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severus snape fic recs
my personal favs
Young Snape:
a life of smoke and silvered glass: Slight AU in which Severus apologizes, tries harder, and stays friends with Lily. Severus doesn't become a Death Eater because he believes in it, Jily get married. Sweet, slightly sad ending. (So cute).
Falling Apart: Time travel fic, no pairings, Severus goes back to when James levicorpused him. (I loved this, I loved how Mary was included and Avery had a redemption arc. Severus never calls Lily mudblood.)
in glory and in ruin: Mulciber/Snape but it's not a main part of it. Basically, a Triwizard Tournament in between the school houses, and Severus gets chosen even though he's only 16. The Marauders and Lily aren't really in it, focuses on Snape's Gang, Charity and Aurora. WIP, and I LOVE it!
The Gryffindor Sort: WIP. Long. In which Severus is a Gryffindor, Lupin is hiding something, Potter and Black are the worst, and there's a Wizarding War about to erupt.
Severus and the Marauders: Long. What if instead of being insulted and excluded from the group, Severus was embraced instead. After all, it was the actions of the group that shaped history from the sidelines. So what if they shaped history a little differently?
That Awful Snape Boy: It had all happened on Wednesday 3rd of September 1973; Minerva committed the date to memory. She would always be amazed that this discussion could happen in the first place. If the boy hadnāt been unconscious, would they even have learnt anything before it was too late?
The Unwanted Boy From Spinner's End: Severus Snapeās existence is a mistake. His mother hints at it often enough with her regretful, drawn-out sighs, while his father prefers to get the message across with a good strapping and a lecture on his worthlessness. Needless to say, the twelve-year-old is not particularly inclined to trust adults, no matter how concerned or caring they claim to be. His life changes abruptly, however, one late evening in September when an illicit brewing session results in a forced trip to the Hogwarts infirmary. Not only is the truth about Severus' home life discovered, but an investigation reveals that shortly prior to his motherās unexpected death, a single piece of parchment was deposited into her Gringotts vaultāa Last Will and Testament in which Eileen Snape nĆ©e Prince grants guardianship of her son to none other than Albus Dumbledore himself.
To Recollect the Future: Hindsight is 20/20, but when Harry's last steps into the forest set him back further than he'd ever thought, he never realised how grateful he'd be to have Snape there to help too.
Severus' choice: How one choice changed history's course, or the life of Severus Snape from Hogwarts to adulthood if characters were less caricatural, and Voldemort and the Death Eaters were more than bogeymen. This is an AU, events before and after may differ from the books.
the lost generation:Ā The Marauders era at Hogwarts, Voldemort's rise to power and the subsequent war, family loyalties and dishonour, and the struggles of friendship in a difficult time.
Snily:
Come Once Again and Love Me: My favourite Snily fic ever. Snape and Lily time travel back from their individual deaths to when they were still at Hogwarts. Realistic-Lily misses James and Harry and their falling in love is slow burn too. Made me want to cry. I almost liked James!
The Fields of Summer: Short and sad. His past was bleeding into the present, just as his future was bleeding out of the gaping wound in his neck. And since memories were useless to a dead man, Snape plucked them out of his mind and gave them to The Boy Who Lived. He didnāt realize that in so doing, heād forget her.
seventeen moons: After the werewolf prank. Severus was bitten and Lily figures it out. I hated Sirius so much and he was barely in it but he wasn't villainised-it's just the consequences of his own actions.. Loved the Snily! Short.
Surprising Lessons: Tensions run high between the students of Hogwarts in the time when Severus Snape, Lily Evans, and the Marauders are teenagers. New spells are invented, insults are traded, new bonds form, and unexpected support blooms. Short and sweet.
Vox Severus: SO cute. When Severus Snape's voice changes in fourth year, everyone notices.
Ambiguous: Order member Lily did not have a baby. Death Eater Severus did not hear a prophecy. Consequently, the Dark Lord did not fall. ...but what happens when a long forgotten prophecy suddenly shakes, and flashes through the colours of the spectrum..?
Switching Wands: Severus and Lily acted as best friends should and talked about the Whomping Willow incident. Lily is less than impressed with Potterās behaviour from that point onward.
Her Slytherin, His Gryffindor: Lily has had enough of James' bullying ways, so she decides to finally take advantage of her Prefect status. Or, in another universe, Lily helps Severus, and they become even closer.
Sweet Root: Lily decides to get Severus drunk one summer night. Angst thereby incurred happily resolves itself into, uh, happiness.
You Don't Bug Me: āIs there any reason youāre half naked in my room?ā
Snape/Sirius:
Two Sides: A time travel fic where Severus and Sirius find themselves back on the evening before they graduated Hogwarts. With no idea how and why that happened, they set out to get back to their respective timelines. After all, Sirius has to save Harry at the Minstry of Magic, and Severus needs to tell Potter about the final Horcrux. Right? Too bad that they find themselves back on that evening over and over again. (Personal thoughts: I loved this one, very in character and I loved how they 'fixed' their regrets of the past).
Broken Me Found Broken You: Itās determined that Severus Snape and Sirius Black are immune to punishment after years of near-fatal pranks, bullying, and homemade curses. The only person who thinks them capable of ending the feud and finishing their education is Professor McGonagall. For the summer of ā77, she gives them a pair of charmed hand mirrors and an ultimatum: communicate. Thatās it, a mere ten minutes every Saturday. Back at Hogwarts, when their animosity proves insurmountable, Sirius and Severus are relegated to a small, Eighth Year dormitory. The tight quartersāwandlessāare intended to force them to make a peaceful reconciliation, but peace is impossible with a bloody war ramping up inside and outside the castle.
Sorry: Sirius Black decides to make amends for the horrid way he treated Snape when they were teenages. Snape is less than amenable to the idea. (Written around the time of book three/four). Basically, Sirius apologises a lot. And then some fucking.
The Sin in Your Grin (And the Shape of Your Mouth): The Order needed Sirius, but he doubted they'd mourn him very long when he finally disappeared. The first Wizarding war, Snape and Sirius are fucking. Sirius thinks Remus is the spy, Severus tells him otherwise. Canon-compliant: James and Lily die, Peter is the spy. The last line. Shaking.
Dead Reckoning: Severus Snape delivers a potion to Number Twelve, Grimmauld Place, holding a twenty-year-old grudge in his heart. He has yearned for revenge for so longāand he will have it. Along with something else he did not ask for.
Beyond The Veil: In one world, Sirius Black ignored Severus Snape's warning and went to the Department of Mysteries to save his godson's life. He died and went beyond the veil. In another world, Sirius Black stayed back. This made all the difference. An AU where Sirius Black survived and now knew Severus Snape's deepest secret.
Rings And Ringing Bells: A bastardisation of a traditional love story. Two men both broken by the world are at witās end trying not to kill each other. Thereās Severus, a bitter insult who does not take fools lightly, and Sirius, a drunkard who has a habit of pressing his buttons. It involves a curse which forces them to get married, an immaculate conception, and the blurring of the line between hate and love. They fear that they have no control over their lives and are doomed to make the mistakes their parents had done before them. Theyāre not good for each other, but the fiasco that is their romance may be enough to teach them how to hate each other and themselves a little less.
Always (Come For Me): Snape might have been lying when he said Sirius Black wasn't punished for the prank he had pulled on him. It all started with Sirius having to live with the Snapes for the remainder of his summer...
An Interlude: Set during Order of the Phoenix. Snape comes across Black looking through some of his old school things. Memories are stirred up, grudges are held, old conflicts refuse to be resolved, and new ground might be (dis)covered. A series of conversations in the year before a death.
bite your tongue, go to the funeral: A funeral, a departure, a chance encounter, a war, a funeral (again), a snide remark, and a revival.
Two Boys Kissing: Sirius goes to a gay bar and meets the last person he expects. Under cloudy skies, two boys kiss and that one moment comes to define generations of want, need and hope.
An Occlument Heart: Snape knows that, usually, keeping a secret is the bravest thing you can do. But sometimes the bravest thing is to tell one. Complete. Canon (more or less) up to the start of Book 5, when this story begins.
Found in the Moments Between the Search: When Sirius returns from beyond the Veil with knowledge of Voldemort's Horcruxes, he takes on the task of finding and destroying them. Somewhere along the way he finds an unexpected ally and perhaps something more. (AU from the end of OotP, takes place during HBP period)
Walking the Monochrome: Thatās what being a dog is like ā it's like youāre walking the very edge of the world, where almost all colour has run out, and you know that should you miss a step, youāll fall off that edge... Then again, you already know all about it. The edge and the falling.ā AU of the first war.
Second Life: What happens when two men are given a second chance.
The Welcoming Feast: Severus opened his eyes and he was suddenly inside Grimmauld Place. His hand flew to his neck. He remembered Nagini biting him, Potter coming to him and then he closed his eyes, expecting death, but instead he was back here.
The Devil-and-All to Pay: Albus Dumbledore is mad. Severus is sure of it, when the old man sends him to persuade Sirius Black to come back to England and let the Order use his family home as headquarters. The problem, as always, is that Severus cannot say no.
Black Out: Snape and Black try something they have never done before. Talking.
eighty-twenty:Ā In seventh year James left Severus for Lily. Best choice he could have ever made. It never would have worked out. Besides, he and Lily are married now, she's pregnant with his soon to be child and Severus...Severus is with Sirius.
First and Last and Always:Ā Severus had his wand. He swallowed hard. His wand. Magic. His only defense, because Black outweighed him by at least three stone. But magic was more than enough. Severus had never needed physical prowess. His magical strength, and the keenness of his mind, gave him the advantage. Except when it didnāt.
Visions of Doom:Ā Severus gets injured in the shrieking shack (his fifth year). While unconscious he witnesses some scenes from his future and realizes becoming a death eater wouldnāt bring him power and glory but pain and servitude. He spends the rest of his schooling trying to shape a different future for himself.
Anything by FabulaRasa on AO3.
Remus/Snape:
Fuel the Pyre of Your Enemies: A paired class assignment for Astronomy incites a mutually beneficial agreement between Remus Lupin and Severus Snape. An exploration of sexuality and friendships. (One of my favourite Snupin fics, really realistic. Also no evil!peter).
where the wolfsbane blooms: Remus and Severus friendship, and then more. 7000 words-short but sweet. Severus tries to cure the lycanthropy. James is constantly befuddled.
Have Your Cake and Eat It: Remus POV. Long. Incredible. Changed my world view. I cried with Remus at the end. Still kind of happy! Time travel fic. Remus lives. Realistic for the characters and especially for the seventies (although lowkey Remus is too woke for the nineties why does he know the word heteronormative). I loved Sirius in this one. Lying in hospital after the Battle of Hogwarts, Remus Lupin has a lovely lucid dream that he's gone back to his school days at Hogwarts. Only the day passes, then another, and another, and soon he must face the terrifying possibility that it isn't a dream ā that he has irreparably altered the events of the past. Cunegonde is SO good!
DELOCAPONUM:Ā šš'š¬ šš”š š²ššš« šššš. A new acquaintance to the territory of teaching, an old friend to grief and misfortune, and entirely off on the wrong foot, twenty-one-year-old Professor Severus Snape reverts to an old charm of his ā a charm for things that are lost ā in attempt to find the one book in which he wrote it. But when the spell starts working against him and mysterious things start happening to his own students, it seems he has no choice but to form an alliance with an old schoolyard enemy in order to find a culprit, a book, and his own identity. And one thing is for certain: the irritating charm of Remus Lupin is nearly impossible to refuse.
Creature Comforts: A classic! Remus and Severus are paired to work together in Care of Magical Creatures in 6th year. Neither one is too happy with the arrangement at first.
That Awful Boy: CLASSIC! Severitus. Petunia lets slip a twenty-year-old secret, and Harry is sent to Spinner's End to study Occlumency early. Severus Snape can see no way in which this could end in catastrophe.
Not Really Here: After the werewolf prank, Severus disappears. Heās still at Hogwartsāat least, he thinks he isāand heās probably still alive, but no one can see or hear him. Except for Lupin. Remus, meanwhile, is avoiding the other Maraudersāas well as everyone elseāand Snape becomes the sole exception to his self-appointed isolation. As they work together to look for answers about Severusā condition, the unlikely pair drift toward friendship. But building a relationship of any kind presents a challenge when neither of them is sure Severus exists at all. I've only read this once but I love it. No Marauders bashing, but no pretending they're saints either. And they have a pretty big part but obvs Snupin is at the forefront.
The Heir to the House of Prince: Harry is the main character and the main ship is Harry and Theo. While Snupin is secondary it's pretty central. Summer of 4th year and Harry's all alone, dealing with his grief and the sudden revelation that James Potter is not his father. Support comes in a strange form. The form of Theo Nott, son of a death Eater. A strange friend who says he'll help him find his true father, whoever this Lord Prince might be. Technically Snily ig? But not really.
Sight Unseen: After losing his sight during the Battle of Hogwarts, Remus struggles to adjust to his new circumstances; when depression threatens to overwhelm him, he receives unexpected assistance from an unknown source.
The Other Side of The Mirror: In sixth year, Remus Lupin nearly killed Severus Snape in wolf form. Miraculously, Severus escaped unharmed. But what if he hadn't?
The Meaning of Mistletoe:Ā What was going on was that Severus Snape had no trouble tracking down one Petunia Evans, now Dursley, to a little town in Surrey where he saw how exactly she was treating her nephew. Which somehow led to last night and Severus knocking on Lupinās door with a toddler half-asleep in his arms.
Spymaster: Former spymaster and one time headmaster of Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry Severus Snape left the house just once a week on a Tuesday. Wherein Snape wears tracksuit pants and smokes too many cigarettes and Lupin is into it.
Well They're No Friends Of Mine: Whenever his friends pull a prank on Snape, Remus always looks the other way. But what if there's another option?
The Other Side of the Mirror: I haven't read this, but it's a 'what if Remus bit Snape.' 60000 words.
Artemisa Absinthium: The Rat and the Snake: AU set during the First Wizarding War. Severus has defected from the Dark Lord, and become a double agent for Dumbledore. When he learns of an informant it sends the Order into disaray. Can he uncover the identity of the traitor before his own true loyalty is revealed? What price is he willing to pay for his redemption? And can a man like Severus Snape ever be worthy of love?
Capnolagnia: Three times Remus caught Severus Snape smoking.
About Wolves and Snakes: Unfinished. Remus Lupin woke up being fifteen years old again, having no idea how or why. Upon learning that he could not return, he decided that he would try to change the way things happened.
One Thousand Galleons: It's been six years since Remus Lupin, age 25, left England after the death of his father and the slow dissolving of his friendship with the Marauders. A letter from James finds him in Canada at an opportune time, asking him to come home to meet his soon-to-be-born son. Remus never expected that his time away would give him the perfect resume for teaching at Hogwarts, nor did he expect that his return would spark both conflict and resolution. If only he could get the Potion's Professor to understand how sorry he is for the way things turned out. āWhat is the price for your forgiveness?ā --- āOne Thousand Galleons.ā
Living Legend:Ā Marauders-era fic, Snape decides he needs some "hands-on" experience and chooses Remus as his very special study partner. But there's more to these extracurricular activities than meets the eye.
Lily's Boy: With help from unexpected places, Harry starts on a journey to end the war, and reshape the wizarding world. With how much he looks like James Potter, people have forgotten one important thing about him - he is Lily Evans' son, and she was one hell of a witch. Side Snupin.
It's Not Over Til It's Done: Unfinished. Severus did not expect to survive the Second Wizarding War, but survive he did. Remus didn't either, yet due to unforeseen circumstances, Remus finds himself taking care of Severus in the wake of surviving Nagini's venom.
Ten Aprils:Ā Severus must find a way for Harry to defeat Voldemort. Remus must find a way for Severus to free himself from the past.Ā The Dark Lord is about to attack Hogwarts, and Harry needs to get over his rage, hate and despair in order to learn to summon the phoenix needed to defeat Voldemort. Snape must find the answers, then teach Harry how. In the next thirty minutes. Like it would ever happen.
A Cauldron Full of Hot, Strong Love: A story in which Severus Snape is unable to sleep; a certain werewolf is impersonating Celestina Warbek and cauldrons are used as prevention, sort of.
the week that changed it all:Ā Itās Christmas break in Remusā 6th year of Hogwarts. Sadly, his parents arenāt home so he has to stay over at Lilyās house for the week. He makes a discovery he didnāt know was possible. The first one was that apparently, Severus lived not far away, the second one was that he started to like the boy.
A Prince By Early Frost:Ā While preparing his chamber for the Philosopherās Stone, Severus encounters the dark fae borne by a black glass mirror, buried deep beneath the castle. He is chosen, but unsure by what, until over a year later, when a figure from his dreams takes the Defense position, asking for a favor.
Chocolate Cake and Other Intimacies:Ā Remus Lupin is spending his birthday alone in the hospital wing. Severus brings him his homework to cheer him up.
That Awful Snape Boy: It had all happened on Wednesday 3rd of September 1973; Minerva committed the date to memory. She would always be amazed that this discussion could happen in the first place. If the boy hadnāt been unconscious, would they even have learnt anything before it was too late? Guardian fic but Snape is the ward in this one. AU set in the Marauders Era. Rated T to be safe.
Basically anything by McKay on AO3.
Snape/James:
Knowledge of the Gods: Severus was either in a coma and dying, already dead and trapped in some purgatory, completely and utterly insane, or living in the body of his past self. And, perhaps most suspiciously, why did James Potter keep looking at him like that?!
A Touch, A Kiss, A Whisper of Love: After Severus Snape and James Potter find themselves stuck in an awkward detention together, an unlikely friendship forms. As their newfound friendship develops, James discovers something new about himself while Severus tries to fight his growing attraction to the Gryffindor boy.
Cake, Please!: Slight SA gives me the ick, but vaguely fun to read. A story of blackmail, the wonderful world of sexuality, and lots of cake.
Revenge is Sweet: A teenage Snape plots his revenge on James Potter for making his life hell, but little does he know that James has plans of his own that will send both their lives spiraling irrevocably out of control.
Ninety-Three: James promises Severus that if Severus has sex with him 93 times, he will break up with Lilly and advocate that she date Severus.
Absolution: What is it that draws James to Severus? A disease? A curse? A secret wish... a need? Try as he might to ignore the Slytherin, in the end, to Severus is where James always finds himself. **SLOW BUILD** Rated M for... certain kinds of scenes later on.
The Dreamer in the Well: James got the girl....finally. She even stopped being friends with Severus, whom he absolutely hated. But one day, his curiosity changes everything.
Love Is Strange: At the start of his sixth year, James Potter decides to finally stop ruining Severus' life. His friends agree to stop the bullying but what they do not know is the reason why James decided to put an end to it. They think he just matured or grew tired of it but the truth is a little more complicated than that.
A Fickle Thing: James Potter's marriage is failing- What a perfect time to disguise himself as a muggle, follow Severus Snape to what is either a makeshift dance club or a party for gay muggles, and then do a series of things he really should not do.
Rise: Severus Snape was tired of his fate, to be a lowly snake. Luckily, fate was kind to him this time and the arrival of a tournament had come. It was a spur of the moment kind of thing, a moment of weakness and strength that led Severus to put his name in the Goblet of Fire. But he was chosen now, and he had no choice but to play in the game, maybe he will live or die, but either way he wasn't going to become what everyone said he would be.
Apocrypha: Two can keep a secret, if one of the two is dead.
Norwegian Wood (This Bird Has Flown): Long, loved it, well written. James Potter starts his seventh year with a secret. He has amazing friends, Sirius is always right by his side, Lily is finally starting to warm up to him. His life is an endless cycle of partying and drinking. So what if the Wizarding World is on the precipice of war? So what if Severus Snape has disappeared from Hogwarts? That's not James's problem. Life is beautiful, and even if it's all an illusion he wants to hold on to that dream for just a little bit longer.
Colours of Redemption:Ā Severus Snape was meant to die. Instead he was placed into hell. Trapped in timeloops, Severus tries to make sense of the future knowledge he suddenly had. If he made one bad move, everything is reset for him to try again. Being placed into a new house and everyone being nice to him, Severus is doing his best but it is hard. Especially when James Potter is noticing him in a different way.
Goeey Melting Hearts:Ā In their 5th year James, Sirius and Remus over hear a conversation that makes them reconsider their opinions of the āfuture Death Eatersā. The Marauders stop bullying, but guilt eats at James until he decides to apologize. That summer James tracks down Severus, but sees something that crushes him.
Regulus/Snape:
Burning Doves: The first Snape/Regulus I ever read. Regulus needs help with potions and Snape tutors him. Not much Marauders, they're just offscreen assholes. Narcissa and Severus friendship which I always enjoy. It's done, but I haven't finished it yet. Whoops.
Severus and Snape: Severus Snape finds Lily dead in Godric's Hollow, her son's screams echoing in his ears, and decides to end his life with hers. Fate has other ideas. Next thing he knows, he's facing an 11-year-old Lily Evans, on their way to their first year at Hogwarts.
Snape & or / Narcissa:
Seven Days:Ā Severus knows a lot can happen in seven days. Slash.
Living A Lie:Ā Ā All of her life, Narcissa Black has had to live as the perfect lady, and witch; to never reveal one's inner heart, nor ever go against the wishes of one's family. After being forced into an engagement she does not want during her sixth year at Hogwarts, Narcissa has kept the desires of her heart on ice; particularly, for a wizard her family would never in a million years have approved of: Severus Snape. Even after the birth of her son Draco, she has harbored these desires deep in her heart for the enigmatic Potions Master. But when she comes to Spinners End to ask Severus to watch over Draco at the start of the school term of 1997, she finds that she cannot keep her heart on ice for the wizard of her dreams any longer...
What Lies Beneath:Ā "Please, Professor, I saw him-I saw Snape," Harry said, struggling to breathe, "he's hurt...we've got to find him-we've got to find him right now or he's going to die!" Severus Snape's redemption story told in the span of three books from multiple perspectives.
Snape/Others:
Redemption:Ā Severus died that night at the hands of the Dark Lord, the man he "worked" for and was "loyal", at least that's what the Lord believed him to be, an impeccable servant.Ā Even so, he ended up dying for his master's snake.Ā He knew it would happen, he was sure his time was coming, just like the manipulative old goat's plan. However, what would he do when he found out that he wasn't the only one who had the memories of his past life?Ā How would his life turn out?Ā Better or worse?
Breaking the Mould:Ā Everyone knew Severus' future. Everyone knew he'd become a death eater, maybe get his mastery in potions and eventually die at his master's hand. But what if they didn't know Severus as well as they thought they did? Rather than conform to the role people expected him to play, Severus takes action. During 6th year he leaves Hogwarts, joining an apprenticeship overseas that guarantees not only a future but his own happiness. Meanwhile the Marauders (minus Peter) are left regretting what can never be. They each had a secret, something none of them were willing to admit. Only now it's too late. But what happens when Severus re-emerges during the war? Not a death eater, not a teacher even. But a strong, independent and most importantly a free man. How will the marauders react?
Dinner and a Show:Ā James takes Lily out to dinner, an unhappy evening made more difficult by the arrival of Severus and Lucius Malfoy at a nearby table.
Snape & Others:Ā
O Mine Enemy:Ā Severitus, long. When Harry finds an injured Snape on his doorstep and must hide him from the Dursleys, he has no idea that this very, very bad day will be the start of something good. Alternate 6th summer (and part of the school year): post-OotP; ignores HBP and DH. No slash, no romance. NOW COMPLETE!
I Know Not, and I Cannot Know; Yet I Live and I Love:Ā Severus Snape has his emotions in check. He knows that he experiences anger and self-loathing and a bitter yearning, and that he rarely deviates from that spectrum⦠Until the first-year Luna Lovegood arrives to his class wearing a wreath of babyās breath. Over the next six years, an odd friendship grows between the two, and Snape is not sure how he feels about any of it.
Second Life:Ā What happens when two men are given a second chance. Snape & Sirius.Ā
Not Entirely Tedious:Ā Young Professor Severus Snape shows up for a meeting, but the only other person there is the Deputy Headmistress. He wants to leave and return later, after the other participants will have arrived, but Professor McGonagall explains why that is impossible. Cross about having his plans for the day disrupted for a meeting thatās not taking place, Snape resents having to spend the afternoon with McGonagall. She doesnāt seem very pleased, either, but is content to relax and wait. Snape isnāt so patient, and soon manages to annoy his companion.
The Young Potions Professor:Ā The staff avoided him like the plague, ignored him, or straight up left when he went into the staff room. And the worst thing was that they didn't even try to hide their collective disgust for him. If he got into the staff room in the morning and any of them were there, they would immediately get up and go sit on the furthest side of the room, as far from him as possible.
Slytherin Career Day:Ā The student of Slytherin House were born with everything: wealth, prestige and pure wizarding blood. Now it's Severus Snape's job to help them find the one thing they don't have: careers.
In Another Lifetime:Ā HP AU. In a world where Tom Riddle was slaughtered, the wizarding wars did not occur, and Albus Dumbledore promoted peace in Hogwarts, Lily Evans and Severus Snape did the impossible: they remained lifelong friends. Snape meets his potential, and has a shot at happiness along the way.
immortalists with points to prove: The Snape kid is hardly a hero. Then again, neither is Alastor.
I will read them later
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If Severus survived.
Snily matching outfits + spidey lily cause,,,, why not š·ļø
the art in this game (magic awakened) is actually so pretty in my opinion, severus looks great in this style. would love it if we got a proper hp video game that looks like this
babies
from bright-eyed and bushy-tailed to political fugitives on the run
POV: Draco had a nightmare.
Do you ever stop to think that the Harry Potter books heavily imply that Snape never killed anyone previous to Dumbledore at the same time they imply that Dumbledore actually killed people?
Not really, I think. Snape is only implied to have started caring, so wether he is scared of his soul further breaking, extend or it breaking is not clear.
Going by the authors intentions and the way his actions are outlined in the book, he lacked even basic empathy to people he did not specifically care about until very late in life, going as far as latly only those I could not safe. It would be atypical if he hadnāt encountered a situation somewhere were murder was the easiest way out.
The soul breaking moment isnāt the only moment though, there is also the conversation with Bellatrix in which she implies that Snape has a habit of keeping away from the most unsavory parts of Death Eater work. (āBut not by you!ā said Bellatrix furiously. āNo, you were once again absent while the rest of us ran dangers, were you not, Snape?ā)
I would also say that even if Snape started caring from a certain moment onwards then his concern about his soul breaking before the act of murder would still be null. He might not have cared when he did it but he obviously cared during the conversation with Dumbledore. He would have known the soul was broken anyway because he had killed before Dumbledore, so why raise his soul as a particular objection at that moment? And if so, why doesnāt Dumbledore say āwell but you have killed beforeā. Dumbledore actually asks āhow many people have you watched dieā which can be read as a confirmation that Dumbledore knows Snape has never killed anyone, but has stood by while it happened - which is obviously canon.
It is also worth pointing out that even during the First War Snape was given a spy-like role - he overheard the prophecy because he was spying on Dumbledore. Trelawney says Snape was looking for a job as well so a part of Voldemortās plan could be to get Snape to pose as a job seeker in order to spy on Dumbledore which is somewhat at odds with the notion that Snape was going on murder rampages. Spies donāt tend to murder people because that is something that makes them rather notorious. Lucius Malfoy was reputed to have tortured muggles, so the reputations of Death Eaters were well known especially amongst other DE. Snapeās reputation, according to Bellatrix, was being something of a wimp.Ā
Snape as a murderer always struck me more of a fanon idea than anything supported by canon. I understand the appeal of Dark!Snape but I honestly canāt find strong evidence for it in canon other than the creation of Sectusempra (and even then the only moment we see young Snape using it is in retaliation). We simply donāt know enough about Snape or his role during the First war to state categorically that he killed people, but the instances I pointed out, especially the soul breaking moment and Dumbledoreās reaction indicates that previous to Dumbledore he hadnāt killed anyone.
Of course there is nothing canon confirming that he killed anyone- but the theory you bring is not a lot more supported then that he did not, simply because there is no written confirmation, I believed we were talking as fans about interpretations, not directly confirmed canon, my apologies if I misunderstood.
If I didn`t and you were simply surprised that someone has a different interpretation, I will address the points now.
Bellatrix may very well be referring to this Snape, a Snape that had begun to change, maybe even after he defected to Dumbledore already, now needing to give a different master a report, who would obviously have the image of not allowing his spy to kill. Therefore, his reputation became a bit the one of a wimp.
Important context is here also the way she accuses him, coddled up in the castle with Dumbledore, unlike her, them, who had free willingly accepted years of torture in Azkaban to not renounce their master (in my interpretation, putting this together with a start of a softness, where he can not just kill as Dumbledore does not allow it and after all he needs to safety in his good graces, for both sides).
If we assume that the DE would presume that Dumbledore would not want Snape to kill, then that is also a good argument for Murder! Snape. Voldemort has unwavering faith in his non-allegiance, would he really do that if he had never seen Snape cross that line, especially if you follow the line for thinking that he only became of his inner circle later. Snape has to have done something more, murder as the kind of inherently dark magic, that no one could come back from, that even Dumbledore would not forgive, would be rather fitting, or not?
Now, then why doesnāt Dumbledore just ask Snape that? There would, given the previous assumptions, be many possibilities. Maybe he does not know and Snape did kill in an act of desperation after coming under suspicion, maybe he does not draw a line as fine as we are drawing right know between not helping one and doing the deed oneself, maybe he did not want to disturb Snape by reminding him, instead reminding him that dead is commen, maybe he does know that Snape killed, but does not want Snape to know, carefully manipulating him in that moment, and before, to do his bidding.
To clarify: I do think the idea that Snape killed is mostly a fanon idea because I honestly canāt think of an instance - with the exception of Sectusempra which as someone pointed one wouldnāt even immediately kill someone and itās a spell we see Snape use only in retaliation - in which Snape is hinted to have killed someone. And what canon has to say about how Snape acts and what Dumbledore says of him hints that he never killed anyone previous to Dumbledore.
You can say, āwell he was a Death Eater therefore he was forced to killā - but we just donāt know enough about the First War to know whether Death Eaters would have to kill people, how often they did it, how the distribution of their activities was organized. Remember, for instance, that Snape didnāt even know Peter Pettigrew was a Death Eater.
Karkaroff mentions Snape as a Death Eater, but unlike what he said about Travers, Dolohov and Mulciber he doesnāt ascribe any specific crimes to Snape. In fact he only mentions Snape in clear desperation because most of the the names he gave were already known to CrouchĀ - once again the narrative is suspiciously silent. Karkaroffās testimony is also interesting because while Travers and Dolohov are accused of killing, he accuses Mulciber of using Imperius on people and Rookwood he basically accuses of spying on the Ministry - so not all Death Eaters killed.
It is entirely possible ā and even likely ā that Bellatrix was referring to the events of recent years. However, if Snape had been a killer or a torturer, if his actions had been closer Bellatrixās or even to Luciusā during the First War would Bellatrix have cast that sort of aspersions him? The accusation she levels at him is one of cowardice; he runs away from danger, he runs away from doing uncomfortable, dangerous things. If he had killed and tortured during the First War why didnāt he use them in the argument with Bellatrix? Why didnāt Bellatrix mentioned them herself to signal his change? Something like āyou used to have no problems in doing the dirty work but now youāve changedā.
The narrative is suspiciously silent about Snapeās actions during the First War, especially when the text affords several opportunities to mention the use of extreme violence on Snapeās part. This is something the narrative always abstains from doing. Neither Dumbledore, nor Bellatrix nor Voldemort ascribe such actions to Snape. After Snape kills Dumbledore no member of the Order says āwell he did it before didnāt heā.Ā At most thereās Snapeās assumption that āhe thinks Voldemort intends him to kill Dumbledoreā but that is hardly an indication that Snape had killed before, and it is entirely possible that this is only Snapeās conjecture. In fact, we can read this as a test Voldemort wanted to pose to Snape who by the beginning of the 6th book still wasnāt completely trusted (otherwise Wormtail wouldnāt be in his house, clearly spying).
I would argue that the narrative is very careful in ascribing the use of violence to Snape. This is very obvious when Snape doesnāt attack first in SWM, when the branch falls on Petunia only after she insulted him or when, even later, he doesnāt draw his wand on Sirius during the argument in Grimmauldās Place. He threatens Sirius with violence during their argument in the Shack, but he doesnāt actually attack despite clearly wanting to, despite thinking Sirius had been responsible for Lilyās death. Snape is a character who is always sneaky about things. He is the spy. The only moment in canon the reader sees him expressively acting first with little provocation (Excluding Siriusās prompting) against the Mauraders is when he tries to spy on what Lupin was doing every month. We never see him ambush the Mauraders or attacking them without being attacked first. We do see him being sneaky. And the only thing we know for sure that he did as a Death Eater was spying on Dumbledore.
Bellatrixās accusation of cowardice also matches Snapeās reaction when he meets Dumbledore to ask him for Lilyās protection. His ādonāt kill meā is a somewhat cowardly request, born out of instinctive fear ā although of course he quickly makes up for it when he realises that Lily is threatened.
I have some trouble with the idea that Dumbledore wouldnāt have known if Snape had killed before, especially since he planned on asking Snape to kill him. Dumbledore was a legillimens. He obviously knew Snape had been a Death Eater so even if Snape had never killed anyone Dumbledore could well assume ā like fandom so often does ā that Snape had killed before just by virtue of being a Death Eater. But obviously Dumbledore doesnāt assume that.
Dumbledoreās manipulation of Snape consisted of withholding information, not of sparing his feelings so I honestly think he would have immediately thrown Snapeās previous murders in his face if he could. He has no qualms about doing it with his āyouāre a basket dangling on Voldemortās armā quip which is emasculating and meant to be offensive, as well as calling out the favours Snape owes him. Dumbledore didnāt very much care for Snapeās feelings which is obvious in how he talks to him during Princeās Tale (he arguably changes after he realises how much Snape still feels for Lily). At that moment, however, theyāre two soldiers talking to each other.
The fact is that at the precise moment in which it could have been revealed to the reader that Snape had been a killer previous to Dumbledore, the narrative makes a conscious choice to say that Snape witnessed murders rather than having killed himself. Before that scene, when Snape gives as his objection the argument āwhat about my soul, Dumbledore? Mine?ā Dumbledore doesnāt tell him he has killed before; rather he mentions the killing would be a mercy. Arguably, these are two very good occasions in which such a revelation couldāve taken place.
Furthermore, this gives Snapeās struggle a deeper meaning. Dumbledore is his first death, the first person he killed which makes the act even more horrifying (for Snape) and harder to do. So in this sense, I would argue that plot-wise it is important that Snape never actually killed before.
Dumbledore (I think itās him) says that damage to the soul caused by killing can be healed by remorse, so itās possible Snape killed people before Lilyās death overcame him with guilt and grief. However, that wouldnāt have been remorse for killing the other people, which I assume is what heād have to feel to be healed.
And yeah, generally when the books donāt say something even when given the chance, it means something. One might even say thatās the guiding principle of the books! Look at all the times Snape has an opening to say he hated both of Harryās parents and he didnāt - that turned out to be rather critical. The fact of whether Snape ever killed anyone just wasnāt an important enough question for the answer to be a big ārevealā so we donāt learn either way, and there was no opportunity within Harryās POV to clarify it anyway. We only have the rare non-Harry chapter to get information he personally has no way of learning, and Bellatrix saying Snape tended to keep his hands clean, as well as Dumbledore not mentioning any past murders when Snape brings up his soul, seem about as explicit as you could get. I guess Snape could have saidĀ ābut Iāve never killed anyone before!ā during the conversation with Dumbledore, but that would be 1) a little bit tooĀ āas you know, Bobā since Dumbledore would presumably already know this, and 2) irrelevant hair-splitting for Dumbledore, given that he thinks watching people be killed is bad enough. So Iām gonna go withĀ āheās never directly killed anyone with his own hands,ā although obviously he has been complicit.
Itās actually an important part of Snapeās character that heās not an active murderer himself, I think, or at least not a prolific one. What he is is indifferent - he neither wants nor doesnāt want other people to suffer. He enjoys hurting people he hates in petty ways, which I think is supposed to lead us, like Harry, into believing heād enjoy hurting them in worse ways too - but this, like so many other things about Snape, is meant to be a misdirect. His sin is not murder or sadism like Voldemort - thatās why we have Voldemort and the other more one-dimensional Death Eaters, to be that kind of evil person. Snapeās particular sin is self-centeredness - thatās his job in the moral economy of the story.Ā Snapeās story is: heās a selfish person who once expanded his boundaries ofĀ āselfā to include one other person, but he remained essentially self-centered until he lost that person, which forced him to de-center himself forever. Thatās why indifference to the suffering of other people is the crime of his thatās emphasized (especially re: Harry and James when Lily is threatened, but itās the same with Mary MacDonald - his crime isnāt hurting her, itās not caring when his friend hurts her).Ā
None of this precludes him killing people if he was ordered to do it, of course, just that he wouldnāt have any particular desire to do it the way Bellatrix does. What changes between the wars is not that he stops killing but that he now cares when peopleās lives are threatened by others and tries, when he can, to help them. So sure, the books never say he didnāt kill anyone, but it would be extraneous to the moral point of the story if he had. Plus, his story is way more poignant if Dumbledore is his first actual murder, because Snapeās punishment for tolerating evil is to actively doĀ evil despite not wanting to, culminating in him having to fail at the one good task he hoped would redeem him: protecting Lilyās kid. Killing Dumbledore is yet another moral boundary heās forced to transgress in order, paradoxically, to atone. If heād already done it before, it wouldnāt be as big a deal.
Someone ought to tell Harryā¦
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