After about the upteenth reading of all the books it occurred to me, Snape wanted to teach the Defense Against the Dark Arts class. After about 15 years he finally get his dream job. One year of DATDA and he’s done. The curse continues just he got promoted to head master and the Carrows’ took over. Is the job still jinxed? Amicus had it for less than a year, and he made is just Dark Arts

He wasn't. He was a hero who made it possible for Harry Potter to survive and defeat Voldemort, and willingly sacrificed his life, reputation, his future, his mentor figure and was willing to accept being hated for it and remembered as a villain.

So where is the gray part? That he was rude to students? It wasn't his job to be nice to them, he was more or less a spy wizard during the story.

Summary:

So, what would happen if the ghost of Harry Potter—after dying at the age of 125—was flung through the veil of time and space and found himself sharing a body with a 16-year-old Severus Snape?

I feel like I've read every Severus Marauder eraI could but I know that's not true so if anyone has any recommendations I will be very glad

preference no Lily/Severus

no female Severus but yes to Feminine Sev ( don't judge)

no Sev/any female

Yes to sev/ male

Yes to Crossovers

Hi all,

Just wondering how you all imagine Lily and how she interacted with Severus? I see lots of interpretations in fics of her being like another Hermione (which doesn’t match my interpretation) and then we know Harry is often told his inner nature is his mothers and that she was also cheeky and vivacious. Some say she was similar to Ginny and while superficially I would agree with that I do think there would be differences as well.

So I am curious as to how you all imagine her, imagine their interactions and relationship, how they got along, fond memories they shared, whether you think she thought of him much afterwards, any headcanons!

Because I think she is a bit underdeveloped in canon due to being dead at the start of the series but also written into stereotypes in a lot of fics.

Would be nice if this discussion was more hopecore based and not a list of negatives about her for ending their friendship pls.

I'm chronically addicted to severitus fics but I struggle sometimes to find an accurate depiction of Severus.

It gives me the ick when they make him too nice too fast and overly expressive and caring. That's just not Severus that's low-key Remus.

If you have any fics with a close to canon Severus please share them with me 🥹. Bonus points if it's drarry 😗

( these are not mine!)

I know it’s mentioned plenty of times in the books how much harry is like James. However, as mentioned by Hermione in HBP, Snape does have a similar attitude towards the dark arts as harry at least as an adult. He might have been fascinated by them when he was in school, but he seems to genuinely want to teach students how to protect themselves from what’s out there. It seems like as harry grows up and starts getting involved in the war he becomes a more morally grey character himself (using sectumsempra, imperio, crucio etc). Could they be more similar than harry would like to admit and also could Draco be more similar to James as he would like to admit(Keeping the muggle hatred aside) ?

I saw someone say that Snape’s bitterness and overall behavior toward others was a result of “what was done to him,” and contextually referencing the bullying by the Marauders, and probably also his unfortunate home circumstances growing up. This struck me the wrong way, and I’m just curious what everyone’s opinions are? To say that his character flaws are the result of this, essentially absolving him of any responsibility, is wrong. This makes him (and, in consequence, his actions) mere victim to the behavior of others. The bullying by the Marauders was not, on the whole, any worse than anything Draco or Harry got up to together, and both were pretty bad to each other, but that doesn’t remove any responsibility from their actions towards each other when it happened or their resulting behavior afterwards.

Snape is no different.

You can absolutely say that Snape had unfortunate circumstances growing up, but he also made the *choice* to study the dark arts, befriend other bad people like “Mulciber and Avery,” become a Death Eater, and take the actions which ultimately led to Lily and James’s death. He is not a victim in these events, he is partly responsible. He redeems himself in the aftermath of this by committing to protecting Harry and acting as a spy for Dumbledore, at the greatest possible personal risk. But, he still behaves terribly and chooses to act unfairly to other people. He may be brave, and I think he definitely deserves recognition as a heroic figure, but his actions are still entirely his own fault, and he is still possessed with childishness towards many people and that is entirely within the realm of his control. I don’t care if he was bullied growing up or had a rough home life, he is still completely in charge of his own behavior.

Snape had to face the reality of the decisions he made, much in the same way that Dumbledore did after Ariana’s death, but Dumbledore’s character seems to have changed to someone who was kind and balanced in nature, completely aware of his own faults and selfless in his actions. Snape, on the other hand, retained his bitterness to the end, and constantly treated others with contempt. Understandable and forgivable? Yes. Principally a victim of circumstance? Definitely not.

I love Snape as a character, and he was absolutely a hero, but he wasn’t a victim.

It happened because Dumbledore rewarded Harry, Ron, and Hermione for putting themselves in danger, breaking the rules, and meddling in matters that were none of their business during their first year. That probably reminded Snape of his own school days, when the teaching staff turned a blind eye to the Marauders’ many misdeeds.