#snape saved harry

[the-most-faithful]

I'm going back to the post from a few days ago, this one, where I explained that Lily didn't use any magic to protect Harry, I found myself arguing with some users on Tiktok about this and an important issue came up.

The creator of the post gave Lily the credit for saving Harry, which is partly true, but then others started saying that Lily was one of the most powerful witches of her generation, that her magic defeated Voldemort etc.

And I wrote this:

As you can imagine I unleashed hell xD Now among the various answers I received there were these:

Here it really means not knowing the canon, what Snape did is exactly the reason why Harry survived. But rather than admit it some fans steal the credit from Snape (and of course I know, here Snape did not intentionally save Harry, but his request for Mercy for Lily is really the only real reason why Harry was protected in the end)

It has nothing to do with whether I'm Snape Stan or not, it's literally canon but we know that, Snape haters DON'T KNOW THE CANON

These people don't even know how to argue, they admit they are not mature and accuse you of not saying anything canonical without proving it, because they can't do it since I said canonical things.

But the best was the creator of the post himself who wrote me this:

This borders on Gaslighting, really how absurd is it? The credit, whether you like it or not, is Snape's, the creator is the first one who stole a credit from Snape and gave it incorrectly to Lily.

It would be like if someone made a post saying when Ron was brave to kill Nagini and when someone else comes to tell him that no, Nagini was killed by Neville then the creator accused you of stealing Ron's credits, because you hate him and you're a Dramione shipper. People really have to learn to read the books and have a critical sense before accusing people and distorting the canon.

And above all, don't implicitly bring feminism into it, it's very right to recognize the merits of women (even fictional ones) but instead giving them credits that don't belong to them is not a good way to praise them, in fact it has the opposite effect.

Lily was a great potion maker, a great magician, a great witch who fought Voldemort and faced him head on. She doesn't need you to rob other characters of credit to give it to her.

ADDITION

Since someone also wrote me privately about this I repeat, this is NOT MY THEORY, this is canonical, the quotes above are from books where everything is shown. If that were not enough, the author also stated it in an interview from 2005, you can read it here:

I report her exact words:

Don't you want to ask me why James's death didn't protect Lily and Harry? There’s your answer, you've just answered your own question, because she could have lived and chose to die. James was going to be killed anyway. Do you see what I mean? I’m not saying James wasn't ready to; he died trying to protect his family but he was going to be murdered anyway. He had no - he wasn't given a choice, so he rushed into it in a kind of animal way, I think there are distinctions in courage. James was immensely brave. But the caliber of Lily's bravery was, I think in this instance, higher because she could have saved herself. Now any mother, any normal mother would have done what Lily did. So in that sense her courage too was of an animal quality but she was given time to choose. James wasn't. It's like an intruder entering your house, isn't it? You would instinctively rush them. But if in cold blood you were told, "Get out of the way," you know, what would you do? I mean, I don't think any mother would stand aside from their child. But does that answer it? She did very consciously lay down her life. She had a clear choice.

[potionsmasters]

friendship

companionship

loyalty

[caelumsstar]

Omg Your art is amazing !

Can you please try to draw a Severitus scene like : Snape comfort abused Harry or making potions together ?

Not a obligation

Snape bringing Harry home for the first time (or something)

Excuse my experimental art style

They're so soft here

[alisadraws]

Commission for Luciole based on Deepshadows2 fic The Minister's Bodyguard

It's been a while since I did any snamione art. I had so much fun with this, color and light specially. Thanks again for choosing me to illustrate this scene!

[moonlightdancer26]

How fucked do you think the Wizarding World would be if Snape never existed?

So fucked. No one would’ve done anything and Voldy would’ve won the first war 💀

[One of the most ironic things about the series is how Snape felt so guilty about delivering the prophecy and leading to the Potters’ death when in reality he was directly (but unintentionally) responsible for the first War ending and if he hadn’t delivered the prophecy the Potters probably would’ve died anyway. Delivered the prophecy -> made the Potter family a priority -> asked Voldemort to spare Lily -> informed Dumbledore -> the Potters were under protection -> since he asked Voldemort to spare Lily, Voldemort gave her a chance to step aside and she refused which activated the protection of baby!Harry and saved his life -> so if Snape never asked to spare Lily then Voldemort wouldn’t have asked her to step aside and would’ve killed her immediately like he did with James -> so then she wouldn’t have chosen to not step aside and then nothing would’ve been activated and baby!Harry would’ve died too. Like that is genuinely SO funny, I never see anyone talk about this.]

[severussnapemylove]

(After the War when Sev's role as a spy becomes known)

Molly; "A party is a celebration of a life, bringing people together to let the guest of honour know how much they're loved. Severus has done so much for us. This is our chance to do something for him."

Y/N; "By forcing him to have fun at a party that he doesn't want to be at?"

Molly; "I knew you'd understand."

[slothanime4]

Some quick Severitus doodles (someone save this man)

[oswaldmeadowes]

i love snily as a ship but nothing can beat the power and tragedy of their friendship. come on, the angst of childhood best friends that were the comfort of each other slowly taking different sides, slowly losing the skill to understand one another ??

lily was the only witch in her family, she had no idea what was going on, she realized her parents didn’t have all the answers in the world, her sister was starting to hate her for something she had no control over it. but then she met severus, someone like her, someone that told her about a whole world that she belongs to, a friend with whom she could be herself.

severus came from a abusive home, his own father hated what he was, his mother didnt didnt knew how to properly raise him, he had no friends and no one of his age he could relate to. but then he met lily, a girl the same age as him, a witch like him, someone that was kind and extroverted, someone that brought light to his life.

they loved each other so badly, and yet it wasnt enough to keep them together. they ended up hurting one another (one more than the other), they were in different sides of war, and severus has to live forever with guilty and regret about what happened, his worst memory being the day he really lost her.

yes i think severus had a crush on her when they were kids (and in my hcs, lily had a crush on him at some point too), but a crush fades over time. their tragedy is not about romance, its about losing your best friend, the most important person in your world, the first person you felt comfortable with and could be yourself.

[sneppu]

everyday is a very long day if you're Severus Snape.

[psdrawsthings]

I don't think Lucius approves of it, but still

[lilyslark]

kind of wild that snape pretty much got james killed (and was initially ready to let both he and harry die), yet he still constantly spat on james’s memory in front of his grieving loved ones.

like I get that his trauma is complex but damn. you’d think getting the guy killed would make them even or something.

[danadiadea]

https://www.tumblr.com/winters-on-the-wing/777721486455750656/clock-it-clock-that-tea-i-hate-how-people-see?source=share

This post isn’t even specifically about James and Snape’s dynamic, but more about Harry finding out the truth about his father yet Snaters still manage to victim-blame and spew nonsense to make James look good. They just can’t accept that their faves were assholes.

OH HOLY SHIT

THIS IS ABOUT JAMES POTTER

anon I literally love you for letting me see that because I swear I laughed out loud

this is. about. James Potter. "saved countless lives". "risked his own". they are fucking ridiculous, I can't believe this exists for real😭😭😭😭 like that shit when they just take every Snape trait and assign them randomly to Marauders/Slytherin Skittles for zero reasons is getting out of hand.

and comparing Ron being sometimes a little shit towards Draco and even HERMIONE to James undressing people without their concent and laughing at them for having worn out clothes?? Listen, Ron Weasley isn't my fave in the series, but I feel deeply offended at his behalf. People should stop that Ron bashing.

every time I see "James changed!1!1!!!!!" which is based on *checks notes* him stopping hexing people for the fun of it to date a girl, but still bullying her ex best friend and LYING to her about it, I lose a little bit of hope in this fandom. And he didn't want his two friends to become murderers?? What a great man after all. Like this is literally the lowest possible bar I've seen for a character. I guess he saved all those countless lives with that infinitely brave and selfless act.

[boomiyah]

reuploaded😓😓 anyway

c2 na red meme with partial severitus

[motherofplatypus]

Potterheads, Professor Sprout has a message to share

It's been over a year now. 18.000 children have been murdered, where hundreds of them are not even 1 year old. To save your time, here's a record of the genocide, and here's part two.

[seriousbrat]

Since I'm writing about this rn, it has struck me that Dumbledore is willing to drink the potion in the horcrux cave because he believes that Voldemort wouldn't wish to kill the drinker immediately so as to question them... Dumbledore's usually pretty good at guessing Voldemort's thought processes, but as Harry discovers, this isn't true, because the potion causes thirst which leads the drinker to the lake, and then they're pulled down by inferi and die anyway. I'm wondering, was Dumbledore simply wrong, or is this because Voldemort was arrogant enough to believe that he would immediately be able to tell his horcrux was destroyed and get there in time to question whoever it was before leaving them to die? (in DH he does seem to believe that he would be able to tell.)

This is a pretty big flaw in Voldemort's logic if so, because as Kreacher, Harry, and Dumbledore all demonstrated, I think most people would be more likely to take the horcrux and try to destroy it later. Maybe this isn't too hard to believe because Voldemort also committed the major oversight of not realising that a house-elf or an underaged wizard could also be accompanying the drinker (which is extra stupid since he himself travelled across the lake with a house-elf.) I guess it makes a certain sense because Voldemort, who ultimately works alone, who underestimates everyone he considers inferior, might not have been able to fathom the loyalty, trust and love required for Kreacher and Harry to follow Regulus and Dumbledore into the cave.

It's also interesting that Dumbledore creates a very similar situation to that of Kreacher and Regulus-- he expressly makes Harry swear that he will follow any orders without question, he even tells Harry to leave him behind if needs be, which is what Kreacher does in his case. We know house-elves can disobey/work around some orders if they really want to, and in both cases Kreacher and Harry are ultimately following orders not because they have to but because of loyalty and trust. (I know Kreacher is literally bound to obey, but think about it this way- would he have done as much for Sirius, or would he have found a way around it like he does in OotP?)

Really the foreshadowing (or post-shadowing really haha) for Kreacher's tale is so good. It's hinted at when Dumbledore points out that it's Voldemort's mistake to underestimate the less visibly powerful, and I also really like the way that Harry can picture the scene perfectly as Kreacher narrates it-- because he lived it himself, after all.

[moonlightdancer26]

"He hated my dad like he hated Sirius! Haven't you noticed, Professor, how the people Snape hates tend to end up dead?"

All Harry did was prove that Snape is so iconic that those who did him wrong are automatically guaranteed to die.