Potions Master

Snape fan since 2002

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"Congratulations, Potter, - Snape said unhappily, putting on the shirt Valerie Evergreen had handed him. - You are a mentolegus". "A what?" - Harry rounded his eyes.

"A mentolegus. A person who can read minds. That's the first time I've ever seen that in a child. It's an ability reserved for exceptionally powerful wizards".

"Like you, sir?" - Valerie asked in a silky voice, watching with fascinating interest as the professor slowly turned a yellowish blush.

"Like Dumbledore. Moody's a mentolegus too, - Professor Snape jerked his shoulder irritably. - Voldemort, he paused, is one, too. I know several other wizards who have that ability. Sometimes the quality is hereditary. Your father, however, had no such talents, - Snape added to Harry with a fair amount of sneer. - If you like, - he said with difficulty, - I can give you a book that will help you develop those abilities without hurting anyone around you", - he glowered and turned away.

Harry's mouth dropped open. Snape is giving him presents? It was like the end of the world".

Chapter 39: The Potions O.W.L. test, Harry Potter and The Phoenix of the Order by Contance_Ice on A03.

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"Harry caught two movements out of the corner of his eye: Nagini's head snapping towards him with poisonous fangs bared, and a black figure separating from the cloud of wet mist that was creeping sideways. The man in black ran from the doorway toward Harry and the snake that was coming toward him. The boy's body was already tightly bound by Nagini's rings, so no curse that could hit the snake could be used without hurting Harry. So the man made the only possible choice: he made a huge leap and an inch from Harry's face grabbed Nagini by the neck, dropping with the cobra to the floor. The rings clenching Harry's body disappeared and the snake switched to its new attacker. The long, slender fingers of one hand desperately searched the snake's throat for the very point that would break its spine, the other hand, which already had the tail of the king cobra wrapped around it, dropped the interfering wand and sank into the snake's neck as well. But Nagini proved to be stronger".

Chapter 38: Invollio Magicus, Harry Potter and The Phoenix of the Order by Contance_Ice on A03.

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"- Shut up! - Harry couldn't contain himself, feeling the rage boiling up inside him again. His failure with Cho had stirred up all the resentments that had been building up in him for ages, and they burst out in this wild scream.

- What?! - The Potions Master walked briskly over to Harry. His robe, fluttering, was flapping at his feet. - Am I not mistaken, Potter? You just said…

- I ordered you to shut up, Professor, - Harry yelled, amazed at his own audacity. - You can't bully me anymore! I know why you hate me, you filthy bastard, you…

- POTTER! - Snape yelled in shock. - You're insane, Potter! One more word and you'll be kicked out of school with such references on your papers that you'll have no choice but to go to school with the Muggles! And as for the girl who was just here, I'm going to find out who she is and… Harry could no longer store up the darkness that was building up and up. It needed to be given a way out. He pulled his wand from his pocket.

- Crucio!

Irreparable curses couldn't work on a very powerful wizard if applied to him by a child. That was something Harry had learnt last year. But the desire to hurt this bastard who bullied him, hated his father, and had the nerve to fall in love with his mother gave Harry an inhuman strength. Snape twisted in agony. One of his arms hung helplessly in the air, the other crunched loudly in his shoulder. His legs twitched convulsively like a marionette's. And then Harry felt a surprising lightness in his whole body, as if what he had done to Snape had brought him relief and joy. Harry felt an almost sweet satisfaction now at the familiar heaviness of the wand in his hand".

Chapter 32: The Spring Ball, Harry Potter and The Phoenix of the Order by Contance_Ice on A03.

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Snape's arrival!

I recently wrote about the translation of the legendary russian fic trilogy. Today I've translated the eleventh chapter, in which Professor Snape finally appears in the flesh! But I strongly advise you not to skip the previous ten chapters, they are important to the plot (in earlier chapters, Snape is mentioned several times, by the way).

I really, really need readers to keep me motivated to keep translating, because I have a lot of hard work ahead of me. This is the fic I grew up on along with Rowling's books. It's very important to me.

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I have begun a monumental work - the translation of a trilogy of fanfics considered legendary in Russian Harry Potter fandom. The Phoenix of the Order, Forest of Shadows and the unfinished The Alchemist' Cell.

Contance_Ice started writing this fic before the fifth book came out, so it has nothing to do with Rowling's further canon. But for me, the Constance_Ice trilogy has always been far more important than the rest of Rowling's books, and for me this Severus Snape is superior to Rowling's Snape. To tell you the truth, I wasn't even particularly sad when Snape died in the seventh book, because his fate in the Constance_Ice's fanfic was much more important to me (and still is).

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So, the Marauders made their map around 5th-7th grade. There's no doubt they're were using its abilities against Snape. His bullies could immediately know where he was, in which company he just was and, more horrible, were he's going right now. They was probably ambush him a lot and Snape wasn't able to prevent that or fully understands the reason why they know his every step. His life at Hogwarts was already living hell and from that it would probably got even worse. I guess the incidents like the lake scene were more frequent after Potter and his company made their spying map. Honestly, this thought sending chills down my spine...

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by Jim Kay

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I know, it's a little bit early to say, but I'm working on several Snape fics. It's gonna be a long work, because I don't want to publish the raw drafts. Maybe it will take a few months, maybe a year, who knows. I'm only starting to overcome my multi-year writer's block and my own original texts is my first priority (fics is more like exercise or relaxation for me). But I thought you'll want to know that something is coming. The other problem here is that english is not my native language, so I need to write it in russian first and then translate it in english. It will take time too... But here's little teaser of what I'm working: 1). Short fic about Snape's first days as a teacher. 2). Short AU fic about adult Lily and Snape (and James). Not snily, btw. 3). Multi-chapter fic about Snape, Dursleys and little Harry. 4). BIG multi-chapter fic about young Snape's Hogwarts years.

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I'm not attacking Ron or protecting Malfoy... but please look at this situation from Snape's point of view. He know from his own sad experience that in Hogwarts staff tends to close their eyes on Gryffindors' "mischiefs" and ignore bullied Slytherins. And here's Snape see how Ron physically attacks Malfoy and grabs his robes! He didn't hear how Draco insulted Weasley family, he see only thing - Gryffindor student attacking Slytherin student. By the way, it wasn't self-defense, since Malfoy was using only his words. But as far as Snape knows it could've been bully's attack on other student. What I'm mean is Snape never get the protection from Head of Slytherin House when he was young...so now he protected his own students. And I can understand him.

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Harry: “Quirrell said he hates me because he hated my father. Is that true?” Dumbledore: “Well, they did rather detest each other. Not unlike yourself and Mr. Malfoy”.

Yeaaah... Only Dumbledore didn't mentioned that it's James Potter was a “Malfoy”. Not Snape.

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So... Snape as a referee in Philosopher's Stone. Was it his own idea to be a referee next Quidditch match for Harry's safety? Or it was Dumbledore's suggestion (or even an order)? Dumbledore himself came to this match, so Snape probably told him what happened to Harry and about his counter-spell. I don't really can't imagine that Snape asking to be a referee on his own will, so I'm leaning to Dumbledore's order version. Snape probably wasn't happy about it. But just imagine McGonagall's face when she learned that Snape would be a referree (without any explanation!) when her precious Gryffindors are playing!

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I have this headcanon where Snape is sitting (regrettably) between Lily and Petunia as they argue over who the best Beatle is.

Oh, these muggle 60s' girls! The question is which beatle liked by Petunia and which by Lily? And If Lily liked Ringo, did Petunia snarkly mentioned Ringo's big nose and Severus'?.. But just imagine... Adult Snape who still remember names of all four Beatles! He would wanted to forget, but he can't... He even remember that one named Ringo Starr was playing on the drums. But he never admits that he remember that. Never. (But sometimes he listen Beatles album to remember that summer and one of the Evans sisters...).