Au Where Severus Goes To Fetch Harry From Petunia’s After Years Of Not Feeling Right About It. He’s

Does anyone else find it ironic how the fandom clings to the idea that Snape is the biggest reason Sirius left Grimmauld Place in Order of the Phoenix...despite the Half Blood Prince stating that"Harry clung to this notion because it enabled him to hate Snape which felt satisfying..."

This feels satisfying to Harry because Harry believes that Snape doesn't care that Sirius is dead, but it isn't until 'The Prince's Tale' in The Deathly Hallows that we realise that this isn't true either.

One of the basic things you have to understand about Snape is that his hatred or dislike of people does not stop him from saving or trying to save people. This all starts from the turning point on the hill all those years ago, when Dumbledore humbles Snape into turning his selfishness into selflessness.

Snape asks for James and Harry's life too. And when Dumbledore tells Snape Harry must die, and states "how many people have you watched die?" Snape responds "lately only those I could not save."

Sirius is one of those people.

i think my key issue with the sanitization of death eater characters is that it feels like people do not see their stories as tragic or empathize with the characters until we have a hc that's like "actually they were morally good the whole time!"

regulus black and severus snape are tragic characters and child soldiers no matter what side they were "really" on. even barty crouch jr, who may not have been groomed into being a death eater, is tragic when you spend a second to consider his relationship with his father. there are plenty of death eaters who we know are taking after their fathers in joining the cult. lucius malfoy, who was a prefect when the marauders enter hogwarts, most likely spread the death eater ideology, since the ideology is just a more extreme version/logical endpoint of what already existed in the wizarding world.

to me, these ideas are not headcanons, because they are heavily implied by the text. when jkr mentions malfoy in the deathly hallows that is not for no reason.

mallfoy's acceptance of snape and position of power are both highlighted in this sentence. we can infer that snape felt a sense of community for the first time in Slytherin. with malfoy as a prefect we can infer that the culture of Slytherin house lifted up bigots and those with an important family name.

this is a culture that breeds more bigotry. we know that Dumbledore did not step in to stop this cultural development in the 90s, after already seeing what it could do!!! so we can infer that he did not in the 70s. so a bunch of children were left alone in an echo chamber of hate. of course some of them became fanatics!!!

this doesn't mean they shouldn't be held accountable. but we cannot expect children to overcome cultural and political hegemony all alone. like.... that's just not how the world works. and it's tragic that children are fodder for fascist's wars, especially when the fact that the children were abused or neglected makes them more vulnerable to be fodder.

regulus and severus weren't treated as people, their humanity was denied by the fascist they served, bc that's how fascism works. exploring their characters as they are in canon, with full humanity, without needing to change their stories to see that humanity, is much more interesting to me. it is much more in the spirit of redemption and restoration.

...One discovery always seems to lead to another, doesn't it?

(Based on the fact that Athena canonically can't distinguish romantic feelings which becomes a plot point several times lol)

For Ace Attorney Aspec Week - Realisation! @aspec-ace-attorney

you can’t save everyone.

(but intention sometimes outweighs outcome and, if only for that, the effort is still worth it in the end).

you know what i don't mind that I got a penalty because jesus christ that insult

HOW HAVE I NOT SEEN THIS BEFORE HOLY SHIT WHAT AN INCREDIBLE SNAPE ANALYSIS

Let me get this straight:

Severus Snape, who's probably one of the most fleshed out characters in the franchise is reduced to an obsessive friendzoned stalker but Regulus Black, who's a literal one note character is given depth and personality??

Am I tripping on acid or something??

recent observation: kazuma's armband is loose on ryunosuke in all his sprite animations, because kazuma is more muscular than he is......the level of detail in this game is INSANE.

but beyond that, i also wanna point out that the armband is noticeably adjustable:

he keeps it as kazuma's size by choice.....i'm so normal

severus left to get potion ingredients

au where severus goes to fetch harry from petunia’s after years of not feeling right about it. he’s glad he did. part 1.