonbastard]

It's 2025 and people still think hating Severus Snape will make them morally superior.

[syndromealice-blog]

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[fresiants]

To be fair, most Marauders fans belong to the Marauders fandom that is separate from the general Harry Potter fandom. Interestingly, I've discovered that a significant number of them have never actually read the original canon, which I find amusing because they criticize Severus for his actions in the canon while turning a blind eye to the shortcomings of their favorite characters.

I believe the most troublesome type of Marauders stans are those who dismiss and make excuses for the sexual assault and bullying. If you can't acknowledge the fact that your favorite characters have flaws and can be terrible individuals, do you truly even like them to begin with? All I see is these fans transforming these characters into completely different people just to suit their aesthetic, which is fine. I'm totally cool with those who want distance themselves from the canon and create their own OCs, but it's unfair to solely criticize ONE character for their actions in the canon while simultaneously ignoring the mistakes made by other problematic characters like James Potter and Sirius Black.

Bruh I hate people who glorify the mauraders and villainize Snape 💀

Like, if you hate Snape for bullying, hate the Mauraders too for bullying.

The Mauraders are basically those kids who peaked in highschool/college.

I had the urge to write this cuz I just saw a edit about how Remus is better because he doesn't traumatize children and the fact that Neville's boggart is Snape.

Like, I feel bad for Neville, but glorifying a person who, in maximum, bullied someone too, in minimum was just a bystander, is worse.

Don't get me wrong, my favourite Maurader is Remus all the way, but I don't put him on a pedestal.

I like Snape too, but I don't justify his bullying of children. In fact, I dislike that part of him

The Harry Potter fandom is really nasty 💀 Not everyone though

[hufflepuffz]

[danadiadea]

Who is a bully in the same way as Severus Snape? Calls a child an idiot, punishes excessively sometimes, shows student bias? Hagrid and Minerva.

Who is a bully in the same way as James Potter? Raises defenceless people up in the air, baring their body without their concent for strangers to see, just to have a laugh? The Death Eaters.

[severussnapemylove]

“Neville’s Boggart was Snape!!!!!”

And Newt Scamander’s Boggart was a piece of office furniture. Your point?

[fannedandflawless]

Selective Loyalty and the Lily Problem

This post continues from my previous analysis, "WHO LIT THE MATCH?" — specifically section 5.) Loyalty Worn Two Ways, where I compared Lily Evans’ loyalty to that of Bellatrix Lestrange. The response to that post made it clear: we need to talk about Lily.

"She was written with strong loyalty." That’s what they say. But loyalty, when selectively applied, isn’t virtue — it’s comfort dressed as conviction.

Let’s talk about Lily Evans. The girl who stood up to bullies — sometimes. The girl who defended Severus — once. The girl who walked away — and never looked back.

🔨 The Double Standard No One Wants to Name

Lily called Severus’ Slytherin friends cruel when they hexed others.

"You think that’s funny?" she asked. "You think that’s all just a laugh?"

But when the Marauders hexed Severus in front of a crowd — dangled him upside-down, flashed his underwear to the world, humiliated him — it was brushed off as mischief. She scolded James, sure. Called him a “bullying toerag.” But she didn’t disown him. Didn’t stop speaking to him. She married him.

Why is one hex cruelty, and the other mischief? Why is one unforgivable, and the other… flirtation?

When Severus defended a fellow Slytherin, it became proof he was on the wrong path. When James hexed Severus, it was part of the journey to redemption.

Lily’s moral compass didn’t shatter — it shifted. And Severus saw it happen in real time.

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🎭 The Performance of Principle

It wasn’t just the bullying. It was how she measured it.

Lily had the self-righteousness of someone who meant well — but only when it was safe to mean well.

She never went after Sirius, who cast the spells. She never called out Remus, who stood by and did nothing. She never looked James in the eye and said, “You humiliated my best friend and I won’t stand for it.”

Instead, she turned to Severus, and said:

“You’re choosing the wrong people.”

They all did. And yet only one was punished for it.

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🔍 She Forgave James — But Never Severus

This is where the comparison starts to sting.

Lily was willing to believe James could change. But not Severus.

She gave grace to the boy who tortured her friend — but not to the friend who broke under pressure. She extended second chances to the boy she dated — but cut off the one who needed her most.

That’s not just a mistake. That’s selective loyalty.

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⚠️ Not Villainy — But Still a Problem

This post isn’t about demonising Lily Evans. She was young. She was flawed. She was human.

But so was Severus.

And for a fandom that preaches kindness and forgiveness, it’s strange how selective that kindness becomes when his name enters the room.

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♾️ Coming Full Circle

When Bellatrix was loyal, she was honest about it. When Lily was loyal, she chose who earned it — and who didn’t. One was mad. One was adored. But both were uncompromising.

Maybe that’s what makes it hurt.

Lily believed in goodness. Just… not always in the people who needed her to.

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Related post: WHO LIT THE MATCH? Coming up next: The Devotion That Never Grew Up ⸻

If you found this post stirring, you may also like… A collection of emotional deep-dives into Severus Snape—the man who endured, unravelled, and remained:

Severus Snape: Widower of the Living

The Virgin Theory: Severus Snape, and the Sanctity of Unlived Intimacy

The Dignity of Suffering in Silence: Snape as the Ghost of a Living Man

[imaliveboys]

SEVERUS IS MORALLY GREY AND THE IDIOTS DON'T GET IT

Dear world, prepare. for this will be the longest rant you have ever read in your life and you've been warned so don't say" I ain't reading allat" cause I ain't forcing ya.

First of all the people who claim that Severus is either a hero or a villain are both wrong. One is constantly berating every part of his character and the other is constantly uplifting him even after all his bad deeds and both are wrong. We have this idea that people fit in boxes of good or evil but that isn't it. Severus as a character is written to be fully human from the tip to toe of his character arc. First of all, (Defender side: where we try to understand him and the cause of him being a little shit) the first thing that people will bring up about him is the fact that he didn't "grow up" and forgive the marauders for everything and become a good person. Excuse me????they didn't even apologize like ever???

Like did you not get any part of that dude as a character??He was an abused kid being told stories about Hogwarts from his Slytherin mother and wanted to go to Slytherin house cuz he thought it was cool, and he got constantly put down by the marauders for it. They literally almost murdered him and Dumbledore's reaction was "it's k they're the good guys and you're uncared for here. Don't say one of them was a werewolf k??and your enemy saved your life to save his friend's skin, be grateful." Like tf. As if a kid who is in a house of people who constantly try to manipulate all its members into an evil cult is not gonna take full advantage of that and everything else to lure him in. But the real reason he never forgave the marauders is probably the worst memory. (As a person who got SA'd, I can relate, I will never forgive my assaulter, no matter what) Imagine being choked, disarmed and assaulted in front of the whole school when there should be teachers to prevent that, your assaulters get nothing against them and you say something horrible that costs you the only person you actually cared about most in the heat of the moment.(Shouldn't have said that horrible slur but eh.. character development go brr)and then you get constantly berated(implied that James only continued tormenting him but now in secret and not in front of lily) by the dude who you feel destroyed your only friendship and had nothing bad happen to them .Guess how easy it would be for the death eaters to stir up that resentment to their favour, take a wild fucking guess.

"Oh but he had so much time to become better!!!!" Oh my god. Right after he stopped being a death eater (imagine the amount of shit war does to people, murder, being stuck in a cult when trying to escape is a death sentence telling your master a prophecy that any death eater would tell him and then the shit that followed) he got stuffed into the place that caused most of his problems, with students who most definitely saw him get assaulted. That resentment of his is only going to get bigger and bigger with no place to heal or disappear. And since the marauders are either dead or gone, guess who is the unfortunate catalyst for this resentment??? The only people who can't do anything in return, the students....

Am I condoning those acts??? Am I saying it is the students fault?? No. The poor students are the victim of an unfortunate abuse cycle and they never deserved it.. but a person with that much hatred and resentment would never cope with it healthily. And oh my god If I have been assaulted and if my assaulter got constantly put on a podium for how great they are I would hate them for the rest of my life too. You think he would give a shit about James, about his life?? Do you think he would care if he lived or died??would you?? The only person anyone would care about in that situation is your friend (selfish as it is) or whatever he saw her as (the feels were never really properly specified, we all just assumed crush and Jk is ruining everything now so can't ask her either.) And God.... Dumbledore saying that he was disgusted by Severus as if he didn't push him to the path by constantly enabling the others and never giving a shit about Slytherin irks me so much I can't. (Dumbledore really being all for the greater good but allowing his students to be bullied and mistreated,when he had the full power to stop it and not giving a shit about anyone as long as they weren't useful(I see you) he could have stopped both the marauders and Severus from bullying ppl but didn't and has the audacity..ughhh I get he's morally grey too but like he makes questionable choices)

Severus is a bully. He became exactly what he hated and that is reality for some people who don't receive mental help . So he saved people's lives?? He was still a vindictive asshole who took out his resentment of his life on poor students (who didn't deserve it at all). And about mistreating Harry: If I constantly saw my assaulter's face with the eyes of the person I cared about most I would actually poison that kid. Would the kid deserve it? No. Would it help me feel any better about my miserable life? No. Would I still do it to inflict back the pain that I received onto others like the human being that I am? Yea probably? Does that reasoning make it justified?? No. Does it make Severus Satan? Nope.

I think the character he is most like is shen jiu (completely different fandom ik ik) who abused an innocent child because of his tragic past. And the people who say "oh Harry was abused but never did that." People cope with trauma differently (don't compare how different people deal with trauma)!!!!! Harry had people to support him and help him through the trauma and he was rude and insensitive sometimes (key word :sometimes I'm not saying Harry is bad)too alright???Severus immediately conformed himself to a terrorist cult with enablers after receiving the trauma. They are completely different and in different situations. Comparing these two is like comparing blue and red(different colors)

He is still morally grey. He's a selfish prick who takes his frustrations out on others and yet he still saved lots of lives and sacrificed himself for a better cause. He's not supposed to fit the good and evil stereotype at all. He's supposed to show people how humans are not perfect per se and are complex in ways that are hard to get. They can be endlessly cruel and still save people. They could be virtuous and still treat others like shit at times. People out here really asking for more morally grey complex characters and can't even handle him..just don't get angry when you can't fandomify(The term for unnecessary excusing or defending) the actions of a person who can't cope with their trauma because you don't understand them and don't treat them as evil irredeemable monster either because that isn't true. Now, after all of this ranting you can still not understand this concept of : morally grey. Then I fear my writing was wasted, and I regret you having no brain. Please stop trying to put fictional characters in good and evil boxes when they are not meant to be there.

[fandomfrenzy97]

With 20 days remaining, I finally managed to unlock Professor Snape as a potential Quidditch player. While he may not have played for Slytherin during his school years, I’d like to think that he could have made brutal Beater or maybe a sly, ensnaring Seeker, given his precision when it comes to the art of potion making. 🧪🐍

Flying onwards, while I continue levelling up, I’m gonna collect as many Winged Keys as I can until the event ends 🗝️🗝️🗝️🗝️

[fresiants]

I used to wonder why nobody other than Lily ever went to stop the Marauders during the SWM incident. Like what's wrong with these people? But then I remembered that the Marauders were bullies and had many followers. You could easily become their new target if you ever stood up for him (unless you're Lily Evans).

I just need someone to hug teen Severus and beat the shit out of those assholes. Anybody, I don't care who.

[scamanderishredmayniac]

Snapetober 2024-Day 2: Garden!

This is for the Snapetober challenge set by @superfallingstars

A headcannon AU where Snape has a garden of waterlilies somewhere on the black lake in a hidden part away from the prying eyes of the students. I imagine the lake to be quite big, and he has a charm put over it so no one can see it. I imagine he goes down there to sometimes pick one of the lilies to keep in his office, to remind him of Lilly and for him to look at, since he can’t look out at the lake from the dark dungeons. He’d plant a whole water garden of them on the black lake.

[syndromealice-blog]

"It's not about you..." Oliver's eyes flashed blue in the light of candles

Severus smirked. He wanted to finish such a banal phrase. He was in pain. He confessed his love, but his confession was not received well. Although deep down he was also troubled by this question. Maybe it's really just a matter of blood.

"Severus..." Oliver began, but didn't know what to say next.

He really wanted to reassure him, to promise that everything would be fine. Snape shook his head sharply. His face showed almost nothing, only tears glistened in his eyes, as it seemed to Oliver. Oliver took a step towards Snape, but he backed away, shaking his head again. It was as if he simply could not get a single word out of his mouth. It was as if there were so many thoughts in his head that he didn't have time to express any of them, or at least grab them together.

“I really just don’t want you to be with me just because of blood preference. You deserve a true love”

"A true love?" Snape spat out, his face got red. "Damn it, I don't need anyone."

Oliver opened his mouth to say something, but he didn't. He didn't want to offend Snape even more. He just stood and looked at the man in silence. Snape shook his head and his long black hair almost completely covered his face. Oliver bit his cheek. This meant that Snape had completely closed himself off from him. Oliver’s heart almost fell out. Oliver knew that vampires could hear heartbeats. Snape shook his head again and turned sharply to walk away. His long black robe fluttered behind him. Oliver sighed heavily. He just broke and complicated everything himself. Blood or not blood, but what is the difference in principle? Oliver wanted Snape, he loved him. Isn’t it everything that really matters?

Oliver doesn’t believe that Severus actually has true feelings for him. He thinks that it’s just his blood

[seriousbrat]

This is my personal opinion on the prank and Sev’s relationship with the Marauders and I’d love to hear your thoughts because you like both James and Sev.

I don’t think the Marauders ever cared for it, not even Remus, he only felt sorry for himself but he didn’t care for Sev. I think for Sev it was the day he learned for certain who he was to other people, how much his life mattered or the lack of its significance, I’m not gonna lie this is one of the reasons I hate when Sev forgives the marauders in ffs, not just because he’d never do it but because no matter how much Sev hates them they quite literally have no sympathy for him, his circumstances, his life, the sacrifices he’s made or have they actually acknowledged any wrongdoing. Sev needs to be the bigger man to them even though neither Remus or Sirius care about him, nor have they gone out of their way to make sure his good health while Severus has (reluctantly) done so for both multiple times.

hmm, I guess I somewhat agree! James didn't save Sev out of sympathy imo, rather out of an understanding that it was wrong no matter who it happened to. And I'm sure all of the Marauders blamed Sev in part for the prank, because after all it was his obsession with exposing Remus's secret that led him down there. Since clearly Dumbledore's intervention was the only thing stopping Severus from exposing Remus and likely getting him kicked out of school, I doubt that would have won him any points with James and certainly not with Remus.

I don't think Sev needs to be the bigger man to them! And, in general, he isn't. lol. Like outing Lupin as a werewolf is fairly petty and vengeful, as is mistreating an innocent 11 year old child, not that I care lol iconic Snape behaviour, but he very clearly never puts his feelings for the Marauders aside, he just grudgingly does what he has to because his mission is more important. And Severus understands that. I don't think he would have forgiven any of them rly, nor would I expect him to.

Tbh the only one who makes any effort to reconcile, albeit somewhat half-heartedly, is Remus. Likely out of a sense of guilt but he does defend Severus pretty often as an adult, he attempts to be polite and reason with him, unlike Sirius. And he does express regret for how they treated Sev at school (where Sirius lowkey kind of justifies it, despite saying he isn't proud of it). Like was it enough? Probably not but I doubt anything would have been enough-- however it's not true that they never acknowledge any wrongdoing.

re: Remus and the prank, why should Remus feel guilty about the prank? Like, at all? He was as much a victim of it as Sev, moreso tbh. Like I said, Sev was determined to expose Remus and ruin his life, hence why Sirius was able to manipulate him into going down the willow, so I can understand why Remus wouldn't feel sympathy for him in that particular situation personally. Although, given Remus's self-hatred, to me it's likely he was the only person involved who did feel guilty about it even though he's the only one who shouldn't. that's remus for u. not intervening while his friends tormented others is shit but 1. that's exactly how sev behaved with mulciber and avery 2. it doesn't warrant being publicly outed as a werewolf imo.

so out of all of the marauders Remus has the least reason to feel sympathetic towards Sev and yet he's the only one who does at all. idk kind of admirable if you look at it that way. as for the marauders not caring about sev's circumstances/tragic emo life, they mostly don't know. Sev doesn't show much sympathy for Remus's circumstances either and he DOES know. I can understand why he doesn't but there it is, we can't hold Sev to a different standard than everyone else.

I have written more about the prank here also but anywayyy they all suck and hate each other :) fun!

[danadiadea]

The fact that Severus calls Lily "Potter" when referring to her during their argument with Albus is so underrated. When Severus first comes to Dumbledore, he calls her "Evans", which is super logical – he knew her as Evans for all his life, they didn't speak after she got married and he is greatly shaken emotionally, so even without the trauma James caused him would be a reasonable choice. Also, not wanting to refer to your abuser is valid. But later, Severus specifically calls her Lily Potter. With all the previous reasons still standing, it should have been a conscious commitment on his side to respect that decision of hers, even though it hurt him deeply and wasn't empathetic towards him in the slightest. And still he chose to honour it after her death, on his own volition, just because he thought it was right.

And people have the audacity to say he was hateful towards women and obsessed with Lily. This man is an ultimate green flag.

[crowley-the-1-true-king-of-hell]

I think the reason I'm so there for Snape defence is because when snaters say Neville was more afraid of Snape than Bellatrix exchange, my reaction isn't my Gods Snape must be that bad! But more I get that HP is fiction but could Jo put some realism in it? Like maybe not have Neville be more afraid of Snape than someone who literally tortured his parents to death just saying?