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of violent delights chapter 14

messrs moony, wormtail, padfoot, and prongs

9 june 1996

Euphemia’s POV

“You’re mad,” I can’t help but scoff at the accusation that Ron’s rat, a rat that has been in his family for years, is actually a wizard who is supposed to be dead.

“You’re mental,” Ron cries, cradling Scabbers closer.

“Ludicrous!” Hermione says softly.

“Peter Petirgrew is dead! You killed him!” Harry says, pointing his wand at Black.

“I meant to,” Black growls, glaring at the rat furiously. “Little Peter fooled me once but not this time!” Black lunges forward towards Ron and Scabbers but Lupin holds him back.

“Wait! Sirius, we have to explain why!”

“I’ll explain afterwards! I want to commit the murder I was imprisoned for!”

“They have a right to know, Sirius! You owe it to Harry and Mia to explain it. Ron’s kept him as a pet, some of it even I don’t understand yet. Wait,” Lupin says, gripping Sirius’ face and making him look at him. The two men share and glance and even a blind person could tell their history runs deep, deeper than friendship or roommate. Black stops fighting Lupin and nods, turning to pace closer to the bed while stile glaring at the rat in Ron’s hands.

“There were witnesses to Petigrew’s death. A whole street of Muggles,” I say, remembering the conversation we overheard at the Three Broomsticks.

“They didn’t see what they thought they did,” Black says.

“Everyone believed, even I, that Sirius killed Peter but when I saw it on the map I knew,” Lupin explains.

“Then the map was lying-“ Harry starts

“The map never lies. Peter’s alive and he’s right there!” Sirius growls, pointing a bony finger at Ron.

“Listen, it’s quite a long story…” Lupin starts but all our heads turn towards the door as there’s a loud creak. Lupin looks out to the landing but seeing nothing, turns back to us. “No one there.”

“This place is haunted,” Ron says, sounding more scared at the thought of ghosts than confronting Black.

“It’s not. This whole story starts when I became a werewolf. I was very young when I was bitten. Now, the Wolfsbane potion, which Professor Snape brews for me every month, is rather a new discovery and it lets me keep my mind when I transform. It used to be every month, I became a full fledged monster. I never thought I could come to Hogwarts but Dumbledore became Headmaster and was sympathetic. He said he would set up precautions for me. The Whomping Willow was planted to hide the tunnel that they dug to this house. All of it was built for my use during the full moon.” Lupin sits on an ottoman near the door, looking weary. “Once a month, teachers brought me here to transform and keep me from anyone else.’’

We all listen carefully although I can’t see how any of this matters concerning our parents' deaths.

“It was horrible, the transformation, in those days. The screams the villagers heard were me. I was separated from humans to bite so I hurt myself instead. Dumbledore encouraged the rumors of violent sprites to keep suspicion off but other than the full moons, I was happier than ever at Hogwarts. For the first time in my life, I had friends; Sirius Black, Peter Petegrew and James Potter. I tried telling them all kinds of excuses to explain my disappearances but they were smarter than that. James and Sirius worked it out easily enough, just like you, Hermione. I thought they’d abandon me but they didn’t, not at all. Instead they became Animagi.”

“What?” I exclaim, bewildered. The Animagus process is said to be incredibly difficult and I find it hard to believe they managed it on their own without anyone finding out.

“Our dad too?” Harry asks.

“Took us the better part of three years but yes,” Sirius mumbles, watching Remus for a moment before turning his gaze back to Sacabbers and Ron.

“Sirius and James were the cleverest in our year, possibly the whole school, besides Lily. Peter needed Sirius and James’ help of course but during our fifth year they managed it.”

“But how would that help you?” Hermione asks, confused.

“A werewolf is only dangerous to humans. So they snuck out of the castle with James’ Invisibility Cloak. Peter, the smallest as a rat, could reach the knot on the tree to immobilize it and they slipped down the tunnel to join me. I became less dangerous in their company. My mind seemed to stay with me more under their influence.”

“Hurry up, Remus,” Sirius snarls.

“I’m getting there,” Lupin says impatiently. “Eventually, we started leaving the shack and roaming the grounds at night. Sirius and James transformed into such large animals that they were able to keep me in check. That’s how we discovered as much as we did about Hogwarts and Hogsmeade. The tunnels and such. That’s how we came to write the Marauder’s Map and signed it with our nicknames. Sirius is Padfoot, Peter is Wormtail, and James was Prongs.”

I open my mouth to ask what kind of animal warrants a nickname like Prongs but Hermione beats me to it. “What’s really dangerous! What if you’d given the others the slip and ended up hurting someone?” she cries indignantly.

“You’re right of course,” Lupin says heavily. “And there were plenty of near misses that we laughed about afterwards. We were young, foolhardy, carried away with our cleverness… But I forgot all the guilt as soon as we began planning the next adventure. And I haven’t changed…” Lupin's face hardens with self disgust, “All year, I’ve battled with myself at admitting it all to Dumbledore. Knowing Sirius being an Animagus meant he could slip in and out of the castle better than anyone…. But I couldn’t face it. You were right to call me a coward, Mia. I am one,” he says looking at me. Guilt weighs heavily in my chest as I recall the nasty insults I slung his way on my birthday but before I can apologize Lupin forges on. “Dumbledore’s trust means everything to me, everything I have I owe to him admitting me to Hogwarts when no one else would. So I convinced myself that Sirius was using dark magic he learned from Voldemort instead. Really, Snape had been right about me all along. He’s been telling Dumbledore I’ve been helping Sirius all year. He has a sound reason…” Lupin and Black share a heavy glance and Black nods subtly, shame creeping into his eyes for a moment. “Sirius played a trick on him while we were at school. Severus was very interested as to why I disappear every month- we were in the same year you see- and we didn’t get along well. He especially hated James, jealous I think.” Harry and I share a look, well aware of Snape’s dislike of our father. “Anyway, Sirius thought it would be… amusing to tell Snape how to bypass the Willow. James found out what Sirius had done and went after him, pulling Snape back at the last moment. He caught a glimpse of me though. Dumbledore swore him to secrecy but he still knew…”

“That’s right,” a cold voice sneers from the doorway and Snape appears, pulling off the Invisibility Cloak, his wand pointed right at Lupin. Hermione yelps and Lupin jumps up from his seated position to face Snape. “Found this at the base of the Whomping Willow. Very helpful, Potter. Thank you. Well Lupin, I’ve just been to your office to bring you your potion and luckily there was a handy map lying open on your desk. One look told me everything I needed to know,” Snape sneers, looking more hateful than ever.

“Severus,” Black says darkly, glaring at the man.

“Oh vengeance is sweet, how I’d hoped to be the one to catch you,” Snape says, turning to Black. Lupin takes a step towards him but Snape points his wand back at him and he backs up to stand next to Sirius. “I told Dumbledore you were helping your old friend into the castle and now I have proof. Never thought you’d have the nerve to use this place as your hideout,” Snape sneers at the two men.

“Brilliant, Snivilous,” Black speaks up, “Again you’ve put your keen and penetrating mind to the problem and as usual come to the wrong conclusion. Now if you’ll excuse us, Remus and I have some unfinished busin-“ Black starts in, his voice mocking the Potions professor but Snape steps forward, holding his wand to Black throat causing Lupin to jump forward. Harry, Ron, Hermione and I press further back against the wall, wands still in our hands, and we share a look, knowing Snape will get in the way of us getting some real answers.

“I could do it, you know, but I’d rather watch the dementors. They’re so longing to see you, Sirius. And they’ll be so pleased to bring you along too, Remus,” Snape threatens.

“Severus don’t be a fool, we can explain everything,” Lupin says placatingly.

“He can’t help it. Habit by now,” Black says mockingly at Snape.

“Sirius, be quiet.”

“Be quiet yourself, Remus!”

“Look at you too, still quarreling like an old married couple,” Snape mocks.

“Just run along and play with your chemistry set!” Black snaps.

“Severus really, is a school boy grudge worth putting an innocent man back in Azkaban?” Lupin attempts to reason. It’s hard to tell whose face shows more hatred, Snape’s or Black’s, as they glare at each other, each daring the other to test them.

“Give me a reason,” Snape sneers, pressing his wand further into Black’s throat, ignoring Lupin.

“Severus, please,” Lupin pleads. Harry and I share a look, knowing we have to hear our father’s best friends out now. We’ve gone most of our lives with no real answers and now that they are in reach, we have to have them. Harry and I raise our wands at Snape simultaneously.

“Expelliarmus!” Harry casts.

“Stupify!” I cast myself and the combined force of our spells sends Snape flying backwards into the dusty four poster bed. Before anyone can react we turn our wands back to Black and Lupin.

“You attacked a teacher,” Hermione says quietly, her voice squeaky.

“You shouldn’t have done that, you should’ve left him to us,” Black says, looking at Harry.

“Yeah, you were doing a great job, weren’t you?” I snark.

“Thank you,” Lupin says, shooting a pointed look at Sirius.

“We’re not saying we believe you yet,” Harry says, his wand still raised towards Black.

“Tell us about Peter Petegrew. How do you reckon Scabbers is him?” I ask, the rat in question writhing wildly in Ron’s grip.

Black reaches into his robes and pulls out a very crumpled up piece of paper which he hands to Remus. “Fudge came to do an inspection last year. Gave me this and I knew… I’d recognize him anywhere,” Black explains and I step forward to see the paper. It’s the Daily Prophet picture and article of the Weasley’s in Egypt and on Ron’s shoulder sits Scabbers.

“He’s missing a toe… Godric,” Lupin says examining the picture and the rat in Ron’s hands.

“What about it?” Ron asks.

And then it hits me. “All they could find of Pettigrew was his fi-“

“His finger! The filthy coward cut it off so everyone would think he was dead and then he transformed into a rat!” Black spits. “Just as I caught up to him he yelled to the whole street that I’d betrayed Lily and James and before I could do anything he blew up the whole street with his wand behind his back. Next thing I knee, a rat was scurrying off down to the sewer.”

“He probably just got into a fight with another rat he’s been in my family for ages,” Ron counters, still not believing it.

“Fifteen years, yes? Curiously long life for a common garden rat,” Black points out.

“We take good care of him!” Ron argues.

“Well he doesn’t look too good now. I suspect he’s been looking sickly since he heard Sirius had escaped,” Lupin observes.

“No, he’s afraid of that crazy cat!” Ron exclaims pointing at Crookshanks.

“Ron, they’re right. He’d been looking ill before ‘Mione got the cat,” Harry reminds Ron.

“I told you, Ron!” Hermione says, seemingly relieved that her cat is innocent.

“This cat isn’t mad. It’s quite intelligent actually,” Sirius says, patting Crookshanks. “He recognized Peter for what he was immediately, same with me when we met. He knew I wasn’t really a dog and once I got him to trust me, we learned how to communicate. He’s been helping me, you see. Tried to bring Peter to me, but couldn’t so he took the passwords to the Tower. But Peter figured it out and ran for it. This cat- Crookshanks you called him?- told me there was blood on the sheets. Peter must have figured faking his death worked once well enough,” Black growls the last part.

“Yes but why did he fake his death?” Harry speaks up, looking furious again. “Because he knew you were about to murder him like you did our parents! And now you’ve come to finish him off!”

“No, Harry-“ Lupin starts but Black cuts him off.

“Yes, I have.”

“Then we should’ve let Snape take you!” I say angrily.

“No, don’t you see? All these years, we thought Sirius betrayed your parents and Peter tracked him down but it was the other way around-” Lupin says placatingly.

“No, he was their Secret Keeper. He admitted it before you turned up. He killed them!” Harry yells, angrily, his hand shaking as he points his wand at Black.

“I as good as killed them…” Black says quietly, grief making his voice heavy. “I convinced Lily and James to switch to Peter at the last moment, make him the Secret Keeper instead. I’m to blame, I know it… That… The night they died, I’d had plans to check in on Peter but when I arrived at his hideout he was gone. It didn’t feel right, there were no signs of a struggle. I was scared…. I went to check on your parents and I saw the house… their bodies… I realized what Peter had done. What I did…” Black looks up at Harry and I, grief overtaking his features as a tear rolls down his cheek. “You two were crying in Harry’s crib… screaming for your mum who-- who was dead on the floor in front of you, the roof blown off, both of you bleeding. I tried to take you, keep you safe but Hagrid wouldn’t let me. I figured I’d take care of Peter and then Remus and I would come back and take you home…” Black looks between Harry and I, his eyes pleading for us to believe him. I blink as tears flood my eyes, filled with grief not only over our parents but the life my brother and I might have lived. Two lives really; one with our parents alive and happy and one being raised by the two men in front of us. Both options far happier than the lot we ended up with.

“Enough of this,” Lupin says, a steely tone in his voice, one I haven’t heard from the man before. “There’s one way to prove all of this. Ron, give me the rat.”

“What are you going to do to him?” Ron asks, holding a squirming Scabbers close to his chest.

“Force him to show his true self, if he really is a rat then it won’t hurt him,” Lupin responds. Ron considers Lupin for a moment but eventually, he holds Scabbers out to Lupin. Scabbers starts squeaking and writhing more widely. “Ready, Sirius?” Lupin asks. Black has already picked up Snape’s wand from the bed and approaches Lupin and the squirming rat, hsi eyes burning.

“Together?” Black asks to which Lupin nods. They count to three, Lupin holding Scabbers aloft, and a flash of bright blue lights erupts from both wands and Scabbers falls to the floor- Ron crying out for his pet. But there was another flash of light and from the small rat on the floor, slowly grows a man. A very short, mousy looking man, with thin colorless hair. He stood sort of hunched over, his skin grungy looking and unwell. Peter Petigrew looks around at the rest of us in the room, his eyes darting between Harry, me and the door.

“Hello, Peter,” Lupin says with a faux pleasantness. “Long time no see.”

“S-S-Sirius, R-Remus, my old friends!” Cries Peter, his voice squeaky, as his eyes dart to the door and he tries to dart between the two men towards the door but is stopped by Lupin and Black. Peter turns to Harry and I, stepping closer to us and I push Harry behind me and Peter approaches, keeping my wand between me and the rat like man.

“Harry? Look at you, you look so much like your father, like James. And you Euphemia, just like Lily. We were the best of friends, we-”

“How dare you speak to them? How dare you talk about James and Lily in front of them!” Black shouts, pulling Peter away from us.

“You were the spy! You sold James and Lily to Voldemort, didn’t you?” Lupin chimes in, the two men pinning Peter against the piano.

“I-I didn’t mean to!” Peter squeaks. “The Dark Lord! You have no idea the power he possesses. What would you have done, Sirius?”

“I would’ve died! I would’ve died rather than betray my friends!” Black bellows. “You haven’t been hiding from me all these years, Peter. You’ve been hiding from Voldemort’s old supporters. I heard things in Azkaban, Peter. They think the double crosser double crossed them. They think you gave Voldemort bad information knowing it would lead to his defeat!”

“I don’t know what you’re talking about! You tried to kill me!” Peter yelps and tries again for the door but I beat him there first, preventing him from leaving.

“Mia, your parents wouldn’t have wanted me killed. Your dad, he would’ve shown me mercy!” He pleads, trying to grab at me but my raised wand keeps him at bay until Remus and Sirius manage to pull him back towards the piano.

“You should’ve realized that if Voldemort wouldn’t kill you then we would. Together!” Black says angrily, Lupin by his side as they both raise their wands at the rat like man who cowers from them.

“NO!” Harry and I yell simultaneously, stopping them.

Lupin turns to us, “This man-”

“We know what he is,” Harry snaps. “We’ll take him to the castle.”

“Bless you, boy,” he sighs, falling to the floor to claw at Harry’s feet.

“Get off him!” I snap, sending sparks to Peter’s hands causing him to back away. “He said we’d take you to the castle. Then the dementors can have you,” I sneer at the man cowering on the ground at the idea of the dementors.

“Thank you,” Peter squeaks from the floor.

“We’re not doing this for you,” I spit.

“You two are the only ones who have the right to decide… but why?” Lupin asks, eyeing Harry and I carefully. Harry and I share a glance, only needing that much to know we are on the same page.

“I don’t think our parents would want their two best friends to become killers,” Harry states simply.

“You believe us then? Believe me?” Black says, looking between us, hope in his eyes for the first time all night.

Harry and I nod and it's as if the weight of the world falls from Black’s shoulders, joy and hope making him look younger. Harry looks to Ron and Hermione who have watched the whole thing in shock and awe. And as I stand there, staring at my brother and our godfathers, I can’t help as hope starts to creep into my chest as well.

a/n; ahh again, most of this is taken from the book/movie. In the book there are like 3 chapters of them in just in the Shack so I hope I got the important parts at least. And Mattheo will be back soon, I promise. I meant for the Shack scene to be just one chapter but it got stupid long so I split it up. Also, I’m kind of using All the Young Dudes by MsKingBean89 as my source for the Marauders’ time at Hogwarts if you’re interested.

taglist; @purplegardenwhispers @somethingswiftandstyles @weasleyreidstyles @mayamonroem @girlbooklover555 @stxrszurzolo

#harry potter #harry potter fandom #harry potter fanfiction #matteo riddle #hogwarts #hogwarts oc #hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry #hp fanfic #wizarding world #hogwarts houses #prisoner of azkaban #of violent delights #mattheo riddle fanfic #mattheo riddle imagine #the maruaders #remus lupin #sirius black #peter pettigrew

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dukereviewsmovies · 3 years

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Duke Reviews: Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street

Hello, I'm Andrew Leduc And Welcome To Duke Reviews Where I Want To Apologize For Not Finishing Duke's Monsterween This Year...

Alot Has Happened In My Life Since I Disappeared, My Mom The One Person Who Believed In Me And My Reviews Passed Away Due To Organ Failure And Possibly Leukemia, Leaving My Whole Life In Question To The Point That I Don't Know If I'm Going To Continue Doing This Or Not...

But Until It's Figured Out And Handled, The Show Must Go On As It's What My Mom Would Have Wanted So, Slowly I Am Going To Return To Doing Duke Reviews...

But I Am Going To Release Them On My Time And Do Whatever I Want Not Just Something On One Subject So For Now Our Look At Disney Is Over...

But Lately I Have Been Watching Some Musicals, So To End Duke's Monsterween Right, We're Going To Look At Horror Related Musical But Since I Don't Own Rocky Horror And I'm Definitely Not Ready To Dive Into Phantom Yet, Let's End Monsterween With Tim Burton And Sweeney Todd...

With Music By Stephen Sondheim, This Film Is About A Former Barber Named Benjamin Barker Returning Home To London After Spending Time In Jail On A False Charge Only To Find That His Wife Is Dead And His Daughter Is Living With The Man Who Had Him Arrested...

This Leads Barker To Become Sweeney Todd And Go Down A Path Of Revenge Against The Man Who Wronged Him...

So, Let's Watch Sweeney Todd And See How Tim Burton Handles The Musical Genre..

So After A Bloody Opening...

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We Open At The London Bridge On A Boat As We Meet Our Supporting Protagonist, Antony (Played By Jamie Campbell Bower) Who Is With Our Main Protagonist Benjamin Barker (Played By Johnny Depp) As We Get Our First Song There's No Place Like London

Where As They Arrive Into The Port, Benjamin Tells Antony His Backstory...

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As The 2 Separate, Barker Heads Into Town Until He Reaches Mrs. Lovett's Pie Shop Where He Meets The Owner Herself, Mrs. Lovett (Played By Helena Bonham Carter) Who Sings Our Next Song The Worst Pies In London

But Despite Me Having No Problem With Bonham Carter, She's Still Not As Good As The Original Mrs. Lovett, Angela Lansbury Who Actually Recently Celebrated Her Birthday...

Happy Belated Birthday, Angela!

Feeling Bad For Barker When He Eats Her Rotten Pie, Lovett Takes Barker Up To Her Apartment Where He Asks If That Room Upstairs Is For Rent But She Tells Him No But That's Mainly Because No One Will Go Near It Because It's Haunted Which Leads Her To Tell A Story...

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With Lovett Figuring Out Who He Is, Barker Asks Where His Wife Is Only For Lovett To Tell Him That His Wife Is Dead And His Daughter Is With The Man Who Arranged For His Arrest, Judge Turpin (Played By The Late Alan Rickman)

This Leads Barker To Decide To Change His Name To Sweeney Todd And Have His Revenge On Turpin...

Going Upstairs, He Finds His Old Shaving Equipment Which Leads To Our Next Song, My Friends

Which Is One Of My Favorite Songs In The Musical And Depp Pulls It Off Well...

Meanwhile, On The Other Side Of Town, Antony Spies On Barker's Daughter Johanna And After Learning Her Name From A Homeless Woman, He Instantly Falls In Love With Her To The Point He Starts Singing A Love Song...

But His Interest Is Spotted By Her Caretaker, Judge Turpin Who While Nice At First Ends Up Having His Right Hand Man, Beedle Bamford (Played By Peter Petigrew)...

I Guess Once A Rat Always A Rat...

Beat The Hell Out Of Antony With His Cane Before Sending Him On His Way, Which Leads Antony To Swear To Save Johanna From The Clutches Of The Evil Turpin...

Travelling To The Town Square, Barker And Lovett Watch A Show Run By Kid Named Toby...

Thank God It's A Kid Here As In The Show It's Usually A Guy Who Plays This Role When Actually It Should Be A Kid Playing This Role...

Who Is Attempting To Sell A Miracle Elixar Created By A Man Named Pirelli Which Is Guaranteed To Grow Back Hair, But When Sweeney And Lovett To Be Nothing But Pee (I Refuse To Say P***) And Ink, Pirelli (Played By Borat) Himself Comes Out To Confront Them...

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After The Contest A Guy Who I'm Laying 10 To 1 Is Giles From Buffy's Ancestor (Because He's Played By The Same Guy) And Beedle Bamford Himself Offer Todd Congratulations As They Promise To Visit His New Barber Shop Above Mrs. Lovett's Shop By The End Of The Week...

Days Later, Johanna Tosses Antony A Key To Her Room, Before We Cut Back To Sweeney And Lovett As They Wait For Bamford To Visit With Todd's Patience Starting To Run Out Which Leads To Our Next Song...

Afterwards, Antony Drops In To Tell Todd About His Plans With Johanna And Asks If He Can Hide Her There In The Shop Until He Can Get A Coach Which Will Take Them Away From London Forever To Which He Agrees...

But As Antony Leaves, Pirelli Arrives To Talk With Todd While Lovett Takes His Assistant Toby Into His Shop To Give Him One Of Her Pies Which Surprisingly He Likes...

Entering His Shop, Pirelli Reveals His Name Is Really Davey Collins And That He Knows Who Todd Really Is Mainly Because He Used To Work For Him Years Ago...

With Collins Blackmailing Him, Todd Decides To Kill Him By Bashing Him With A Teapot Before Hiding Him In A Case As Toby Comes In Looking For Pirelli...

But Telling Toby To Tell Mrs Lovett To Open A Bottle Of Gin On Him, Toby Leaves So Todd Can Finish Off Pirelli By Slitting His Throat...

Meanwhile At The Courthouse, Beedle Bamford Talks With Judge Turpin Who Has Decided To Marry Johanna In An Effort To Shield Her From "The Evils Of The World"...

But With Johanna Showing Reluctance To Turpin, It Leads To Our Next Song...

As Lovett Comes Up For Todd To Show Her That He Killed Pirelli And To Tell Her That He Intends To Kill Toby But Mrs Lovett Convinces Him To Spare Toby's Life As She Wanted To Hire Someone To Help Her Run The Shop...

Noticing That Turpin And Beedle Bamford Are Coming He Tells Mrs. Lovett To Get Out, So He Can Prepare For Turpin Who Eventually Enters, Leading To Our Next Song...

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But As Todd Is About To Kill Turpin, Antony Enters Which Causes Turpin To Storm Out Promising That He Will Never Be Back Again Which Leads To Our Next Song And One Of My Favorites, Epiphany And Depp Seriously Nails This Song...

It Was Like It Was Made For Him As He Expresses Every Emotion That Sweeney Is Feeling At This Particular Moment Perfectly...

Going Downstairs, They Plan To Get Rid Of Pirelli's Body As Toby Sleeps Off The Booze But Mrs. Lovett Comes Up With A Better Plan Leading To Our Next Song...

And This Song Is Just Devious With It's Rhymes...

Returning Home, Judge Turpin Decides To Teach Johanna Some Respect By Having Beedle Bamford Throw Her Into Fogg's Asylum...

Don't Do That, A Nun Told Me A Girl Got Raped There Only Be Born With The Bastard Son Of 100 Maniacs...

This Leads To A Reprise Of Johanna Between Todd And Antony Who Walks In The Streets While Todd Kills People While Shaving Them, Practicing For The Day That Turpin Returns...

While Downstairs, Mrs Lovett And Toby Feed People Her New Pies Made Out Of People...

Leading To Our Next Song...

The Next Day, Lovett, Toby And Todd Go Down To The Park Where Lovett Talks About Her Buisness Despite Sweeney's Mind Being On The Judge Either Way Though It Leads To Our Next Song...

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And I Swear, Throughout This Song Johnny Depp Only Has One Expression, To The Point You're Begging For Him To Blink Or Something.,..

Eventually Antony Drops By To Tell Sweeney What Turpin Did With Johanna, This Leads Him To Suggest That Antony Pose As A Wig Maker's Apprentice In An Attempt To Bust Her Out Of The Asylum...

Afterwards, Todd Has Toby Deliver A Letter To Turpin About Antony And Johanna In An Effort To Lure Him To His Parlor So He Can Kill Him...

Later That Evening, Toby Returns To Mrs Lovett After Delivering The Letter To Turpin, Leading To Probably The Most Well Known Song From This Musical, Not While I'm Around...

I Mainly Say That Because Every Singer From Michael Ball To Josh Groban Has Most Likely Done This Song...

Discovering That Mrs Lovett Has Pirelli's Coin Purse, Toby Is About To Go To Beedle Bamford So He Can Arrest Todd But Convincing Him To Hold Off Doing That, Lovett Takes Him Down To The Pie Room Telling Him To Eat As Many Pies As He Wants While She Runs An Errand...

And By That She Means, Tell Todd What Toby Said So He Can Kill Him But Before He Can Do That, Beedle Bamford Shows Up Complaining About The Smell From Their Chimney, Which Leads Todd To Offer Him A Free Shave Which Bamford Takes Despite Wanting To Do His Civic Duties First...

So, As Todd Kills Beedle And Scaring Toby After The Body Falls Into The Pie Room, Antony Saves Johanna From Fogg's Asylum While Todd And Lovett Look For Toby Who Has Run Off Into The Sewers To Hide From Them...

Taking Johanna To Todd's Shop, She Hides In The Box Where Todd Had Pirelli's Body As The Old Beggar Woman Who Talked With Antony Earlier Enters Looking For Beedle Only To Be Confronted By Todd Who Kills Her As Turpin Is Arriving...

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With The Somewhat Dead Turpin Scaring Lovett, Sweeney Enters Telling Her To Open The Oven Door And When She Does, Todd Makes A Discovery About The Old Beggar Woman He Killed, It Turns Out That She Was His Beloved Wife....

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As Todd Holds His Wife's Dead Body, Toby Comes Out Of The Sewers, Grabbing One Of Todd's Razors Before Going Behind Him To Slit Todd's Throat Killing Him Once And For All, Ending Our Film

And That's Sweeney Todd: The Demon Barber Of Fleet Street And Tim Burton Makes A Good Musical...

The Film Is A Visual Wonder, The Cast Does Well In Their Roles, The Songs Are Well Transfered From Stage To Screen And The Effects And Camera Work In This Movie Are Very Well Done All In All I Say It's One Of Burton's Best And I Say See It...

Till Next Time, This Is Duke, Signing Off...

#sweeney todd the demon barber of fleet street #johnny depp #Helena Bonham Carter #Sasha Baron Cohen #Alan Rickman #Timothy Spall #stephen sondheim

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rouge-fox-expanded · 7 years

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SEVERUS SNAPE IS AN ASSHOLE, AND HERE IS WHY I LIKE HIM

SPOILER ALERT

I WARNED YOU

Now this may seem a bit out of the blue but as I have become more immersed in Tumblr and the people I follow I have noticed a lot of people don't like Severus Snape from the Harry potter series. Now that's fair enough, I can totally understand and the opening line was not clickbait I am well aware by and large the man was a dick. Now why do I like him as a character? I imagine most of you think because I think the whole secretly on the side of angels things make everything okay...it doesn't. I've got news for every snape fanboy reading this, Severus Snape was a horrible teacher, prejudice and quite frankly a bitter and resentful asshole. Now why do I like him? Well...I guess I can understand him, now before I go any further I want to make it clear understanding does not mean condoning...I understand why Mr Freeze wanted to save Nora Fries but I do not condone the people he killed (I know using a comic book character juxtapositioning a novel character is tricky because of fluid continuity vs set continuity but bear with me).

Now let us first look at why Snape is an asshole, keep in mind it's been a while since I've read the books so I won't be making any direct quotes and if I make mistakes I welcome people to correct me but let's start with his childhood. It may not have been stated but was heavily implied...he did have a functional family unit, mum and dad were...well I remember he said his father didn't like anything so I'm unsure if I can say abusive but I think I can use the term loveless. Now growing up little Sev was always an oddball, among the muggles he was what Petunia would dub a 'freak'. He's an outsider, and his only friend and so far positive role model...is Lily Evans. Now keep this in mind, up until now the only good person in Sev's life and when I say good I mean morally as well as objectively is Lily. Now Lily doesn't truly understand Sev but she's his friend regardless, that's nice...now let's look at the asshole collective aka the Marauders.

We all know Peter Petigrew is a bastard, but he had little to do to Sev during the school years. Remus Lupin whilst part of the team was the token good guy and morality chain (despite his furry problem). James Potter and Sirus Black...Can you say self-entitled Asshole and Pseudo-Sociopath...in that order. James Potter does not understand Severus, nor does he want to. He's a rich bastard who buys into the whole us and them system that is inherently believed to be the wizard status quo, pureblood, half-blood, mud-blood ect. So when he's placed in Gryffindor with his sociopathic friend Sirus and little Sev is in Slytherin, the line is drawn. Sev is in with bad guys (not wholly inaccurate) and he, his friends, future wife and future turncoat (yes peter we mean you) are the good guys.

Ron: there's not a witch or wizard who went bad who weren't from slytherin Me: (if I were there and knew at the time) what about Merlin?

Now here's where the problem start, Sev as I have said is an outsider. He's had very little positive reinforcement and he's not around Lily enough to truly benefit from her kind nature. His family unit is toxic and now he's sorted into a house filled with more toxic people, the difference, these toxic people actually treat him okay. He's in with the winners, hooray right? No...he's in with pre-harry, rising-riddle slytherins...this is not a nurturing environment but he's a bright lad and he's excelling academically and he still seems to get on with Lily despite being in with the wrong crowd. Guess who doesn't like this, self-entitled asshole and by extension Pseudo-Sociopath whom proceed to perpetually subject little Sev to a litany of magical bullying of which he always (correct me if I am wrong) comes out the butt monkey. Now at this point you may be asking why I am calling Sirus Black a Pseudo-Sociopath, well keep this in mind. Sirus Black whilst more morally inclined comes from a long family line of psychos. Oh but he's one of the good guys you may cry, yes he is...I mean he may have tried to instigate a manslaughter when he was a teenager but-WHAT?!?!?! Oh sorry, did we all forget he tried to trick Snape into facing Lupin during his time of the month? As in, tricked snape into almost facing off against a FUCKING werewolf?!

Let's...let's take a moment to consider this. Yes James saves Snape from this fate, so why wasn't Snape grateful? One good deed vs the bullying, Sirus getting him into the situation in the first place and neither Black nor Potter suffering any ramifications for the situation (I could be wrong) and essentially getting away with attempted murder. I dunno about you but I'd be fucking pissed! AND THE MARAUDERS ARE THE GOOD GUYS?! Let's take a moment to consider what would have happened if James didn't do the right thing? Lupin not having his right frame of mind would have killed a young teenager, there is no way in hell they could cover that up. All three kids would be expelled and possibly face jail time and Snape would be dead and go virtually unmourned (assuming this werewolf incident happened before Mudblood gate Lily would be very upset). What's more, Sirus to my knowledge (correct me if wrong) never apologizes for this. Not even during the order of the phoenix meetings does he go 'Yo Snivellus (bad starter), you know when I almost got you killed when we were kids...I am sorry about that'.

So recap, Snape is largely friendless, frequent bully victim, the people who like him are one kind girl and many magical nazis in the making. The reason he's interested in being a death eater to my knowledge is because like all outsiders, he wants to belong to something...be a part of a group, and also he believes (inaccurately) this would impress Lily. Why does he think this way? Because what else has he got to go on? No family support, frequent bully victim and the one girl he feels a positive and budding romantic bond with is a little one-sided...and then we get to Mud-Blood gate. Now obviously I do not condone Racism, Snape was in the wrong to say what he said...but I can understand why he said it in the moment. He was humiliated, hurting and in a moment of vulnerability he was being helped by a girl. Now I am not sexist, but this was pre-harry, rising-riddle, 70s-80s and he's been with the 'winners' and their toxic influence so he tries to save some face...he buggers up, his apology falls on deaf ears...and he's got no good friend anymore. Sev is all in with the 'winners' now, onto the death eater years and we all know how well that goes.

Now I am gonna say at this point, Sev has become the villain. He's in with the magical nazis and takes to the spy role (something he's very good at, I imagine learning to be invisible was handy considering his environment). He has made an active choice, his history leading up to that choice does not change that he made it. And through his spy duties he unwittingly tells Wizard Hitler 2.0 (because Johnny Depp is playing Wizard Hitler mark 1, see Fantastic Beasts) that the little boy who can end him is being born of James and Lily. Now despite their falling out Sev still likes Lily and doesn't want her to die, so he approaches Dumbledore, whom is quick to point out his morality is flawed as he only wants Lily spared and not James and possibly by extension little Harry (something that disgusts Albus, and I think he's familiar with the feeling). But Sev and Albus reach an agreement, Snape does defect and pulls off a double agent role and is still in with the 'winners' whom are none the wiser. Shock horror, plan doesn't go smoothly because of a rat, yes peter you, and James and Lily die leaving Harry all alone. Sev is bummed but still goes along with Albus' overarching plan so long as no one lets on he's actually on the side of angels.

Now that is actually tactical, he'd be a pretty piss poor spy if everyone knew how rooted in with the good guys he was but it also makes sense with his personality. Snape does not like pity, it reminds him of weakness and as we've seen thus far...weakness is not something he's good with. Now enter the teaching years, and boy does his assholery shine. As Edmund Blackadder told Baldrick, the abused always kick downwards, only now Sev is no longer the Baldrick but the Blackadder and he takes out his frustration and resentment on the kids...like a dick. Can I condone this? Fuck no, can I understand it, yes. Why do I like Snape still? Because despite being a monumental asshole whom is ridden with bitterness, depression and probably self-loathing which he projects onto his students he is still fighting Albus' war. He's playing the triple agent for most of the series, Wizard Hitler 2.0 on return thinks Snape was actually doing his bidding by planting himself as a sleeper agent and he bloody loves that whilst all the other death eaters hates his guts (jealousy). On the other side everyone barring Dumbledore...also hates his guts (former death-eater), really when you think about it everyone is poised to believe the worst in Snape. Book 1 we're all ready to believe he's the villain, allowing Quirrel to go almost unsuspected. Book 2 he does get a cathartic moment by showing up the useless prat that is lockhart, Book 3...Oh let's go into that.

Hello Snape, meet the man whom until you know about the Rat was instrumental in killing Lily and tried to have you fed to a werewolf, play nice. Now on the subject of werewolves, Snape and Lupin seem to have some semblance of a professional relationship given the potion master is making him his wolfsbane potion (the thing that stops him being a frenzied killer) so he bears him no bitterness for the whole near murder but just for being with the assholes. Yet he still makes the potion for him anyway, like a professional. Now lets get to Snapes moment on cornering the assholes, and look at it from Snape's POV 1-I have captured Sirus Black, the man whom was instrumental in killing Lily and his accomplice Lupin 2-I am going to take them up, let the dementors sick Sirus and justice will be done 3-I am in the right here ...on paper, that actually seems kind of legit doesn't it? I mean Severus doesn't know about the rat until either the end of book 3 or the beginning of book 4 because erm...HE WAS UNCONSCIOUS DURING THE TIME OF THE REVEAL! Yeah harry knocked him out didn't he? So while Peter was revealed as the dirty rat Snape was down for the count and probably very pissed off when he woke up. So when he lets slip about Lupin being a werewolf from his perspective we have this: 1-Lily's traitor has gotten away scot free! 2-Potter was instrumental in it and is always getting away scot free 3-I am not letting this shit happen again! Also on paper, this seems kind of legit. In practise, it's the action of a small bitter man. Lupin resigns, we get the mad eye facsimile, the whole hot mess of the triwizard tournament and then Wizard Hitler 2.0 the reboot for which he has to play triple agent once more and we have order of the Phoenix (Oh I am gonna enjoy this).

Sirus and Snape working together, Oh what fun. Sirus hates the man's guts and makes no attempt to extend an olive branch...Snape also hates Sirus' guts and treats him with utter contempt. Come on guy's your grown ups, can't you act civilly and oh wait Sirus almost got you killed, played a co-operative hand in bullying you relentlessly and is still an asshole by and large to you. Yeah I can see why you're not inclined to get on with him, but hey you're still doing your job...and you're trying to teach Potter Occlumency (pragmatically, as this for the cause). Now I will agree Snape teaching Harry Occlumency does show Sev's assholery more so...he's unsympathetic to Potter's turmoil and takes pleasure in mocking him where he can but here comes my favourite part...Harry gets a glimpse of Snape's childhood...and sees his dad in full self-entitled asshole mode...and what happens? Harry is ashamed and to his horror, he can identify with Snape (literally what is written at the end of that chapter). The hardest lesson growing up is realising your parents are not superhuman and adults aren't perfect, it's even harder when you're parents are gone and all you have to go on are other people's perspective. So until now Harry thought his parents were inherently good people whom went down fighting an evil monster...well you were half right Harry. Sirus tries to brush this off a little as 'we were just kids back then' which doesn't appease Harry in the least (nor should it). Of course any understanding and sympathy he has for the potions master dies with Sirus...he feels the man was responsible for egging him on and making Sirus act recklessly. Sev did antagonize him true, Sirus however was reckless and impulsive by nature and they were fighting in a battlefield for all intents and purposes...people die. That can be pretty much sum up things from book 4 onwards, people die...because this is war. Now we get to my favourite part, Albus and the Snape.

Yes see Albus Dumbledore is a bit of an asshole too, he has lived almost 200 years and he's seen a lot, done a lot and was active in the war against Wizard Hitler mark one (whom incidentally was his former boyfriend -implied I think- ) and saw the Riddle-rising from it's inception. To put it bluntly, Albus knows how to win this war and know what has to be done. Snape plays a direct part in this, he's Albus' man on the inside. Now I hope you've all made a list of why Sev is an asshole at this point because here comes the other list-Why Snape is still a hero. Wizard Hitler 2.0 is not an idiot, he's a master legilimens and if he got any trace of Snape's true loyalty Snape would be history...and Sev knows this, and does his job anyway (and does it well). He's instrumental in informing Dumbledore about some of the horcruxes, like the ring, letting him know about Draco's forced initiation into the wizard nazi club and is trying to keep his boss alive to help them win the war. Here's the problem, Dumbledore is gonna die and has to die, because turns out Albus has the deathstick ie the wand which can trump all wands and if Wizard Hitler 2.0 gets his hands on that we're all screwed. So Snape is asked to commit a mercy kill, which will fully vilify himself among the angels and get him in with the devils as he helps guide their destruction which incidentally means Harry's got to die too. Oh yeah, turns out Harry's a horcrux and Wizard Hitler 2.0 has to gun him down in order to become mortal again...something Sev is not happy about, admittedly because of his love for Lily and not for any real compassion for the boy. Albus is actually shocked to awe that despite everything Snape's feelings towards his old friend has still endured. Despite all his bitterness, the memory of her has not been tainted.

Now for everyone who's read the books we all know what happens. War goes on, Snape is killed, we see his life flash before our eyes and Harry pulls a lazarus and saves the day and a lot of people die, that is war and I think Snape was one of the heroes instrumental to bringing it to an end. Don't get me wrong...He is still an asshole, I mean when you look at the entirety of his life he had a lot of time to try and move on. I mean he was working for the cause but he could have sought therapeutic help, stopping taking his problems out on his students and basically stop being the worst teacher imaginable then maybe everyone wouldn't hate his guts...but then would they have been so quick to believe he was on the bad side when he committed the mercy kill? When Snape killed Dumbledore no one on the faculty defended him, tried to make sense of why he did it...any goodwill he had with any of them went out the window and fell with the headmaster. When Snape became the new headmaster everyone but the death eaters hated his guts, but let me ask you this? In a wizarding world where Tom Riddle is the de facto king of everything...who would you rather have minding your kids? Severus Snape all things considered or Bellatrix Lestrange...because at least Sev reined the Carrows in!

Also a lot of people on tumblr question whether Sev was brave...yes, yes he was. Being a spy takes a lot, as said by Steve Trevor from the recent cinematic outing for Wonder Woman. Steve was duplicitous, adaptive and a consummate liar...but he's also a lovely chap so we haven't anything bad to say about him which is fair enough. On paper Sev is fulfilling the same function in this war, only he has no friends, no family and nothing going for him after the war. Everyone thinks he's an asshole, but he still does his job and spies on Wizard Hitler 2.0. He's not a coward, and I think the reason that annoys him so much is because cowards are weak...he's been weak before and hated that feeling but more so from his perspective I think what he's getting when people call him a coward is this 'everything you have done in your life leading up to the present is pathetic and you should have done better and you're weak for not having done so'. Guess what? That's something people with self-loathing say about themselves on a regular basis, possibly something Sev has thought about himself in his private moments. All things considered he is not a coward, he is a soldier fighting for Albus' cause and has done stuff from which there is no coming back from. He has no bridges he can cross, he's stuck on the shrinking landmass until he falls because nobody is gonna want him.

Hypothetically if Sev did survive the battle of hogwarts and everyone knew what had happened I guarantee he would have still lost his job, either got sacked or would leave. His redemption only works with his death because his life is worth nothing, he has no friends, no family and nobody likes him because he's an asshole. He's not gonna get better, he'd probably go home and live in solitude until death finally takes him ideally in his sleep. Yet the Malfoys seem to get by okay thanks to their last minute defection don't they?! Oh yeah no one mentions the shit they got involved with do they? Sorry that is not relevant. Okay, let's return to my main point: why Snape is an asshole and why I like him. Snape was a horrible person to the children he taught, he was mean, verbally abusive and hindering to their growth and particularly cruel to harry and his friends (probably saw them as a Marauders 2.0) whilst having no ill will towards slytherins (the people whom accepted him, ie the 'winners'). However I think I like him not just because I understand him, but I get him. Hell if I went through his shit I'd probably be a bitter, resentful asshole too and would kick downwards with every breathe I took and you can be damn sure I wouldn't be helpful to Albus' cause because Wizard Hitler 2.0 would see through my self loathing shit and feed me to the snake long before book 7, also why should I?! Why should I help the son of the self-entitled asshole whom stole the only lady whom was every really nice to me growing up? Why should I help the werewolf that could have killed me when I was a teen? Why should I help the pseudo-sociopath whom tried to feed me to aforementioned werewolf and until I am told different was instrumental in Lily's death?! Why should I be a good guy?!

But guess what? Snape does help, he's very verbal into his contempt for everyone he does help and lets no one get close but I understand why he does that. Doesn't condone what he's doing to the kids, you're perpetuating a cycle Sev! Mercy kill or not that was still murder and I don't tolerate racism. But on that note he does learn, he never uses the M word again and doesn't like it mentioned in his presence as shown in book 7 when talking to the portrait. And he does guide Harry to the horcrux destroying sword via patronus, he goes out of his way to keep Harry alive via counter curses (book 1), throws himself in front of the kids when a werewolf attacks (book 3, or may have just been the movie I am not sure), and generally he does a lot of intelligence gathering, the Occulmency classes and serves as Albus' right hand mand in making sure things go as they should have. What does he get? Death and posthumous recognition, because as much as an asshole as he was you don't speak ill of the dead (politeness I suppose).

So yeah, Snape was an asshole...but so were a lot of other people too. His parents, James and Sirus, the slytherin house of his school years, Albus Dumbledore was a very pragmatic hero whom was used making people behave the way he needed them too. The only person on the hogwarts faculty whom was consistently just and without those kind of flaws was McGonagall. But for the war to end we needed Dumbledore's machinations and Snape's duplicity, that's what JK Rowling would have us believe. I guess I like Snape because I get him, I know depression, I know self-loathing and I know bullying...but I admire his bravery, I admire his duty and even though everyone hated his guts he stuck to his guns and helped the good guys win the war. Yes he's an asshole, but I guess he's my problematic fav. And I just wanted to put this out on Tumblr in the vain hope that those who don't like Snape can read it and understand why I do...why some of us do like him. I'm not trying to change anyone's mind, you can all hate on Snape as much as you like if that's what makes you happy and I will respect your opinion. I hope you can respect mine, Snape is an asshole but I still like him.

#This took me forever #I am sad but also kind of happy #Wanted to get this off my chest

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