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[st-severus]

Can't remember which one of the Snape asks you've answered already but 13

Thanks for asking!

13. How do you think Snape treats his own house?

I don’t think he’d actually be too much different with his own house than he is with the rest of his students, the only difference being that there’s no Harry Potter in Slytherin so there’s no one he would be so insane about. I think if someone on the Slytherin side was as incompetent as Neville he’d likely be (almost) the same way with him.

The exception being with Draco as it’s quite natural to be more understanding/gentle/idk-what-word-im-going-for to the son of a good friend. I presume that he and Lucius Malloy were a kind of friend as were told, and I also don’t think the author has gone through all the consequences of the fact that Snape is essentially a sleeper agent so I’m guessing all his motives are much more elemental than strategic regarding the Slytherins.

However, it seems to be completely normal to favour your own house in the school competitions as we see Dumbledore do to a hilarious degree so there’s no reason why he wouldn’t do the same, when that kind of thing came to him attention. Like when he signs up all the practice time for the Slytherins I think ahead of a Qudditch match which is so funny and such low-key sabotage. Like you are all so crazy about Qudditch and you didn’t bother to sign your houses up for practice??

In general, I think he’d be pretty strict with the Slytherins as well, impatient with the various squabbles of youth but very conscientious with their education like he is with most of his students.

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[smilingformoney]

Hello. For the Snape ask game, may i ask for 37, 38 and 42? Thank you.

37. Snape didn't pay attention to his physical appearance, but if you had to choose a part he would take care of, which would it be?

Body odour. jkr always tries to make him seem ugly (joke’s on her, I’m into that) but she doesn’t say he smells, and hanging around so many potion ingredients you’d expect him to be smelly but apparently he isn’t. Although it’s less of an appearance thing - he uses smell to identify how a potion is going so he tries to make himself as odourless as possible.

38. How do you think Snape spent his early childhood days?

Very quietly, because he didn’t want to anger his father. He only spoke up to defend his mother. He liked to make potions out of mud and sticks. He played on his own a lot. His mother was his best and only friend until Lily came along.

42. Do you think Snape cried often?

No. Tobías beat that out of him, and he certainly couldn’t show weakness in front of the marauders, or later the Death Eaters. He occluded his feeling away — and it’s why, I think, when his memories come out as he’s dying they’re leaking everywhere. He’s letting out all the tears he’s kept hidden over the years.

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[anotherseverussnapelover]

For the snape asks: I and II

Heyyy ! Thanks for asking :)

I - what do you think was the first spell he ever learned?

Definitely "reparo". He must be very careful with everything he owns, bust with Tobias on one side and the marauders on the other, he ended with many broken things and did everything he could to fix it. Especially when it came to books and potion supplies !

II - do you think he went to muggle school before he got his letter to hogwarts or stayed at home?

Well, that's a difficult question : I think his father wanted to sent him to a muggle school, but his mother didn't. But he went anyway, in a public one, and was already the weirdo. And since everyone knew his father in the neighborhood, they said nothing when he missed class for several days after something weird happened after he defended himself against some mean kids went on him for his clothes or reading fairy tales or whatever.

Sometime, he missed school to learn magic with his mother : he left for school in the morning and came back home after Tobias left, repeated it if necessary in the evening.

His grades were average tho, and he read a loooot of books, like fairy tales and fantasy, because ✨magic✨.

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[danpuff-ao3]

for the Snape ask 22, 25, 27 💖

Hi there anon! Thanks for the asks! (I do so love these ask games!) (And I especially love Severus!)

22.) Do you think Lily was a good friend to Severus?

I'm so glad you asked this one! I'm curious about a lot of people's answer to this, actually.

As for me...yes-ish.

I don't think Lily was a bad friend. I also don't think she was the epitome of friendship, either. And with Lily being such an idealized character in so many respects...it's as if she's seen as perfect. And if a flaw is spotted...it's this terrible sin. The marring of what was once perfection. A greater sin than had you been flawless from the start.

Lily was a person just like everyone else; but she had the misfortune of being idolized in so many people's eyes. James was smitten from the start; saw her as a prize to be won. To Severus, she was his first friend, his first real connection to magic outside of his mother. Both were drawn to her, and built her up in their heads; and their love blinded them, in ways.

She was charming, popular, pretty; of course Lily drew people to her. She was part of the Slug Club (quite the honor, right? LOL.) She also had a sense of right and wrong; a sense of justice and honor and bravery. She was part of the Order.

And worst of all (for her image), she sacrificed herself for her son. And that sacrifice protected him. Not bad, of course, but another strike against her humanity. Lily was a Lover, a Martyr, a Mother, a Saint.

Okay I've rambled about Lily, so let's wrap it back around to the point: for all that people saw her as being other, as being above, she was truly only human. She was just a girl.

Again: Lily was charming, popular, and pretty. And she befriended a boy who was the opposite of those things. Severus was poor and strange. Petunia didn't like him. (Further separation from her sister.) Their classmates didn't like him. (Outright despised him, in case of the Marauders.)

Lily was young. Young people can be ignorant, insecure, and selfish. She could have steered clear of that awful Snape boy. She could have judged him for being poor and strange, or been worried that people would judge her for associating with him. Not that it would be right, but it could be understood.

Surely she was judged for their friendship. Maybe Lily's "greatness" was enough to maintain her status in spite of this. That doesn't mean it would be easy to hear.

She stuck by him for a long time. Meeting up at Cokeworth. They clearly hung out at school some. In spite of Petunia's snobbery, in spite of her peers' opinions, in spite of their separation into Gryffindor and Slytherin. She put up with his questionable acquaintances for a while, too.

To me, Lily valued loyalty and friendship. People mattered to her. Doing what was right mattered to her. And she valued Severus. Her first magical friend. She could appreciate his intelligence and his curiosity; I think part of her even liked his intensity. I like to think she saw the good in him, too, buried under the bitterness and darkness. She respected his loyalty, his dedication, his hard work. They delighted in magic today, in learning and practicing.

But again...Lily was just a girl. I think she could be self-righteous a bit, and arrogant; maybe a part of her, one she didn't acknowledge, but deep down she saw herself as above and better. She had a stable family and home life, she had more money and resources, she had her looks and her charm. And maybe part of her liked being above him in that way. Especially if she saw him as being above her in others; more intelligent, more skilled, more powerful. And the farther they go, and the more he falls into the wrong crowd, the more that self-righteousness comes through. Her privilege bleeding out, however much she fought against it, and to be better than that.

I think she was self-absorbed, too, in ways; between her youth and her privilege, how could she not be? Caught up in her own woes, her own drama, her own brilliance. Delighting in Severus' attention. She respected his loyalty and love, yes, but she also enjoyed what it gave her personally. And perhaps his attention felt safer, more comfortable, than James Potter's.

Perhaps there was resentment, too, over blood status. Severus might be a half-blood, but Lily was Muggle-born. So, perhaps some level of envy that Severus had connection to a magical family. And half-blood was surely a step up from Muggle-born, in the eyes of blood purists. Maybe she resented all of her good qualities being tainted by her birth: "she's so pretty for a Muggle-born, so gifted for a Muggle-born, so smart for a Muggle-born!" Resentment that grew when Severus began falling in with the wrong people.

Lily was spirited. Bold, and honest. She may have been direct with Severus in ways that he needed to hear, but other times...maybe too brutally honest. They probably butted heads at times. And maybe she was prone to getting her way. Maybe she knew Severus wouldn't really argue with her over much, and maybe she took advantage of that without meaning to. Maybe she made mistakes. Said and did the wrong things.

But I think her heart was in the right place. I think she tried. I think she loved him, truly. That she was a genuine friend to him, however imperfect she may have been. I think when he called her "Mudblood" it was the straw that broke the camel's back. I think it broke her heart.

So...yes. I think she was a good friend, between her values (of friendship, loyalty, compassion, kindness) and her love for him (his mind, his heart, his soul.) I think she tried to do her best by him. And I think she failed sometimes, as all people do. Between Severus' baggage, and her own. She wasn't perfect. She wasn't the best friend who ever existed. She was just a human person, trying her best, living and learning as she went.

25.) Is there any other character you love as much as Snape? Do you think they'll get along?

Harry friggin' Potter. I adore that boy. What a precious ray of sunshine, what a delightful little mess.

Do they get along? Absolutely not. Not at first, anyway. Except...they're soulmates. Hate turns to love, or hate exists alongside love, and it's an explosive and scorching and powerful force to be reckoned with.

They're angry, and bitter. They're good, and brave, and strong. They're intense, and obsessive. They're curious. They have trauma. They have history. They have love. And dedication. They're stubborn. They'll butt heads and challenge each other. They'll hit each other where it hurts. But once they find their way together, they'll never give up on each other, no matter how hard life gets. No matter how difficult the other can be.

For more of my very passionate Snarry feels you can read Why I Ship Snarry and/or Snarry Synastry: the Astrology of Love.

27.) Do you think Snape was close to his mother?

Not really, no.

I have very strong, very specific headcanons about Eileen and her relationship with Severus.

In my mind, Eileen is a pureblood witch. She's from a pureblood family who had fallen on hard times. Eileen felt trapped and weighed down by expectation. Her family hoped to marry her off to improve their standing, on top of general pureblood beliefs and she suffocated on them. She couldn't make her family proud. She was shy and quiet. Her great love was Gobstones. And she harbored dreams of escaping and rebelling that she never actually expected would happen.

Until she met Tobias. Tobias was a Muggle and he swept her off her feet. I see Tobias a a musician with visions of grandeur that are never realized. All of his passion and his hopes draw Eileen to him. He's intense, charismatic, possessive. And Eileen is a bit strange, and not very pretty, but Tobias finds her to be mysterious and intriguing. They have a whirlwind romance. They marry. And everything goes to hell.

Eileen and Severus love each other, but they also resent each other.

Had Severus not been born...maybe Tobias would still love her. Maybe Tobias' dreams would have come true. But they had a family to take care of. Responsibilities. Tobias' dream died. And when Severus showed signs of magic, and Eileen had to break the news to him, Tobias' love died, too.

As for how Severus feels about Eileen...well, it's her fault he's trapped in Cokeworth. She chose to give him a Muggle for a father. He grew up poor. He grew up away from magic. He grew up with his magic being hated by his father. He grew up in violence; whether just witnessing it, or being a target himself.

Between seeds of resentment towards her son, and the horror of what her husband put her through, Eileen couldn't be a proper, good mum. She tried, but she often failed. She was depressed. Abused. She tried to make the best of her circumstances, but she never left. She still loved her husband. And she did love her son, in her own way. She was stubborn. She was determined to make it work. She also had nowhere else to go. She had been disowned by her family. All she had was Tobias, and Severus.

Also...I often see people who headcanon Eileen teaching Severus all she knew about potions, but I don't care for that myself. I don't really jive with the idea of interests being passed down the family line, and I like the idea of this subject being Severus', and Severus' alone.

Instead, I like to think part of the problem is...Severus is too dang smart for both of his parents. Not that Eileen and Tobias are dumb, but Severus is just...he has a voracious appetite for knowledge that puzzles them at times, and threatens them other times. How do you handle your child being so dang brilliant?? How do you handle a child that makes you feel like a total idiot? Not only does he thirst for knowledge, but he picks up information and skills very quickly.

Any strain caused by circumstances is further exacerbated by the fact that there is so little for the family to connect on.

So no, I don't think Severus was close to either of his parents, though I think he was closer to Eileen than Tobias. He went to her to ask questions about magic, and questions about her family. He went to her for protection from Tobias, until he learned she couldn't protect him. Eileen is who he went to to sign permission slips for Hogwarts. Maybe on a good day he would proudly tell her of his accomplishments.

And Eileen was terribly confused by her brilliant son, but also insanely proud.

And scared, I think. Because she sees a lot of Tobias' intensity in him. She sees his darkness and his bitterness. And she isn't surprised when he becomes a Death Eater, but she is disappointed.

All this to say: it's complicated. There is love there, deep down. There were good moments between them. But were they close? Not at all.

Snape asks

answered: 22, 25. 27

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[memelovescaps]

For the Snape ask: 7 13 23 and 27 :)

THANKS FOR THE ASKS LIZZY!!! If anyone wants to ask me, don't hesitate!

7. Which staff member do you think gets along well with Snape?

Minerva, definitely. And Hagrid. But with Hagrid, even though they got along pretty well, Severus knew he could never trust him with certain things. With Minerva, there was a mutual understanding. They'd both grown up with muggles, and Minerva was aware of the extreme poverty Severus had endured growing up in the slums of Cokeworth in the 60s. Their rivalry was there, and Severus enjoyed immensely to boast when Slytherin beat Gryffindor to anything. But underneath all that, there was mutual respect and camaraderie.

I love to read and imagine scenes during Severus's year as Headmaster, and those post-war fics where he survives and they have a conversation. Where Minerva forgives him, and they cry together for the Headmaster they lost.

13. Do you think Alan Rickman contributed to your love for Snape?

Definitely. Although Alan was too old to play Severus, and I think that plays a part in how we imagine Severus to be (he wasn't even 40 when he died), I think the way he portrayed it has made Snape the iconic character he is now. The deep and silky voice, the slow steps, the billowing robes... a lot of it is the description from the books, but Alan added another layer to him. Especially when it comes to his voice, something which is hard to imagine when reading.

23. What do you think Snape wore under his robes?

I've seen other teachers wearing a simple suit, like Lupin did. I think Severus wore thick black trousers (it's cold in the dungeons), a white shirt underneath a frock coat. I headcanon Severus was always cold, so he would wear one or two undershirts underneath the white shirt, and then the coat on top. As for underwear, I picture it black, of course. Though I like to imagine him wearing colourful socks, it just doesn't fit in my headcanon of him. He does have a drawer full of them, though, courtesy of Dumbledore. He doesn't use them but doesn't have the heart to throw them away. Sentiment.

27. Do you think Snape was close to his mother?

Mmmm good question. I think he was, yes, at least when he was a child. I think there was a point where he recognized that Eileen couldn't possibly escape Tobias, and she was unable to save him when Tobias was drunk and neglected or abused him. I think Eileen worked really hard to give little Severus the happiness and joy any child deserves, and she would save money for weeks in order to buy something for his birthday or for Christmas. And while he must've been hurt and felt betrayed when he was a teenager, as an adult he must've seen that Eileen was the only one who loved him for who he was, unconditionally. Losing her I think destroyed him in more ways than one (I've read fics in which she's still alive, but I don't think she is. I think she died young, before Tobias, another reason Severus resents him. He got to live longer than her).

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[spamelotte]

10,13,15

10. Ah, there are so many. First fave was a Snapledore series from about 20 years ago. I wish I could remember more. An old, unfinished Snarry, The Marriage Stone, also sucked me in. But well-written postwar Snarry is my ultimate.

13. I believe he is very protective of them and wants them to succeed and overcome anti-Slytherin bias. So he probably keeps them disciplined and discourages marauders-type behavior. Probably keeps tutoring programs ongoing in all subjects. Maybe gives them extra lessons and reading material to give them an edge. Probably tries to find apprenticeships and postgraduation jobs for them will counsel those who need it. Keeps their secrets. Covers for their mistakes. Goes to bat for them. This all probably dropped off some after Voldie's return tho. All in all, just about the best house parent one could hope for.

15. Would likely leave Magical Britain. Live somewhere warm outside immediate influence of Mag. Britain. I could see him in Rome or the south of France. Researching, publishing, gaining recognition for his genius,in a wide range of magical fields, not just potions, but under another name. As double agent, probably had access to makers of new identoties and dox.

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[pearlynia]

The next time a normal harry Potter fan asks me who my favorite character is, I'm gonna say Barty Crouch Jr and smile as the confusion and horror fill their face.

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[moonlightdancer26]

Sometimes your babygirl is just a 38-year-old bisexual Potions professor who has never had a moment of peace in his life and shares an uncanny resemblance to Batman

#who also struts around the castle with his all-black fit #severus snape #he was the og babygirl #shitpost #do not ask what’s going through my head rn #harry potter #pro severus snape #snape #pro snape #hp

[st-severus]

9, 17, and 28 for the Snape asks!

Thank you for asking :) 9. One of your saddest [headcanons for Snape]? I like the idea that he got his Dark Mark for telling Voldie about the prophecy, the dark irony of receiving something he probably wanted for so long at the exact moment he wouldn't want it anymore. To be branded by his greatest regret. I also sometimes like to think that he was the one who invented the Dark Mark spell. I know canonically both Dumbledore and Voldemort invented things, but I don't buy it. They don't strike me as the hard-working types, but maybe that's not so much sad as twisted lol. 17. What rubs you the wrong way about how he’s portrayed in fanon/fan fiction? I don't read fan fiction so I don't know what goes on there, but like all snape fans I was always very irritated at mischaracterizations and/or exaggerations by snaters. In fact, that was the reason I made this snlog, to be able to look at the good stuff while avoiding the sh*t takes and insane nonsense. I'm slightly inured to it now though! But it was sad, seeing people misconstrue what is one of the best and nicest parts of HP which is Harry Potter choosing to honor the best of him and forgive the rest — part of growing up is realizing that adults were only human, but I guess that's something that a lot of people don't want to do 🙄 28. Did you make it through OotP, HBP, and DE not knowing what JKR had in store for Snape’s character? Or had those things been spoiled for you beforehand? I hated OOTP so much that I put HP away with childish things lol. I remember thinking, "Well we had a good run. I'll just pretend it ended with POA. I won't find out what's happening with and clearly that's going somewhere but oh well". So Snape killing Dumbledore was spoiled for me later, but I could not have cared less and I might even have forgotten it by the time I had nothing to do one day and picked up my sister's copy of HBP and ended up loving it so so much. I hadn't heard anything about DE by the time I read it so nothing was spoiled for me and I haaaaated it. Even some of the Snape scenes (I did not like the doe patronus, and there seems to me to be lots of inconsistencies or out-and-out errors in that book). Generally, I considered that it was obvious that Snape was going to be working on the good side because it would be a very boring twist for him to be bad, That is until HBP, when I thought there must be some third thing other than A) working for Voldemort or B) working for Dumbledore. Of course, I was wrong there but I did like most of the story especially after finally watching the last movie where I think his death scene is much improved from the book version.

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[smilingformoney]

6. If Snape learnt another language, which would he choose?

Latin, as it’s the language used for spells, and we know he invented his own so it makes sense he’d learn the language to fully understand what he was doing. Also, in an upcoming chapter I’ll establish that he knows Welsh for plot reasons.

15. If Snape had any free time, how do you think he would spend it?

Reading, studying, experimenting. Anything to scratch the itch of his interest in dark magic. Also poetry for his emo feels.

41. Is there a side to Snape that he hasn't let anyone see? What do you headcanon this "secret personality" to be like?

He’s a romantic. He longs to sweep someone off their feet, to show them every pleasure in the world and give them the king/queen treatment they deserve. Unfortunately his self-esteem is too low to even consider dating anyone lmao

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[slitheriyn]

professor snape's little helper

#severus snape #pro snape #professor snape #harry potter #cat au #doodle! #hes helping by being emotional support #i love doing this style sm rn sawry its too fun #also asks are open if you want to talk abt cat au or sev meow ^_^

[vulnus-sanare]

22 for the Snape asks?

22. If someone put a gun to Snape’s head and told him to pick a favorite out of the Golden Trio, who do you think he’d pick? My Snanger shipper ass will tell you without a question that he'd pick Hermione Granger. If someone put a gun to Snape’s head and told him to pick a favorite out of the Golden Trio, who do you think he’d pick?

He'd actually be able to maintain a conversation with her, academic or not. Their interests could match or be complimentary, or different enough that they are fascinating to disclose and discuss with each other so they never run out of subject. Snape needs mental stimulation (well not only but yes), he needs to be challenged.

The only way any other member of the golden trio would be able to do that would be by playing chess with him (Ron) or by driving the man insane for their carelessness (Harry)

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[saintchaser]

marauders era unpopular opinions, once more

i really don’t like fanon regulus. i don’t like him being helpless and kind and a sirius variant. he’s morally grey, leaning towards morally dark, he’s selfish, he agreed to his parents’ and voldemort’s ideologies, having joined the death eaters most likely by his own will (unlike draco malfoy). but obviously, everyone is allowed to characterise characters the very way they want to

and while we’re on it, i don’t like evan and barty either, for the same reason. maybe i would, if they were realistically characterised (i LOVE reading morally grey or morally dark(er) characters), and once again, i believe that just because one likes a character, that doesn’t always mean that the character is a good person

and continuing on the same topic, the sunshine james potter, although being a topic that i like and delved deeper into myself, is nice, but i would also love to see more of arrogant, spoiled james potter, too

not liking severus snape and peter pettigrew but liking evan, barty and regulus is kind of hypocritical

i don’t like jegulus

i also don’t like the casanova, bad boy characterisation of remus, and the helpless, needy characterisation of sirius either. to me, they’re out of character, overly done and absolutely not enjoyable

and because i earlier mentioned severus snape, i think he’s an interesting character, actually. that doesn’t make him a good person (once again, i believe him to be morally grey, too) and i can’t call myself a lover of his, however i find his story and character very interesting and compelling

i don’t like a lot of the wolfstar dynamics in current fandom

“we need more content about the girls!” literally do it yourself. please. whenever i write content about the men, i get a wave of new followers, and whenever i post about the non-men, suddenly i have tebs of people unfollowing me. oh, and my posts about the men have twice or thrice the notes of the other ones

sirius > regulus

and speaking of which, sirius is such an interesting character, and he was reduced by many people to nothing, or whatever is relevant to the plot

james would pick sirius over regulus any time, with literally no hesitation

i don’t care about popular fics (read or don’t read, i generally don’t read popular fics to be honest), however i do care about the way creators, especially writers, are treated in this fandom. i made a few posts about this topic, feel free to ask me to link them to you, but the way some people feel entitled to fic and fandom content is horrible

“x is the female version of— !” please stop. i’m going to stop you right here.

stop tagging jegulus and wolfstar and other mlm ships with wlw and nmlnm tags, for god’s sake. you’re just clogging the tag, and if i came looking for a certain ship, that’s what i’m going to expect to find. besides, why would you tag jegulus with, say, pandalily, when jegulus is by far more popular?

jegulus < jily

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[danpuff-ao3]

Sooo for the Snape ask: 26 49 50 and maybe pick one more you want to answer? :)

Hi Lizzy!! Thanks for the asks!

Let's see...

26.) What genre do you think Snape preferred to read?

Answered here!

49.) Do you prefer tall!Snape or short!Snape?

Answered here!

50.) Had Snape lived, would he continue teaching at Hogwarts?

Forever? No. For a while? Maybe!

Postwar, a few things come into play. Any consideration of fleeing is combatted while he's trapped in the hospital and Harry is off spouting his good deeds to everyone who stands still long enough. With no threat of prison, there's no need to go into hiding.

However...While Harry's good word might be plastered all over The Daily Prophet, and while the Wizengamot might not press charges, there is still the court of public opinion to contend with. Some people might accept Harry's word as gospel, but not everyone will. To some people, Severus is still Death Eater scum.

Hogwarts will need to heal, and the survivors can heal by aiding in repairs. Maybe he sticks around to see Hogwarts through her recovery. Sticking around is penance, in some ways. The actions he can take to make things right. And seeing Hogwarts through another year or two or three, to be sure his reign as headmaster has left no scars. To face the nightmare of a battlefield day after day, because it hurts, and because he deserves it.

Hogwarts is a prison. It was his prison from the start. Teaching and spying and paying for his sins there. But Hogwarts was also home. It was his home for years and years. Hogwarts is comfort, and safety in ways. Hogwarts is structure. Hogwarts is familiar. The devil he knows, in a way.

His feelings about Hogwarts are too complicated for him to stay forever. Eventually the bad will outweigh the good. Eventually he'll realize he's actually free, and he doesn't have to suffer. He doesn't have to do anything. There is still a whole life ahead of him, full of potential. He can write a book, or brew potions, or open a shop. He can work for the Department of Mysteries, maybe. Wouldn't he make a fine Unspeakable??

Life outside of Hogwarts is unknowable. And hasn't Severus faced enough disappointment? One day, the need to do more, and be more, will overpower all else, but we'll not blame him for dealing as best he can in the meantime.

BONUS QUESTION

2.) What do you think is Snape's favourite colour and why?

Green.

Green symbolizes growth, healing, life.

Green was the first color he ever really knew. Spinner's End was dark and dreary. All their clothes were worn and gray. Their food was gray, too, or brown or white. Porridge, most days, and eggs. Meat when they were lucky. The houses were gray. The river was gray. The sky was gray. The grass was brown.

Until one day, Eileen decided to tend a garden. It took a lot of work (and a little magic) and there was a spot of green in his gray-brown-black world.

Green are the eyes of his first friend. Green is the grass they laid in. Green stems on pink flowers. Green leaves. Green birds in the trees. The friendship bracelet Lily made him was blue and green. And Slytherin was green, too.

Green for luck, green for fortune.

Vibrant emeralds, and jade. Green velvet. Green leather books. Mansions of finery, all in jewel-tones; and he was green with envy for everything green.

Poison. And snakes. And venom. Toxic fumes. Sickly, deadly green. Arsenic green wallpaper.

Terrible green in the sky, marking death. A terrible green spell. The green of his nightmares, the green of his longing. And if he can't die yet, then it's the green of absinthe to wash away the pain.

Green is life. It's renewal, and resurrection.

And when he wakes from death, green is the first thing he sees. And he is glad. He is quite lucky that his love's eyes are such a lovely, lively green.

(C'mon, it has to be Snarry.)

....but also black. For the DRAMA. And the MYSTERY. And the MOOD.

(...black also symbolizes power, and elegance, and sophistication, thank you very much.)

Snape asks

answered: 22, 25, 27; 43, 45, 49; 6, 14, 26; 7, 11; 50, 2

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[ari-leah-arts]

I LOVE your Harry and Snape art! I just got into the HP fandom like, last year and these two are wonderful together. I love all of the pics you did but I really like the one where Snape sees the writing on Harry’s hand and then yells at Umbridge in the next panel and Harry’s ‘fuck her up Snape’ LOL it’s so perfect. Also the patronus and the dragon are incredible. Love these two and I dig your art style.

An overprotective Snape is a dangerous weapon that will undoubtedly go straight to Harry’s head.

Thank you! Your ask gave me this idea, sorry for the tardiness.

Welcome to the HP fandom. You’ll find the Snapedom Community is the friendliest bunch. We have tea and biscuits to the left.

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[cerise-grenadine]

List 5 things that make you happy and send this to the last 10 people who liked/reblogged something from you. Get to know your followers and mutuals!

sunny spring days like yesterday 💕☀️ i complain about Paris a lot but a long stroll on a sunny day in the quieter streets and parks is lovely and reminds me of many nice moments. and sunny spring evenings in the countryside are heaven 🌸

the scent of my cat’s tummy, which is made of pure fluff and silk (i'm always baffled she smells so nice when she almost never cleans herself)

my zany family

visiting old buildings (especially cloisters ❤️‍🔥) and natural history museums. the skeletons! the dinosaurs! the multicoloured bugs!also: drawing in natural history museums 👩🏻‍🎨

finding the perfect song for the perfect fic scene hehehe

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