#there isn't even a reason to believe the potion caused this mindset. for all we know this is a purely psychological phenomenon.

[jestiamy]

??? how in the world does anyone come out of jekyll and hyde with this

[slytherinsnekxvii]

hey, no worries. thanks for getting back to me!

you're right, he was a dick to neville and he's wrong for it.

if kreacher hadn't been threatened, regulus wouldn't have cared. if his sister wasn't injured, dumbledore would have continued to work with grindelwald. when you realise that the position you're in hurts someone you care about, you make an attempt to leave. anyways, what-ifs aren't worth dwelling on. lily did die, snape defected and devoted himself to the cause she believed in.

that's true, and i'm sorry that that happened to you, but, rather than as a prank, this was done specifically with intent to humiliate, and it was done in front of a crowd. the nature of the spell has nothing to do with it. remus isn't an unbiased source, it's likely that he's trying to downplay what happened, and i'm not trying to trivialise assault, but this is a situation during which you aren't thinking straight beyond wanting to protect yourself. he lashed out as a defence mechanism.

we don't actually have any evidence that they tortured her, and it's just as likely that it was simply a spell that she didn't recognise and characterised as dark because of who was using it. the marauders used an illegal hex on bertram aubrey and that's also categorised as a prank, but not dark magic.

they weren't scared of his class. they talk during the period and they're comfortable enough to talk back and mess around with each other's potions.

they're weren't any death eaters, but there was draco "my father will hear about this" malfoy, crabbe, goyle and so many other children of death eaters who could very well communicate to their parents that he was being nice to voldemort's number one enemy. in addition, being an asshole to harry is wrong, but it's a trauma response to seeing someone who looks identical to a person who hurt him repeatedly get away with the same things that over and over again. it's understandable. not nice, but understandable.

a good portion of slytherins were the children of death eaters, even if he were to try to prevent them from hating muggleborns, and say that it was just a part of his cover, they would still have the same mindset that they were raised with, and likely just continue doing it where they couldn't be caught. and even if that wasn't the case, blood purity is the death eaters' entire agenda. at some point, it's likely that it would have grown to a point that voldemort considered opposition.

he made one singular comment about her teeth, and she had already planned to change them before. the only reason she hadn't is because her parents wanted her to get braces.

he didn't plan to just sit there and watch james die, and he never expected Lily love him. voldemort would have killed him on the spot if he asked him to spare harry.

she's absolutely allowed to be hurt and offended, but, again, we don't have any evidence. given what we're told about her, i feel like she wouldn't have been the sort to keep him around if he was constantly insulting her, himself and her friends with a slur.

anyways, all that aside, thank you for your response. his arc wasn't "i'm obsessed with your mom," he never was. after she cut ties, he left her alone, didn't speak to her, didn't harass her, he didn't to anything to her. he asked voldemort to spare her and dumbledore to save her life because she was once his best friend and one of the few people who actually cared about him. his redemption is about his growth as a person, and the way he grows from being selfish and trying to save and protect himself to someone who is willing to sacrifice his life for people he doesn't even like, and a world that never treated him kindly. that's his character arc. he matures and does better. lily was his driving motivation, but he wasn't obsessed with her. i'm sorry if you've had to deal with that but we try not to make excuses around here. we just try to understand, and believe me, we do hold him accountable. thanks for reading all that. have a good one :)

listen to me, severus fucking snape is not a good person. he, as an adult man,

bullied a child who was having difficulty in his class, so much so that he was the child's worst fear

decide to join the good side because the bad side had offended him, and literally no other reason

used a slur against his "best friend"

compared the torturing of a girl to pranks

hurt and emotionally abused multiple people

ridiculed a friendless, scared, bewildered boy (harry)

allowed the hatred of muggleborns in his house

he made hermione feel so awful about her appearance that she permanently changed it to halt the bullying

was ready for his crush's son and husband to die for his own gain

it is canonically stated that snape called EVERY person who was born to muggle parents a mudblood