Severus Snape - Blog Posts
Okay nobody send me death threats. It's not that serious! Here are my Marauders Hot Takes:
• Jily and WolfStar are the best ships
• I love Jegulus but it doesn't make sense in canon, but almost nothing else does anyway so who cares
• The marauders would've bullied people in real life because they bullied people in canon- I do think they also would've grown up and apologized for it (except maybe Sirius)
• Snape is a flawed complex character but he bullied children and that will never be okay. He's also literally racist and misogynistic so..
• Harry is a better person than James. He wasn't perfect, but he didn't bully anyone (only had petty rivalries) and was angry when he found out how James treated Snape and that Sirius still thought it was funny. Harry also literally payed for Fred and George to start their business. I WILL DIE ON THIS HILL HARRY IS JUST BETTER
• I will never read All The Young Dudes. I'm sorry. I just don't want to read it
• Rosekiller is a fun ship but you cannot make them good people. Barty literally killed his father in cold blood. Headcanons are fine, but it's just better and more likely that they chose their side of the war knowingly and willingly.
• Sirius is an asshole. He has so many good qualities, but he's an asshole. When he's watered down to just sad, or just fun it's never as good. He needs flaws. That goes for all the marauder
All this being said, write what you want. Read what you want. Enjoy what you like. It's just fiction and fandom and I really don't take it as seriously as this sounds
—Severus Snape
How it feels to be both a Marauders and a Snape fan
Oh my god, this is EXACTLY what I had in mind when I wrote my idea down
Urgent thing I need to share before my ADHD brain forgets:
Harry Potter Post-war Breaking Bad AU:
Snape survived, but since Voldemort is dead, the Dark Marks are slowly killing all the remaining Death Eaters, something Voldy did as a failsafe. And like, let's take into consideration that Harry is quite literally a War Veteran and has some tremendous PTSD, and he probably doesn't know how to cope, and now starts taking Muggle drugs.
So now we have the slowly-dying-'chemistry' -Professor and the horrible-at-'chemistry' -ex-student-now-junky.
The motive for Snape to start making that stuff is still a bit wonky, but it would probably be to leave something for Hogwarts.. Or for his godson Draco.. Yk,,
Anyhow, let's assume he has a motive to do this for now. Maybe he wanted to visit Harry for old times sake, since yk their history and all, and he ends up discovering that Harry became an addict to a Muggle drug.
You know the drill. Lots of discouragement and fighting, until Snape, who is admittedly a bit impressed that Harry was able to make that stuff in the first place, gives in and makes a magical equivalent. Now, that's where the whole fun begins.
I didn't even think about it until now, but it would 100% result in Severitus.
I'm just imagining the two of them sitting in an old Muggle Camper-van, Snape with a cauldron instead of Muggle chemistry equipment, complaining about the size of the thing when it could be magically enhanced, Harry, who keeps telling him that it's more convenient that way in case someone's after them so they'll reach the steering wheel faster.. And the best part is the magical elements in this story. Police AND Aurors would be after them, Kingpins like Tuco Salamanca or Gus Fring could also be Wizards (Gus as a Wizard would GENUINELY be terrifying.), and the whole thing overall would be so much more exciting.
The Weasleys would 100% help Harry sell the stuff.
Anyhow, this concludes this madness for now.
Hear me out, Severitus fans, so basically I had this one (1) idea which I cannot get rid of based on a song.. So like, I had this idea of Harry running away from the Dursleys and he goes completely ballistic and has neat powers, he raises the dead, and he can dance on a broom.
Okay, if I haven't lost your interest yet, basically, he does so by accident, freaks out, realizes it's his power, and a little later, the ministry tries to catch him. He then learns magic by himself and forms a cult/organization some time later. Like, freaks unite, yk? And some people join after hearing about some dude that raised the dead, and well, nobody knows it's Harry because he has a disguise, and so, Dumbledore gets scared and sends his spy.
Good ol Sev.
That's when it goes down and the story really starts.. It's hard to really summarize my idea because the draft, which is just a long summary for me to keep track with, is already almost 3.000 words and not even half finished.. But yea. It's just unhinged, dark Harry who's seen enough for one lifetime, and Severus slowly becoming Harry's dad.
It is also a little focused on something I really think they should've added in general. Broom athletics. Like, fuck quidditch. Harry being really elegant and smooth on a broom is my jam now. Like, imagine him standing upright on a broom, then leaning back, Accio'ing his broom, and gracefully standing on it again after a scary looking drop.
I don't support J. K. Rowling in any way, but I like Harry Potter. *Pirates the movies and the books cutely */j
The song that inspired this madness: Dancing with the dead - Powerwolf
For my slytherin peers ✨💚
Could somebody please write/create a marauders x pretty little liars fic 😭🙏
Im obsessed with both and the idea of a muggle au like Snape being Mona and James, Sirius, Remus and Peter tryna figure out whose blackmailing them with their secrets [whatever they may be, up to the writer].
*also bonus if it follows the multiple As concept and Peter turns out to be Big A or Uber A afterward
SOMEBODY PLEASE MAKE THIS A REALITY IM BEGGGINNGG 😩
<if someone has already done this, please tag or link it, i would be mad appreciative 🙏>
Damn I fogro to post this it’s been sitting in my albums lol
Was gonna make a big ol backstory for it but maybe later
Sibling activities
RON WEASLEY GUYS
The best most canon divergent my brain has been but please guys hear me out i
Okay so we all know the things that Harry, Ron and Hermione had to do to get to the sorcerer’s stone in the first book. Devils Snare, the key, the riddle and Wizarding Chess. We know that the Chess set was the work of Professor Mcgonagall, and assuming the protections were meant to work that means that Mcgonagall would have to have been an incredible chess player. Not above average, like GrandMaster level player. Given this when Ron beats McGonagall she is taken aback. Only 3 other people have beaten her, Albus, Severus and Tom Riddle. She takes to playing chess with Ron in the nights following in the common room (Ron doesn’t sleep at all until Harry wakes up and is back in the dorm). She has not beaten him. At the end of year feast when Dumbledore awards him points for the “best chess game Hogwarts have ever seen” the Slytherins and Ravenclaws are utterly ill. Throughout the rest of his Hogwarts career Ron is challenged by more and more students to play chess, Theo Nott, loses to him and the Slytherin students begin to look at him differently. Half of the Ravenclaws in their year watch in awe as he swiftly beats Parma. It continues like this through his time at Hogwarts, he has never lost. The Slytherin students begin to see his cunning mins, right after he beats Pucey, who is infamous for thinking 20 steps ahead. When Ron beats Marietta Edgecombe the Ravenclaws begin to follow him, they watch nearly all of his matches and take notes, completely ignoring the 5 pave paper due tomorrow. After Ron has beaten all of the students Snape (who has been listening to the whispers in the Slytherin common room) challenges him. The whole school watches with bated breath. It is well known that Snape has only ever lost to two people: Dumbledore and Voldemort. McGonagall promises him 15 Knuts if he wins, she can’t contain the shame any longer.
The ensuing chess match takes place over the span of several days, Snape is frequently writing late notes for the students who wish to see it. Other teachers are arriving to their respective classes late. Every time the game is paused Dumbledore casts the anti-tampering ward. This continues for nearly a week, Ron wins. Snape has never respected a Gryffindor more in his life (he is doubly harsh on him in potions, you beat one of the best players in the nation and you mean to tell me your potion is still bubbling??[Ron knows that Snape is seeing him, he just smiles and tweets for a few minutes before a perfect potion is bottled{Snape keeps them in his personal store]}) Eventually Ron is set to play Dumbledore, he is utterly terrified. Soon enough the match is the talk of Wizards across the nation, the Weasley family are all overjoyed for him, win or lose. The game begins and reporters from the Daily Prophet are there, Ron almost cracks, almost In the end after a week and a half Dumbledore’s eyes twinkle, with renewed vigor as he forfeits. Word gets out to Voldemort- he immediately tries to recruit Ron as a Death Eater. Every time Ron rejects him Voldemort sends an increasingly expensive and rare gift. Eventually Ron says if Voldemort vows to not hurt Harry that he will play him in chess, just once. The winner decides their own boon. The world is watching with baited breath as the best chess player and one of the most calculating minds in a century take the stage.The game lasts fornearly 2 weeks, a peace settles over the UK that has not been since Voldemort rose in that grave. The two declare a tie. No body wins, but Voldemort does realize that the war has become far too brutish.
snape is serenading lily, and it’s quite distasteful.
snape: so come run your hands through my hair, ‘cause that’s why it’s there.
sirius (to remus and james): “come run your hands through my hair”? i can make some bloody fried chicken using all that grease in it.
people who were killed after dying:
1- dumblewhore: by all the marauders collectively, but lead by james.
2- peter pettigrowsomeballsplease: by sirius black and strangely regulus black too.
3- snivellus snape: by lily evans because “how dare you sacrifice my husband and son but ask for me to be spared?”
4- remus lupin and mary macdonald: they were suffocated by a hug from all the marauders.
-1975-
james: snape will never have a love life.
remus: someone’s bound to find him…tolerable.
james: how about we place a bet?
remus: 5 galleons.
-1993-
remus: *takes one look at snape, and immediately runs out, looking up at the sky*
remus: COME BACK YOU ARSE, I OWE YOU 5 GALLEONS!
plot: severus is confronting sirius after getting drenched with charmed water balloons.
severus: there’s a special place in hell just for you.
sirius: *placing his hand on his chest dramatically and wiping away a fake tear* f-for me? a special place in hell JUST for ME? that’s so sweet, so kind, and so welcoming.
The baby girl without a chance A victim of the circumstance The one who ought to give up But she's just too hard-headed A single mom who works two jobs Who loves her kids and never stops With gentle hands and a heart of a fighter I'm a survivor
students (mainly slytherins) who come from dysfunctional families and see severus as a father figure so they send him letters/drawings on father's day and he can barely hold back his tears in the staff room
Needs to be spread
Hey so I'm writing an argument essay on Snape for English class, and I know you have very strong feelings about him, so I was wondering if you could give me your opinion on him so that I have some ideas for what to write
I am so glad you asked! *pulls out a virtual stack of books on the subject*
Lets begin Reasons to Hate Snape 101!
All right, in Book one:
Snape originally comes off a bit standoffish, but he’s a teacher, so Harry’s all like ‘eh’ but the first thing he does is practically attack Harry with Potions questions that might have been in the book but were a bit too advanced for Harry who had only opened his history of magic book and herbology.
The first day of class should have been spent explaining to them the basics of potionmaking, but instead it was used by Snape to assert himself higher and make Harry seem unintelligent, and when Harry points out that there is someone else in the class that might know better than him, Snape docks him a point.
Though, Harry’s words might have been cheeky enough to earn that docked point, the next time he loses one is completely undeserved: when Neville screws up his potion and blames it on Harry.
During the quidditch match that Quirrel tries to kill Harry, Snape earns a few points for saving Harry’s life, but he’s not doing it for the right reasons. I’m sure that Lily would have been grateful that Snape saved her son’s life if she was still around, but Snape did that because Harry was Lily’s son (neatly shoving James aside), not because he was a kid in danger. What would have happened if Quirrel had decided to nearly kill Fred or George (in a bizarre turn of events)? Would he stand by and watch?
In chapter 13 we come on the next quidditch match which Harry discovers Snape will be refereeing and Harry is so reluctant to go onto the field, partly because he thinks Snape tried to kill him last time, and probably partly because he’s a royal douchey tosspot that delights in making others miserable. He actually considers breaking his leg to keep himself from playing. What does that tell you?
But Snape does protect the Stone in the chamber, though that could be argued as being expected of him as a professor.
On to book two:
Now, Harry sees Snape first in this book after he and Ron crashed the Ford Anglia into the whomping willow, and while yes, Harry and Ron were foolish and reckless, they also didn’t know what to do with the barrier sealed, so they could hardly have been blamed, overreacting as they did (as children do). Punishment is warranted, obviously, but threatening them with expulsion is a bit too far…over a car that was seen by only two Muggles and did hardly any damages to the Whomping Willow.
Thankfully McGonagall and Dumbledore show up to clear things up.
Then we have issues with Slytherin-Gryffindor quidditch training.
The training ground is booked in advance by respective quidditch captains, given how Wood reacts, but Snape flies by those rules and gives the Slytherin team ‘special permission’ to train Draco as the next seeker (it should be noted that Harry needed no such thing when he became the Gryffindor seeker the previous year). Rules appear to matter little to him.
Then there is the matter of Mrs. Norris’ petrification and Snape pins them as being very suspicious for going down that corridor instead of heading straight up to the common room, and though he’s right, since Harry’s following the basilisk’s voice, to find some blame in three twelve year olds is something I find quite annoying.
In potions class, causing a distraction for Hermione to collect ingredients, Harry douses half the class in potion that Snape swears if he finds the perpetrator he will have them expelled. A bit much over some spilled potion, don’t you think?
The dueling club is a hot mess to be sure, but when Lockhart gets up to suggest Justin and Neville, Snape says Neville causes devestation with the even simplest of spells, which undoubtedly has an impact on Neville’s self-esteem and is an extremely rude thing to say about a child in front of his peers.
In book three:
We see Snape’s favoritism fine more clearly than the previous books when he assigns Ron to cut Draco’s daisy roots, despite that Draco’s arm isn’t really damaged.
Then he threatens to force-feed Neville’s toad his potion, which is at the very least animal cruelty, and then takes points from Hermione for helping him, even though he didn’t have any proof of the act.
Now comes the worst bit for Neville: Defense Against the Dark Arts
Snape tells Remus just how terrible Neville is at simply instructions and basically insults the boy right in front of him, and really, its no surprise that Neville’s boggart is Snape.
But consider that for a moment: Neville’s boggart is a teacher, someone students are supposed to look up to, but Snape constantly beats him down, him, a thirteen year old wizard who can’t get his magic to work quite right with his father’s wand. Its frankly sickening.
Then when Snape finds out about how Neville dressed his boggart, he bullies him worse than ever. He doesn’t realize that if he didn’t bully Neville, Neville wouldn’t’ve had him as a boggart and wouldn’t have dressed him so ridiculously, so really its his fault in the first place.
Next comes the issue of how Sirius got into Hogwarts:
Snape immediately blames Remus, after all, Remus was Sirius’ old friend and a werewolf, a Dark creature, who in their right mind wouldn’t blame him?
But Dumbledore shuts him down (the only time I will ever say ‘Hallelujah, Dumbles!’).
Then we have Snape taking over Remus’ class while he’s recovering:
Harry is late to class, so the point deduction is expected, but he loses more points when he asks why Remus isn’t there and is then threatened with losing 50 if he doesn’t take his seat…that’s overdoing it a bit, 50 points for standing? Ridiculous.
He makes Remus seem unorganized by saying he doesn’t have any idea what they’re studying and when Hermione tries to explain, he cuts her off.
*SPOILER ALERT: DICK MOVE AHEAD*
Then he decides to teach them about werewolves, something far outside of what they’d been studying and then berates them for not knowing how to identify them and when Hermione offers some information, he docks her points for being an insufferable know it all.
This is uncalled for, much like how he abuses his authority in bullying Neville and Harry.
Its also a bit hypocritical, as Ron points out “Why did you ask if you didn’t want to know?”
Its very clear he is good as being a bully more than a teacher.
But, now imagine how Remus felt coming back to work to essays about how to kill his kind? That’s pretty awful.
Then there was the issue with Hogsmeade and Harry sneaking out and throwing a mudball at Draco’s head, now, obviously he wasn’t allowed (Big no no, Harrykins), but the way Snape handles it is all wrong.
First he provokes him about his fame, which was something that Harry had never had a choice in (and could be argued was caused by Snape with the whole prophecy dealio), and then he drags James into the mix, calling Harry arrogant like his father (something Harry clearly wasn’t). A kid can only take so many insults about his dad before he snaps, so its really no surprise that Harry does so.
Having a shouting match with a child is quite unprofessional, especially given how he bullies said child constantly.
During one of Harry’s potions classes he doesn’t quite get his Confusion Concoction to thicken, so Snape gives him a zero. I don’t know about you lot, but if I make an attempt at something in Bio Lab, I at least get points for the attempt, even if it doesn’t turn out quite right.
Now, in the Shrieking Shack, we learn all about why Snape hates the Marauders, even going so far as to claim that James got cold feet at the last second about Sirius’ plan and using that as an excuse to still hate the man (this kind of grudge-holding isn’t the kind you’d expect a grown up to have)
His desire to put Sirius away is understandable, given Sirius nearly got him killed, but the fact remains is that he didn’t. His desire to put two innocent men (including Remus in this) in prison is quite startling.
The way he paints himself as a hero to the Minister is laughable, since he is as far from that as possible, and then the way he loses his temper in front of Harry and Hermione and those in the hospital wing (with Ron being unconscious) is shameful.
But I think that possibly the worst thing was that the teachers -as it can be assumed- all knew about Remus’ condition and were sworn not to speak of it but Snape -the fucking asshole that he is- outed him to Slytherin House and soon the whole school. Really, what a fucking dick. Being a werewolf is no one’s business but their own.
In book four:
Snape gives Neville detention disemboweling horned toads, knowing full well how he’d feel about it, being the owner of a toad.
He gives them an assignment of researching antidotes, hinting he might poison them to see if their antidote works. Wtf? And what happens if it doesn’t? He’ll be sent off to Azkaban for manslaughter? Best idea yet.
When Harry’s name comes out of the fire, he automatically blames it on Harry’s ‘determination to break rules’…most of the times he broke rules for a good cause…so Snape trying to bring Harry down again.
Draco and Harry duel in the hallway and Draco’s curse manages to hit Hermione, making her teeth grow much like a beaver’s and Snape says “I see no difference.”
Now that is a scummy thing to say to a girl who has always been uncomfortable about the size of her teeth, so much so that his words reduced her to tears.
Snape also uses Dumbledore’s trust as a shield and excuse, like when Moody talks about his right to search rooms and Snape says the headmaster trusts him, no matter how misplaced it is.
During Potions class Snape insinuates that the press on Harry has inflated his already overinflated head, but, funny thing, Harry’s not a fan of press and can’t control what people do or do not write about him.
Then he accuses Harry of stealing from him without any proof and threatens to dose him with Veritaserum, which is incredibly low if you ask me.
In book five:
Snape makes a lot of jibes towards Sirius in this book, sine he has to remain indoors, hidden from the DEs and how Snape is out risking his neck, but we all know that Sirius would gladly be out risking his own.
The thing about the OWLs is odd. Given Snape’s teaching style, its safe to assume that most of his NEWTs students are Slytherins, given how he teaches more to them and sidelines the other houses. Taking only Os into NEWT classes is a bit ridiculous. It would be like asking me to get an A in my Microbio class, which I am just barely scraping by.
Snape insults Harry for not reading his instructions properly even though they’re in his FUCKING HANDWRITING (check yourself, asshole). And then he vanishes Harry’s potion and gives him a zero (rude).
He empties his cauldron constantly, I honestly don’t know how Harry could have possibly passed his class given how much Snape dragged his grade down.
Now to the Occlumency lessons. You have no fucking idea how much I hate Snape for those. Picking apart someone’s memories in an attempt to help them guard against mental attacks is a pretty shoddy idea. Snape gets to see all of Harry’s memories, when he’s vulnerable, when he’s being picked on by the Dursleys…and, ironically, he still considers arrogant and self-entitled, and that’s the mark of someone who just lacks all empathy.
It could even be argued that Snape made it easier for Voldemort to get into Harry’s head.
In Snape’s memories we get a glimpse of who Snape is and who James used to be. And while James was a bit crude, choking Snape with his cleansing charm, as brief as it was, given James’ background, its safe to say he wouldn’t have gone so far as to kill him. Snape, on the other hand, gave him a gash that could have easily slit his throat.
During Harry’s OWL potion’s exam he mentions how much easier it is to work without Snape breathing over his shoulder, and is probably a reason Harry does much better on his OWL.
He offers Umbridge to poison Harry since he’s out of Veritaserum, like wtf??
In book six:
He insults Tonks’ new patronus, to reflect her love for Remus, taking the form of a wolf, as looking rather weak, and then takes points off from Harry before the year even starts. Fifty points! For Lateness? What rubbish!
He makes fun of how Ron can barely Apparate and claims Harry’s knowledge of Inferi vs Ghosts is that of which a five year old could know.
Harry learns the truth about the prophecy and how Snape was the person who told Voldemort about it and subsequently caused his parents’ deaths, only one of which Snape appears to regret.
And while Harry and the others did not interact hardly at all with Snape in book seven, the memories Snape showed Harry proved what he was willing to sacrifice for Lily.
As someone has said before: James was willing to sacrifice himself for Lily and Harry, while Snape was willing to sacrifice Harry and James for Lily.
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So, I went on a long rant, haha! It took me hours to write it all down, but I feel like these are the most of the problems I have with Snape! Good luck with your paper!
James knotted the rope as tight as he could. The fraying fibers cut into Peter’s shoulders like twine making a hay bale bulge, but he couldn’t help the urge to check that Harry was still asleep upstairs.
His eye twitched the longer it was trained on Peter’s pale, sweaty face. And his fists clenched tightly around the wands in each hand. He didn’t miss the way grey eyes flickered down to ebony wood. He was scared, James realized with a bit of a start. He was shaking in the chair like a cornered animal.
His sandy hair was choppy, like someone had taken shears to it as a punishment. His face was breaking out, splotches of red like hives throughout his skin. His teeth were yellowing, and his nails were caked in dirt and overgrown.
He began to cry, and James’ curiosity quickly changed to fury.
“What are you weeping about?” he demanded, watching his volume. Peter wailed, only stopping when he bowed his head at James’ pointed wand at his nose.
“I’m sorry!” he stammered through each syllable.
James thought of Snape and Regulus answering vaguely whenever he asked about Peter. Saying he was serving Voldemort from one manor to the next. Staying hidden for the sake of keeping Sirius locked away. He briefly wondered if they’d held back more information to spare him the feeing he had in that moment.
Lily’s face appeared in front of him, the walls of their old home like blurry shadows behind her. He didn’t hear anything when her mouth moved, but he recognized the terror in her eyes. The tears that had fallen as she’d said goodbye.
“How could you do it?” he asked, hollow to Peter’s wide, fretful eyes.
“He made me,” Peter pleaded. The fingers of his left hand wriggled. “He made me vow to serve him until my death.” He shivered, as if the memory he’d conjured up made him weary. James felt like he was back in front of the television. “An unbreakable vow.”
James felt his heart break. It caught him off guard, and he sought to figure how it could have splintered even more. Instead, he stuffed a cloth napkin in Peter’s flapping mouth.
“I hadn’t asked you to do so much,” he waved his wand and watched as thin strings of silvery magic wrapped around Peter like cords of wire. He looked his betrayer in the eye, “Funny how you’ve made everything worse for yourself just on your own.”
He heard light taps above them, signaling his son’s rise.
the “fic” mentioned in the tags
thank you for your input!! i’m so happy to see that someone else wants james to be utterly pissed at the order’s shortcomings. because i’m still mad that dumbledore and snape knew voldemort was close, and they didn’t go the extra mile to protect them. it genuinely makes my eye twitch.
and i definitely don’t think i’ll be making james involved with anyone. at least not for a long time. i find it impossible for him to get over lily for at least a few decades. i’ll be keeping her ghost very close to him.
as for the order.
james hides away in london. he keeps an eye on the dursley’s for lily’s sake, makes sure death eaters don’t kill them. since it’d just be another bucket load of guilt weighing down the slab on his shoulders anyway.
harry grows up a quiet kid. he doesn’t talk much because he doesn’t have many people to talk to. and he and james rarely have to verbally communicate what they need. he loves dessert like his father, but hates lemon like his mother. he loves to fly around the house on james’ old broom once he grows big enough to hold it upright. james does not approve of it. he watches the cartoons that sirius loved, and the late night comedy shows that remus would change it to.
the hardest part for him was realizing that the last bit of mischief he’d held onto before, was gone. he was anxious and miserable. he pathetically joked that it was karma for the pranks he sprung on his own parents.
snape brought him messages from dumbledore, and allowances from gringgotts. and regulus kept coming because sometimes severus and james got too upset. and even though, one day, they’d both end up crying in each others arms, he’d keep tagging along anyway.
at first, james only let them in because a selfish side of him loved the way severus read books like lily. and he loved watching the way regulus wore rings like sirius, and ate too much chocolate like remus. he loved how to two of them cracked smiles at the jokes he rarely made, even if they weren’t that good.
eventually, voldemort goes into hiding. james hears that it was because he was almost arrested by some nameless auror from one person. but, another swore that it was because he’s grown scared of the new minister of magic.
james believed neither. but he considered checking on what was left of the order, seeking answers to questions he knew would only make him despise his naive self even more.
also, here’s chapter one lololol
@ravishinglavishingluvr (just in case you were interested as well)
harry potter au where james is still alive, but lily still sacrificed herself.
i’m thinking she had her wand, james didn’t, she made him take harry and run. and she was so infuriated and frightening, that james listened to her, praying to the whole universe that she would make it out alive. they had their final, desperate kiss. and then she was running towards the explosion at their doorstep.
he ran into the darkness, grabbing his broom and sobbing with his sleeping son in his arms as blue and green lights flashed through their windows. he took off and forced himself not to look back. because he would’ve ruined everything if he had.
he made it somewhere over the ocean, looking over dark waves as the sun rose again. he was freezing, but harry was watching him silently from his blanket. they were still in their pajamas. harry had always loved their broom rides, but he didn’t giggle like he usually did.
they eventually go into hiding. he reads about lily’s death through the paper, dealing with the grief on his own.
he reads about sirius’ arrest, and peters death. then, he reads about voldemort slowly taking over the ministry one department at a time. making it harder and harder for muggle born witches and wizards to come and go. then, it’s remus’ arrest after killing fenrir greyback in a blind fit of werewolf bloodlust.
he grieves again, because he’s truly alone.
while out shopping, polyjuice potion disguising him as he sorts through produce, he catches a cat watching him from the stoop of the small store. then, a familiar nose that makes him grab his son. then, a rippled vision of his best friend.
he pays five minutes later, because harry was much too thin to go a day without good food. and he tries to run. but, he’s quickly caught, and the flurry of spells he tries to send at the men are deflected with awful, sympathetic grimaces.
he doesn’t relent until the cat finally transforms, a cold hand patting his cheek as his favorite professor pulls him into a tight embrace.
it takes possibly too much convincing, but eventually he’s making them chai, and keeping harry protectively close. they ask him to rejoin the order, to let them protect him. protect harry.
he screamed at them, only catching himself haphazardly when harry began to cry. but he’d been so full of wrath as they spoke, like he hadn’t experienced the torture of own failure. like everyone he’d ever loved wasn’t gone.
all, except his son. he wouldn’t allow the order to fail them a second time.
he’d never seen severus or regulus look so defeated. like he was someone they cared about, and they weren’t sure how to comfort him. like they were friends. he bluntly reminded them that his friends were as good as dead. minerva teared up.
he packed everything up with a rushed spell, and took harry away with the three of them still sitting behind steaming mugs.
he took to teaching harry everything he could. going through old books that his own parents had collected. some of his own from school, which held idiotic notes that he’d cry over late at night.
a few months after harry had turned five, it was severus (of all people) who found them again.
lol. this got too long and i’m still thinking about how the plot would go. i’ll possibly post more parts as i think of them. i already know if or when i do write this as a proper fic, it’ll be long. i crave james angst i fear. possible ship recommendations would be appreciated for consideration. i don’t promise anything, but romance can make things so much more tragic 🤭
harry potter au where james is still alive, but lily still sacrificed herself.
i’m thinking she had her wand, james didn’t, she made him take harry and run. and she was so infuriated and frightening, that james listened to her, praying to the whole universe that she would make it out alive. they had their final, desperate kiss. and then she was running towards the explosion at their doorstep.
he ran into the darkness, grabbing his broom and sobbing with his sleeping son in his arms as blue and green lights flashed through their windows. he took off and forced himself not to look back. because he would’ve ruined everything if he had.
he made it somewhere over the ocean, looking over dark waves as the sun rose again. he was freezing, but harry was watching him silently from his blanket. they were still in their pajamas. harry had always loved their broom rides, but he didn’t giggle like he usually did.
they eventually go into hiding. he reads about lily’s death through the paper, dealing with the grief on his own.
he reads about sirius’ arrest, and peters death. then, he reads about voldemort slowly taking over the ministry one department at a time. making it harder and harder for muggle born witches and wizards to come and go. then, it’s remus’ arrest after killing fenrir greyback in a blind fit of werewolf bloodlust.
he grieves again, because he’s truly alone.
while out shopping, polyjuice potion disguising him as he sorts through produce, he catches a cat watching him from the stoop of the small store. then, a familiar nose that makes him grab his son. then, a rippled vision of his best friend.
he pays five minutes later, because harry was much too thin to go a day without good food. and he tries to run. but, he’s quickly caught, and the flurry of spells he tries to send at the men are deflected with awful, sympathetic grimaces.
he doesn’t relent until the cat finally transforms, a cold hand patting his cheek as his favorite professor pulls him into a tight embrace.
it takes possibly too much convincing, but eventually he’s making them chai, and keeping harry protectively close. they ask him to rejoin the order, to let them protect him. protect harry.
he screamed at them, only catching himself haphazardly when harry began to cry. but he’d been so full of wrath as they spoke, like he hadn’t experienced the torture of own failure. like everyone he’d ever loved wasn’t gone.
all, except his son. he wouldn’t allow the order to fail them a second time.
he’d never seen severus or regulus look so defeated. like he was someone they cared about, and they weren’t sure how to comfort him. like they were friends. he bluntly reminded them that his friends were as good as dead. minerva teared up.
he packed everything up with a rushed spell, and took harry away with the three of them still sitting behind steaming mugs.
he took to teaching harry everything he could. going through old books that his own parents had collected. some of his own from school, which held idiotic notes that he’d cry over late at night.
a few months after harry had turned five, it was severus (of all people) who found them again.
lol. this got too long and i’m still thinking about how the plot would go. i’ll possibly post more parts as i think of them. i already know if or when i do write this as a proper fic, it’ll be long. i crave james angst i fear. possible ship recommendations would be appreciated for consideration. i don’t promise anything, but romance can make things so much more tragic 🤭
Little prince
It’s absolutely crazy to me that jk shitling wrote snape and Harry’s relationship to be an absolutely PERFECT, and I mean like it was a divine sign from god, potential adoption relationship, and then she destroyed snape by giving him an incel fueled “redemption” and then had him killed so he had no way to repair his relationship with Harry.
If you are not convinced, PICTURE THIS:
Severus snape: tired, angry, slytherin, cold to everyone and everybody alive except lily evans which is why I said alive, in danger from being double spy death eater, selfish, cruel, master at potions, professor, weighed down with guilt and grief for his best friend’s death which he basically caused, fueled by hate for James potter and the other marauders, was abused by his father, master at occlumency, lives alone with no other family, has no friends, traumatized, hates Harry for looking like James, in the Order
Harry potter: tired, angry, hot headed, loyal, gryffindor, has only two friends, no loving family, orphan, horribly abused by his shitty relatives, traumatized, in danger from Voldemort and everything else that exists, savior complex, looks like James potter (except his eyes of course), hates snape because he’s a terrible teacher, manipulated by dumbledong, sees his classmates and friends die, kind of in the Order, has no parents
THIS IS PERFECT. THEY FIRST HATE EACH OTHER SO THERE IS TENSION AND MISUNDERSTANDINGS. THERE’S YEARS OLD GRUDGES SO THERE’S DRAMA. THERE’S VOLDEMORT SO THERE’S A THREAT. There is trauma and abuse so there’s hurt comfort. None of Harry’s friends understand his bond with snape so there’s that kind of reflective property of what they used to be like. Best of all they are forced to hide their relationship in public so it’s funny and also loving.
Snape is cold and alone and oh no James potter reincarnated is his student and oh no he’s actually not like his father??? How is he supposed to hate him now??? And the boy is also an abused child like he once was?? SNAPE MUST SAVE HARRY AND ADOPT HIM.
I’ve read a billion severitus fanfics on ao3 and they all have classic things that happen it’s like the Bible at this point.
Snape and Harry hate each other at first. Then there’s an incident (usually always from Harry’s end) that makes them hate other more and they are usually forced into isolation together (either at snape’s house at spinner’s end or shell cottage). Then something happens and snape gets hints that Harry isn’t the pampered prince he was prepared for and the professor slowly discovers Harry’s terrible upbringing (which sometimes reminds him of his own terrible upbringing). There’s occulmency and nightmares for more hurt comfort. Then something dramatic and tense happens regarding the Order/ Voldemort and Harry gets in danger/ pain/ peril, which snape saves him from. After that there’s sometimes a part where snape reveals his tragic backstory and relationship with lily, which makes Harry hate him again for indirectly killing his parents. Then they reconcile and Snape brings up adoption. THE END.
ITS PERFECT. THERE IS LITERALLY NO BETTER CARETAKER FOR HARRY THAN SNAPE (once he stops being a shithead that is).
List of ao3 sveritus fanfics that I love:
I, Your Glass by koppelkat: https://archiveofourown.org/works/28872054/chapters/70825338
Crime and Punishment by melolcatsi: https://archiveofourown.org/works/24102232/chapters/58018174
O Mine Enemy by KirbyLane: https://archiveofourown.org/works/29013294/chapters/71209311
Of Mice and Men by ahhhhhh_ahhhhhhh: https://archiveofourown.org/works/43700836/chapters/109889461
Travelling Companions by OutriderIvyHill22: https://archiveofourown.org/works/57104065/chapters/145235671
Tw: Child abuse
While I don’t envision Harry to be a particularly jealous person in the books, I can’t help but think about certain situations with Severitus where that emotion might come out.
I especially think about it when fanfics depict Severus as a protector for abused children in slytherin or Hogwarts as a whole. I think Harry seeing how Snape treats other children compared to him would enrage him.
Just seeing everything that he could have if things were just a little bit different, if he was sorted into slytherin, or if he just had a different father, or some other insignificant thing, he could have had the love, care and protection he always wanted. He could have had someone on his side who actually fought for him, was willing to do the hard stuff for him.
But he doesn’t just get jealous of how Snape treats other children, he gets jealous of the fact that Snape FINDS OUT about the other children’s abuse. He sees how easily Severus seems to pick up on other kids flinching, hiding injuries, or peculiar behavior, taking them aside after class within the first year, first month of school. Yet, after years of knowing him, Snape seems to have no clue. He sees that and can’t help but think why not him as well, he gets so so angry.
The anger and jealousy doesn’t stick however as he just ends up thinking maybe the way the dursleys treat him isn’t so bad, after all, if the number one person in the school for detecting abuse can’t see it, maybe it’s not actually abuse. And anyways, he should be grateful the other kids have someone to go to.
And somewhere deep down he thinks it’s his fault, because he has gotten rather good at covering up their tracks over the years. How can he blame the Professor when he purposefully hides the evidence?
Anyways hope yall enjoyed this rant :D
Two up, two down
We talk about Potter as a timeless series, as quills and parchment will never date, but there are a few key elements which are of their time, and I sometimes suspect that eventually, their original meaning may be lost.
Snape’s house in Spinner’s End is one of these. If you visit Surrey, a house akin to Number 4 on Privet Drive can be found on hundreds of identical estates. Indeed, the three-bedroom house with a garage, and both front and back gardens, situated on a private housing estate in leafy surburbia is one that most British people will have strolled through at some point.
But Snape’s house in Spinner’s End is the opposite of the Dursleys’ aspirational abode, and is somewhere that few modern readers will have seen in its original form with their own eyes. Snape’s house in Spinner’s End is a traditional two up, two down through terraced house, mired deep in a maze of identical cobbled streets, overlooked by a looming mill chimney, and seemingly – by the 90s – entirely abandoned.
The difficulty that some may have in accurately picturing this scene is because these houses, in this state, no longer exist. A large percentage of two up, two down terraces were demolished as part of slum clearance, which should tell you all that you need to know about the state of the houses.
Those which remained have been extensively modified – usually knocking down the privy (outside toilet), and then building a two storey extension across the bulk of the yard to create a third room downstairs, and a bathroom upstairs. Some houses only have a single extension; it is rather common in some areas of the Midlands to have a bathroom that leads off the kitchen downstairs – because the bathroom was the missing room, and it was cheaper to build one storey than two.
Pottermore had an article earlier in the year which explained how the filmmakers originally wanted to film on location, but could not, because the houses simply did not exist in their traditional state.
The houses were typically constructed with two rooms downstairs and two rooms upstairs with a tiny backyard entry leading to the outhouse. Craig actually considered shooting on location, but even though the buildings were intact, they had been brought into the modern era, with up-to-date kitchens and plastic extensions, so the set was built at the studio.
Throughout the 20th century, cobbled streets were routinely replaced by various other road surfaces, namely tarmac and asphalt – and, of course, the scarcity of cobblestones now means that such streets are aesthetically desirable. However, the cobblestones in Spinner’s End are not an indication of affluence, but an indication of an area left behind. This is further illustrated by the rusted railings, the broken streetlights, and the boarded up windows.
These were workers houses, often funded by the owners of the mill, and therefore tied – meaning that rent was deducted from your wage before you received it. There were benefits to being in tied accommodation, including being close to work and having a guaranteed landlord – but that was as much benefit to the mill owner as the worker. Seeing great competition, some mill owners invested in their properties to entice workers – but Spinner’s End is not an example of this; Spinner’s End would’ve been regarded as little better than a slum even when fully occupied.
The narrow streets are indicative of when these houses were built, presumably in the late 1800s – cars were not a concern, and the attitude was to build as many houses on as small a piece of land as possible.
By the time the 90s roll around, and we see Narcissa and Bellatrix descend upon the street, Spinner’s End appears to be mostly deserted. With the closure of traditional manual industries, families would be keen to relocate to where work could be found. Estates which hadn’t already been cleared by the 60s would find themselves left to rack and ruin, their former occupants long gone – whether seeking a new life elsewhere, or having died.
For once, Bellatrix is not being anti-Muggle when she sneers at the Muggle dunghill; she is unnervingly accurate. It is a slum by her standards, but most importantly, it was a slum by everyone else’s standards as well. By the time Severus was born, work should’ve been well under way to clear the area, or to renovate it. This evidently did not occur – which itself explains how undesirable the area is; nobody wanted to spruce it up - they wanted to leave. There were no jobs, no amenities, no services – and eventually, no people.
We often ponder why Snape remains at Spinner’s End, but perhaps there lies the answer; he wasn’t just hiding from the magical world, but he was also hiding from the Muggle world as well…
TRANS WOMEN ARE WOMEN
I love #Harrypotter but I totally hate all of JK Rowling's transphobic comments. I wanted to make a drawing, it seemed appropriate that it be in the month of June . Amo #Harrypotter pero aborresco totalmente todos los comentarios transfobicos de JK Rowling. Queria hacer un dibujo, me parecia apropiado que sea en el mes de Junio . instagram, tiktok, youtube, twitter, threads: _natu_art_ . . .
Harry Potter Masterlist (2024)
General
Oneshots
"Surprise! It’s a Girl." ( Marvel Crossover ) ( x Potter! Reader )
@fanficimagery
Imagine finding out you're not who you've been led to believe you are. You're not Y/N Y/L/N; you're Y/N Potter. But one particular wizard was against you reuniting with your little brother when you found out just who he was. In the end, you're determined to see him even if it means fighting in a war where a Dark Lord would see your brother dead.
Charlie Weasley
Oneshots
"Harry's Elder Sister"
@fanficimagery
No summary provided
Regulus Black
Fics
"Their Daughter" Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6 ( x Niece! Reader )
@believinghurts
What if Sirius Black had a daughter? What if Regulus Black raised her with the help of Remus, Severus, and the Malfoys? What happens when Sirius returns into her life? This is the story of Alianova Jane Black and her friends.
Sirius Black
Fics
"Their Daughter" Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6 ( x Daughter! Reader )
@believinghurts
What if Sirius Black had a daughter? What if Regulus Black raised her with the help of Remus, Severus, and the Malfoys? What happens when Sirius returns into her life? This is the story of Alianova Jane Black and her friends.
Remus Lupin
Fics
"Their Daughter" Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6 ( x Niece! Reader )
@believinghurts
What if Sirius Black had a daughter? What if Regulus Black raised her with the help of Remus, Severus, and the Malfoys? What happens when Sirius returns into her life? This is the story of Alianova Jane Black and her friends.
Oneshots
"You have a son?" ( x Single Mother! Reader )
@fanficimagery
Imagine finding out you're Remus Lupin's mate.
Severus Snape
Fics
"Their Daughter" Part 2 Part 3 Part 4 Part 5 Part 6 ( x Niece! Reader )
@believinghurts
What if Sirius Black had a daughter? What if Regulus Black raised her with the help of Remus, Severus, and the Malfoys? What happens when Sirius returns into her life? This is the story of Alianova Jane Black and her friends.
Tom Riddle
Oneshots
"‘𝐀𝐏𝐏𝐘 𝐏𝐀𝐏𝐀 𝐃𝐀𝐘!"
@mistress-riddle
A father's Day with Tom riddle of how he spends time with his child.