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this recent trend of teenagers using genAI chatbots to talk to fictional characters is fucking grim. what you should be doing is roleplaying on private messages with your friends until the lines between you & the characters begin to blur & you develop some very complex & confusing feelings for each other that culminate in a massive fallout you dont have the tools to process nor understand
PSA if someone blocks you, that is NOT an invitation to reach out to them and ask why they blocked you it is quite literally, by definition, the opposite
I want to take a moment to talk about intellectual property and the use of AI.
I'm gonna make a comparison that's gonna piss a lot of folk off.
Taking someone's intellectual property, which is an intangible creation from someone's mind, and putting that into an AI system like chatgpt or copilot without the original author's permission is a violation of that person's trust in you.
⚠️ It boils down to a CONSENT issue. ⚠️
If I say "don't do this thing" (In this case, writers who state don't use AI to write with me) and you do it against my wishes you have violated my trust... You have done something I explicitly asked you not to do to me... are you following?
I lost my job because a big name company who im still under an NDA for fed my work, my replies to customers, my troubleshooting patterns and data and turned it into one of the most powerful AI engines in the world. My whole company went under because big company stole intellectual property without consent. 107 people lost their jobs in my company alone and this big company no longer uses seven companies at minimum just for the one thing we did which was a very small piece of their puzzle but they did this in every department.
By feeding people's writing/intellectual property into these AI programs you are violating people's wishes without their consent.
You know who else violates people without their consent?
Instead of telling your chronically ill friend to "feel better" when they're hurting enough to be vocal, try these instead:
I hope it passes quickly
I hope tomorrow is a low symptom day
I'm sorry you're hurting
Tomorrow will be kinder
These are just a couple of things people have said to me that made me feel a hell of a lot more understood than when someone tells me to "feel better" or "get well soon"
Being back now in RP Land for a bit and watching the change in tumbles ways and with a degree in information technology, I've been seeing a few things that I think are really affecting getting our blogs out there...
1. The majority of people aren't reblogging promos anymore. Promos are sitting in the tags rotting, only being reblogged on the OPs blog. The whole reason we started having promos was to share our beautiful partner's blogs (and our own) by word of mouth, not tags!!!
2. Tags are overly-saturated. Everyone is tagging LITERALLY every post they make with the rp searches to try to get one jump ahead with one extra post exposing their blog and by doing this, they've actually made it nearly impossible to find new blogs which is exactly the reason promos were created in the first place I'm pretty sure...
So how do we fix it?
First, stop tagging every single post. Only tag your promos, maybe starter calls, but nothing else needs to have the rp tags!!!!
Second and more importantly...
REBLOG YOUR PARTNER'S PROMOS!!!
Tumblr was not meant to be oversaturated with tags like this and everyone's activity is always fucky because it's Tumblr... Don't you feel special when your partner reblogs your promo?
And also when we stopped reblogging stuff like memes and pics from our partners it became standoffish in a weird way. Yeah posts get lost if your promo gets passed around but that's okay!!! Are y'all really over here finishing every plot line you write???
Rp is to have fun. Let y'all's hair down and have fun like we used to on here.
Now go reblog this post and let's make it fun here like it used to be!!!
Did Snape ever use Sceptumscepra in school? Cause Lupin straight up says that he recognizes the spell when he sees it used vs George and says that it's Snape's, but Lupin most probably didn't know that Snape was a DE (As Sirius didn't know), so then the only time he could have seen Snape use it would be in school, unless he randomly came across Snape using it out of school, but that seems unlikely. And it also seems unlikely that Lupin would... just make something up here?
But at the same time, I feel like the detail that Snape was apparently throwing around extremely dangerous dark magic that's permanent at least if not healed promptly(and that was said by Snape who made the damn spell and was such an expert in dark magic that he was able to slow down the effect of Voldemort's ring curse, don't know if Promfey could do that during Maurader's time.), would be a huge huge huge detail that deserves more than a single offhand mention.
I'm not sure there's a very satisfying answer.
'Sectumsempra was always a speciality of Snape’s.'
Is a weird line that didn't need to exist and doesn't serve much purpose...
...which makes it feel intentional. Important.
Remus Lupin, what do you mean it was his specialty??? Where??? When??? Why??? How???
Not because Severus is incapable of causing damage - but because when the fuck did he do it where you could be aware of it???
I also doubt Severus was using it at school.
At Sixth year he would have lost Lily and lost faith in a school that not only hid a dangerous werewolf but also gave them power over other students. He would be plotting for impressing the Death Eaters and the Dark Lord - not for use against classmates.
I mean, 'For Enemies'...?
I don't think Severus was the type of boy to be like 'I have invented this brutal spell in order to maul my most terrible enemies-!'
...about high school bullies.
He held himself a bit more maturely than that. He was better than them. He saw them as the pathetic, brutish immature worms the system coddled - while he was dreaming big.
Planning for when he graduated, a free adult - and could show his skills properly to those who would appreciate them!
He can't cut schoolkids. But he will cut enemies of the Dark Lord.
There's a cool idea that he developed it as a way to fight back against Werewolf Lupin if they tried that shit on him again. I like it.
But I still doubt he would have been throwing it around against human classmates. It's brutal, even by Wizarding standards - and those fuckers vanish bones.
Severus wasn't the kind of kid to brag. Nobody knew he called himself the Half-Blood Prince (good thats really embarrassing)
He sneaked around, wrote in his textbooks - did anyone know he was good at making spells...?
Levicorpus was used by basically everyone in Hogwarts - but Lupin had no idea who made it. He didn't even know if it was new or not.
“The Half-Blood Prince is someone who used to go to Hogwarts, I’ve got his old Potions book. He wrote spells all over it, spells he invented. One of them was Levicorpus —”
“Oh, that one had a great vogue during my time at Hogwarts,” said Lupin reminiscently. “There were a few months in my fifth year when you couldn’t move for being hoisted into the air by your ankle.”
[...]
“Yes,” he said, “but he wasn’t the only one. As I say, it was very popular. . . . You know how these spells come and go. . . .”
“But it sounds like it was invented while you were at school,” Harry persisted.
“Not necessarily,” said Lupin. “Jinxes go in and out of fashion like everything else.”
(HBP ch16)
Levicorpus was popular. It is good for pranks and also for dueling.
He must have cast it, even explained how to do it - yet he didn't insist on it being 'his' spell. He didn't stamp his name on it for infamy.
So why would he want infamy for using something as cut-throat and dangerous as Sectumsempra at school...? Something that is as brutal as you say it is - I'm not buying it.
Unless, in an earlier state, the spell was far less of an issue. Less damaging, less lethal, less permanent.
...Then why would Remus know so much about its current form?
The way he says it suggests he hasn't just heard about it -
‘He lost an ear,’ said Lupin.
‘Lost an –?’ repeated Hermione in a high voice.
‘Snape’s work,’ said Lupin.
‘Snape?’ shouted Harry. ‘You didn’t say –’
‘He lost his hood during the chase. Sectumsempra was always a speciality of Snape’s. I wish I could say I’d paid him back in kind, but it was all I could do to keep George on the broom after he was injured, he was losing so much blood.’
(DH ch5)
The 'always' here really sounds like it goes way back, right??
'Grr, we were right about Snape, he always was a git, and now he's betrayed us'
But... like you say, Sirius didn't know about Snape being a DE.
Would Lupin?
Even if Lupin had 'heard' - how would he know what Snape's specialty was so intimately, unless he either faced him or fought alongside him?
The furthest back it can be is during the first war.
Like maybe… Lupin encountering Severus as a Death Eater while spying in the werewolves and saw him do The Terrible Things?
He couldn't tell Sirius, because Sirius+Potters mistrusted him and they had grown apart, and Albus/other Order members kept it quiet because… reasons? I guess...?
Issues:
+Assumes a hell of a lot about what his and Severus' jobs were regarding werewolf communes.
+While far from polite, Lupin was trusting of Severus during PoA and didn't seem to have an issue with him beyond regular shit?
Like I dunno, if I knew Severus was a DE capable of really hurting people, kept trying to throw him under the bus and that Sirius Black was on the loose - if I was Remus I'd be pretty worried??
+This could make a cool fic tho. Remus meets Severus as a DE. Severus see's Remus in a pack of Werewolves and is like 'I knew it I knew you were a piece of shit'
The only other time I can think of is OotP.
Severus being revealed to the rest of the Order as a spy within the Death Eaters - including sharing his skills, what he is capable of, for like... transparency and trust and teambuilding shit.
Issues:
+'always' still feels weird, as does 'specialty'.
Always since 2 years ago…? You know what his specialty spells are?
I guess if they went on dangerous missions together...
+But that assumes they ever did anything together, even once.
Snape is having a REAL bad year if he has to teach Harry occulmency, kiss Voldemort's toes, have his worst memory seen AND walk the fucking wolfman
+This is a stretch. I'm stretching.
It's probably what I'd go for, but it's not like… good. It's kinda icky.
Now I want a 'Tonks, Remus and Snape all go on a mission together' fic
Everything about it is strange.
I also don't think Lupin would just make something up, but... would sectumsempra even be a spell Severus uses often???
He isn't a very violent guy. He doesn't seem to want to hurt people. He tries to deflect and get out of dodge more than anything.
If anyone has a satisfying answer... I'd love to see it, because it just does my head in lol
I think the doylist reason is that Severus needed to be refreshed in the readers memory, at the start of DH, as a Big Enemy - and there is lingering betrayal and long-term distrust.
But then a "Snape cast Sectumsempra - nasty work, typical for him" would have been fine... ughhhh Remus how do you KNOW what Severus is good at?!?
Heyyy, I'm here to defend my headcanon that Severus used Sectumsempra at school with the Marauders, and that's how Remus knows about it😎😎 Absolutely NOT saying its the only possible interpretation, just sharing why do I personally think it's the most likely one! Adding comments that adress it under the post for the context:
I don't know why people think that Sectumsempra is unhealable and necessarily leaves scars, since its directly contradicted by the books. Severus tells Draco that with the use of dittany, it can be avoided. Draco doesn't have any scars later in the books, and it's explicitly mentioned that he received cuts on his face ("Blood spurted from Malfoy’s face and chest..."), so we'd definitely know if he'd be left scarred. All the damage done to Draco was healed with no consequences to him aside from psychological. And I think Draco received about as severe of a damage as the spell can provide – because Harry didn't control it, didn't know about the danger, and was really stressed. He "bellowed" the spell, waving his wand "wildly". I also don't think that Severus would have used the mildest version in the Lupin/George situation (he "shouted" his spell), and yet it only left one non-lethal wound.
We have just one more instance when Sectumsempra is used successfully, and we know for sure that it's Sectumsempra – Harry on Infernos:
"But though gashes appeared in their sodden rags and their icy skin, they had no blood to spill: They walked on, unfeeling, their shrunken hands outstretched toward him...."
It doesn't slice the decaying corpses in two, doesn't cut their hands or legs or heads off, and Harry is putting his all in and YELLING. We actually never see Sectumsempra being casted without the character yelling! So Sectumsempra at MOST can cut through skin and cartilage – and the impact it makes to some extent depends on how the spell is performed. We know for a fact that the way a spell is casted can very significantly influence how intense is it, and how much damage it causes: look at Expelliarmus, that can just make one lose their wand, or can make them fly around the room; same with Protego, etc. I don't understand why would Sectumsempra be different. We also know that some spells, like Levicorpus, can be made nonverbal deliberately – and we don't have the (nvbl) note near Sectumsempra, so if the cutting spell Severus fired at James during SWM was Sectumsempra, it makes sense it wasn't exactly strong. Severus is talented, but nonverbal spells are only taught on sixth year DADA in Harry's year – and even in calm environment, talented students still somewhat struggle with them.
What we can know from those three successful instances: when yelled with the wand swayed intensely, Sectumsempra can cause varied amounts of damage: can cause singular (George) or multiple (Draco) wounds, can cut through skin and flesh and cartilage but not through bones, and doesn't leave scars even in severe cases if healed fast (here, the logic of a normal trauma caused by an actual sword might apply, as well. More serious wounds need immediate treatment to heal well, smaller wounds are likely to heal properly even without treatment). The only issue to address here is the fact that George's ear can't be "replaced".
“...although there’s no chance of replacing his ear, not when it’s been cursed off — ” (Lupin)
"Mrs. Weasley looked around and said, “I can’t make it grow back, not when it’s been removed by Dark Magic. But it could have been so much worse... He’s alive.”
First of all, nobody in this universe fucking knows what even is Dark Magic. Remus himself doesn't attribute the fact that George's ear can't be regrown to Sectumsempra specifically – he just says that the ear was "cursed off", and that's why. We see that the cut itself can be quickly healed and stop bleeding pretty fast by people who are no expects in Dark Magic: "Mrs. Weasley had staunched his bleeding now, and by the lamplight Harry saw a clean, gaping hole where George’s ear had been." So the cut left by Sectumsempra can be healed without the sing-songy healing spell, and wouldn't endlessly bleed otherwise.
On regrowing lost limbs – Pettigrew cut his hand off with a dagger, and instead of regrowing a new biological one, he's given a prosthesis. We have Moody witn his leg prosthesis and missing nose-piece, and while sure, he is an Auror dealing with "Dark Magic", maybe even with Sectumsempra, it implies that regrowing a body part isn't all that simple. We never see a "not dark" Diffindo, for example, being used to cut off cartilage – so we don't know whether it's possible, and whether it would be possible to regrow or not. We know that Hermione's Diffindo (not shouted, yelled or casted agressively – “D-diffindo,” she said, pointing her wand at Ron, who roared in pain as she slashed open the knee of his jeans, leaving a deep cut. “Oh, I’m so sorry, Ron, my hand’s shaking! Diffindo!”) left Ron with a deep slash on his knee. Molly is absolutely shaken and hates "dark magic" – it makes sense that in this context she would lament about it, but again – no one explains what COUNTS as Dark Magic. We know Sectumsempra doesn't necessarily cut any pieces off – and we know that the wounds themselves can be healed, quite fast, not only by Severus, not only by experts in Dark Magic or whatever.
Another point – if Severus was known for Sectumsempra among the DEs, it would have been pretty stupid to try firing it at one of his fellow DEs? Maybe he wanted to say that he fired it at Lupin/George and missed, so planned to reverse what had happened in reality, but still – trying to use his "signature among DEs" spell on one of them seems like such an unnecessary risk.
On Marauders – even if we assume that the cut James got wasn't Sectumsempra, it still shows that Severus used physical violence of a VERY similar kind in order to protect himself. On the only instance when we see him fighting back at school, he uses a spell that cuts skin and draws blood. The cut was minor enough for James to basically ignore – i think it means it was weaker than Severus intended for it to be, so even if it had been Diffindo, Severus wanted it to be more serious. So we see Severus applying very similar violence to James Potter, during the period where Remus would realistically, actually know which spells are Severus' "specialty".
About the question "how would Remus know how severe it was as a fully formed spell" – he didnt have to – he had heard Snape casting Sectumsempra and therefore remembers it. Unlike Levicorpus, it doesn't seem to be intentionally nonverbal, and "always was a specialty" doesn't imply that Severus only used it one time during SWM, when he had been choking on soap (tho i also dont think it means "every week", it probably means "a few times but im emotional about that right now", and also it could've been quite memorable. I dont think it was ever taken quite as far as Harry took it with Draco, since Harry was unaware of the danger, but i also think there were more serious instances then the SWM cut for sure). And during the chase, Remus must've heard Severus shouting it – so even if it did more intense damage than what Snape's Sectumsempra caused at school, he'd recognize the incantation, and it's overall function.
I think that Severus ABSOLUTELY would have called the Marauders his enemies. They tried to kill him – it's about as much "enemies" as possible. Imo, Severus at that age had been more focused on people who made his life horrible constantly, than on abstract "enemies of the Dark Lord". He didn't need to fantasise about future fights, after all – he had real ones, had people who targeted him relentlessly. And coincidentally, Remus Lupin himself is right among them! Yeah, calling your abusers "enemies" is a bit edgy, but i think it's actually edgy in a more fitting way for teen Severus than having fantasies about some kind of "dark lord enemies" after he graduates? Harry wanted to test a spell labelled "For Enemies" on McLaggen💀💀💀
And one more thing, on Levicorpus – we don't know if it had been made "popular" (i do think that "basically everyone" is a stretch from "james wasnt the only one" tho. maybe you "couldn't move for being hoisted into the air" because you are [dubious] friends with james, remus darling) with Severus' consent or without it. We know that it can be learnt via reading the incantation – in the same way Harry read it in Severus' textbook without his permission, example or instructions; and it can't be just repeated after someone casting it in most cases, because it would have been nonverbal. Which is a really not useful quality to add into your spell if you want for it to spread and get popular?
This is really good!!! I’m not yet convinced, personally, so I’m here to yap, too B^) I came to my own conclusion I’m attached to.
But I do like it. Absolutely something I could accept well enough.
Thankyou for making me think <3
Some points of your post I wanna say things on:
‘Draco didn’t get scarred from Sectumsempra’
This is a really good pick!!!
I typically attribute that to Snape casting ~special spell~ to heal it, but I suppose that isn’t supported since a wound left behind could be healed by Molly (another good pick!!!)
‘Pettigrew cut off his hand with a dagger and is given a prosthesis’
I doubt that's because he can’t grow a new hand. They can regrow bones. The silver hand was a ‘gift’ (leash) from Voldemort.
‘Moody has a prosthetic leg’
And a prosthetic eye, and chunks missing out of his face and body...
This is where I think Remus’ comment that curses can’t be reattached holds water. Remus knows ‘dark magic’ effects - werewolf wounds can’t be fully healed, either. ...whatever the fuck 'dark magic' actually means...
‘Hermione cut Ron deeply with Diffindo’
(thankyou for the clear diffindo example!!)
But... doesn’t this closely resemble the cut on James’ face…?
It was reasonably deep - even when cast silently/shakily.
They don’t act like it is a big deal - other than it hurting.
Every time we see a Sectumsempra hit it does severe damage.
Harry desperately slashed inferni - they only didn't fall because they were corpses. Draco’s chest/face burst open. Severus, with his life-long mastery, cut an ear clean off.
It’s always treated with weight - while Diffindo is treated lightly.
Maybe a teeny tiny controlled Sectumsempra would leave a single regular cheek cut... But so would a basic Diffindo.
They learn Diffindo in school before fourth year (Harry used it in GoF to cut Cedrics bag strap, Ron used it on his Yule Ball frock) so age 11 to maybe 14.
So... I’d assume damage from it, accidental or in fights, would be considered easy to heal. They put it in kids' hands, after all.
It’s not a spell that's likely to get you expelled for using it.
Severus really doesn't want to get into any real trouble at school.
The marauders can go around casting illegal spells and pointing kids towards werewolves - he can't get away with that sorta stuff.
'Harry wanted to test a spell labelled "For Enemies" on McLaggen'
To be fair he didn't know what it did yet. The last spell he tried from the book only lifted Ron upside down by his ankle.
I doubt he was expecting to almost murder someone with it.
'Severus focusing on the Marauders as enemies is more realistically edgy than him focusing on the Dark Lords enemies as a teen'
I'm sure he did both - but I don't think him focusing on the Dark Lords enemies is unrealistically edgy for a teen in a recruitment pipeline.
There was a war happening and he was keen to join. He knew he would have to be prepared to do extreme violence when asked:
Killing muggles, murdering families who don't comply, fighting Aurors - and anyone else Voldemort deems an enemy in his revolution.
A spell that can burst Draco's chest open seems pretty good for that.
...
You might be right that Severus used it at school, saying it out loud so Remus learned the word - but that it was far weaker back then.
That, even when saying or yelling it, it didn’t do much damage.
(If it EVER actually hurt them more than a cut Sirius or Remus would absolutely have brought that up to Harry, especially when defending James)
Harry used it to great effect first try - but I guess Severus could have had far more control over his spellcasting when being bullied.
There’s also the satisfying element of seeing the ‘origin’ of the spell when he will become so associated with it later. That's nice.
…
But in a different reblog string I came to a conclusion I like more.
To summarize:
There is another point where Remus says Severus was ‘always’ good at something.
But it’s something they couldn’t have possibly known about until OotP.
“Snape was a highly accomplished Occlumens,” said Lupin, his voice uncharacteristically harsh. “We always knew that.”
(HBP, ch29)
Unless the Marauders are highly skilled Legillimens and tried to look into his head - there is no way they could know this about him.
Not until Albus could (and had reason to) tell them.
It was most likely shared around when the Order re-formed.
They had proof of his ‘high accomplishments’ then: watching Severus risking his life as a spy, bringing back information from Voldemort.
So, to Remus, ‘always’ can mean just two years. Information they have shared since they started formally working together.
“Snape was a highly accomplished Occlumens, We always knew that.”
“Sectumsempra was always a speciality of Snape’s.”
These taste the same.
I like this explanation better than Severus using his dangerous, experimental Dark Magic at school.
On Levicorpus -
I agree Severus didn’t intend for it to be popular…? I don’t think he was ever thinking about it being popular - and didn’t step up to ‘claim’ it.
But he evidently showed someone, because it eventually reached James’ knowledge.
As we see from the reaction Harry gets using it on Ron - it’s a riot.
Kids love it! It’s totally a surprise prank that’d spread. Like those biscuits the twins made that turned people into giant Canaries.
LOVE the implication that it was just James, though - and Remus is simply that biased. That’s great haha rose tinted glasses
“Everyone thought they were cool” no, Remus… that was just you.,,,
“Everyone was doing it!” no, Remus… James was doing it to everyone…
“He was the best friend you could ask for”
he made a sport of humiliating Peter, a loyal friend, and never bothered listening when you actually tried to get him to leave Severus alone…
I love all of this!! I am a practicing witch and I'll explain dark magic!
Magic is always (actually always, not like lupin saying always ok!) intention based and I don't think that excludes the HP universe!
Therefore, dark magic would be anything with a "bad" intention.
The thing about working with magic, energy, even praying for Christians, is that your intention must be good.
When you work with spells and energies, your head should be clear and you should be in a calm state. This is where you hear talk of like the white witch, the good witch.
If your intentions are negative and/or nefarious even, that is considered black or dark magic.
For example. If we apply this logic to the HP world, when Harry tries to use cruciatus on Bellatrix, she laughs like it tickles. It's because harry did not actually WANT to truly hurt her. He was angry and it was like when you snap at someone and "bite their head off" then you're like I'm so sorry, I didn't mean that. Same thing. If his intention has been to truly hurt her, she would've lay on the floor writhing in pain. Should note here, on the film he yells it and please forgive me I don't have a book available to properly cite it.
So another layer to consider here is intention, which shifts your magic from light to dark!
