what are your thoughts on severus snape? and more so, him being headcanoned as jewish?
Hey! Thank you for that question:)
In general, I don't really like Snape, obviously as an adult but also as a child, at best I just don't mind him.
I'm not going to get into a debate of "marauders vs Snape" because either are great good, and what we know from the books doesn't make a lot of sense, so most canon-based arguments don't really work. I mostly think that his trauma does not justify any of his morally wrong acts.
As for the Headcanon of him being Jewish - I feel like there's a problem with that.
Big nose and greasy hair, poor (economic status stereotypes goes both ways in antisemitic tropes), untrustworthy, hidden motives etc. - all are antisemitic stereotypes.
But that doesn't mean it's unarguably wrong to HC him as such, since some Jewish people do HC him as Jewish. Maybe @poitionsprince can add on the opposite opinion if they want:)
I'll sum up by saying that doesn't matter the character, if you want to HC them as Jewish (or any ethnicity for that matter), you should really sit with yourself for a moment and think: what things about this character makes me HC them as Jewish? Why do they give me Jewish vibes? And then do a research about antisemitic stereotypes, because most likely the HC is rooted with unconscious antisemitism.
