you know what doesn’t get talked about enough regarding severus snape? he was the best spy who ever lived.
he worked closely under voldemort, a master legilimens, for years during the war and voldemort still gave him vital information and never actually thought he was a spy for dumbledore. he was pardoned by dumbledore for his crimes and voldemort! still! thought snape! was loyal to him!
voldemort didn’t kill snape because he was a spy, he killed snape for the elder wand. harry j potter had to point-blank tell voldemort that snape wasn’t loyal to him and voldemort still didn’t believe it right away! that’s how fucking good severus snape was! that’s how clever and duplicitous and cunning! he fooled and outwittted one of the most powerful and dangerous wizards alive and the wizard himself didn’t even figure it out!
yes i have a thing for self-loathing fictional characters being loved and in the process learning to love themselves and no that does not imply anything about me personally as a person i swear
I just realized the more I study about Snape and his mental health/trauma responses/defense mechanism, the more I understand what exactly is going on with my own mind
I'm not kidding when I say he's an important part of my recovery journey