#smokeandmirrors

[margareth-lv]

💋📷Smoke, Mirrors, and the Weekend Performance📷💋

I deliberately kept quiet about this weekend's jitters.

Despite having a body so stunning it could probably halt traffic, Cucumber Cowgirl does not, in my humble opinion and with all due respect, resemble Hedy Lamarr. (This is not a criticism; I myself am light-years away from such a comparison 😉. And honestly, I know very few women who possess the perfect trifecta of an extraordinary body, a beautiful face, and a razor-sharp mind.)

In other words: I do not suspect Cucumber Cowgirl, again, with maximum respect for any allegedly spontaneous marketing stunt on her part (insert majestic facepalm), of acting entirely on her own, free from… shall we say… outside “encouragement.”

What I see is something closer to a “Hawaii during the pandemic, spring 2020” type of operation.

Because if someone hasn’t shown their face on Instagram since March 2022, and suddenly resurfaces in December 2025 just to drop THOSE Stories with THOSE tags, we can safely say it wasn’t RANDOM, SPONTANEOUS, born of sentiment, melancholy or a sudden wave of nostalgia for a faded "lover".

I’m thinking rather that this painfully embarrassing display (spitting water on yourself? sweet mother…) is meant to fit into something, to prove something.

And doesn’t the sudden verbosity of the First Wife under the Main Character’s Instagram posts ring any bells for you?

Maybe I’m naïve, but I like to maintain at least a minimal level of intellectual coherence.

. . . We know that Cucumber Cowgirl's fluffy white puppy appeared on the timeline precisely on Thursday, 11 August 2022.

. . . We also know that on Wednesday, 10 August 2022, the Main Character was present at a sombre ceremony at St. Dympna’s Church in Tydavnet, Co. Monaghan.

Conclusion? One of these two events actually happened… and the other was fabricated so it could be interpreted in a VERY SPECIFIC WAY. I’m not even touching the perfect timing (smoke & mirrors!). I’m talking about the core logic: you can’t simultaneously be an adorably dim “lover” to Cucumber Cowgirl and the solid emotional support of a very adult daughter in mourning.

Given all that: are we really supposed to believe the weekend Instagram spectacle was spontaneous?

[9 December, 2025]

[headlight-district]

Ferrari Friday in effect!

[may-fleece]

[smokcymirrors]

Name: Severus Snape Age: 57 Gender: cis-male Pronouns: he/him Occupation: Professor/Headmaster Faceclaim: Mads Mikkelsen

Biography:

Professor Severus Snape is an English half-blood wizard serving as Potions Master, Head of Slytherin House, Defense Against the Dark Arts professor, and Headmaster of the Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry as well as a member of the Order of the Phoenix and a Death Eater. His double life played an extremely important role in both Wizarding Wars against Voldemort.

The only child of Muggle Tobias Snape and witch Eileen Snape (née Prince), Severus was raised in the Muggle dwelling of Spinner's End, which was near the home of the Evans family, though in a poorer area. He met Lily and Petunia Evans when he was nine. Severus started at Hogwarts with Lily in 1971, where he was Sorted into Slytherin House. This put him in the same year as Lily but unfortunately for him in her rival house. Severus became the immediate enemy of James Potter and Sirius Black and was a frequent victim of their bullying. Snape, when young, developed a passion for the Dark Arts, which increased as his desire for revenge against his bullies grew stronger.

Severus excelled at the Dark Arts from an early age. At the age of eleven, he knew more curses and hexes than most of the seventh year students. He reportedly was friends with a gang of Slytherins who later became Death Eaters, including Avery and Mulciber. Severus was credited with creating a good number of popular spells like Levicorpus, Liberacorpus, Muffliato, and curses like Langlock, the Toenail Growth Hex, and his signature curse, Sectumsempra. Other Slytherins that Sirius mentioned as being friends with Severus included Evan Rosier, Wilkes and Sirius's cousin Bellatrix Lestrange. Severus also had contact with Lucius Malfoy, who was a prefect during his first year and greeted him kindly when he was sorted into the Slytherin House. Severus was made a member of the Slug Club presumably because of his talent in Potion-making. Horace Slughorn even kept a picture of him as a student, clutching his copy of Advanced Potion-Making. However, Horace did not actually have many hopes for Severus's future, as his photograph was kept behind many others.

As an active Death Eater, one of Snape's biggest contributions was letting Lord Voldemort know about the prophecy Sybill Trelawney made to Dumbledore. This part of the prophecy could have applied to either Harry or Neville, who was also born at the end of July to parents who were members of the Order. Once Lord Voldemort decided to target the Potters over the Longbottoms, Snape begged Lord Voldemort to at least spare Lily so Snape could be with her. Lord Voldemort agreed, then did not follow through on this promise.

Shortly before Lily Evans was murdered by Lord Voldemort, Snape changed sides and became a member of the Order of the Phoenix as well as a double agent during the Second Wizarding War. With tremendous difficulty, Snape prevented Lord Voldemort from learning the truth about his loyalties.

Despite the opinions of most others including Harry during his early life, Albus Dumbledore trusted Snape for reasons that were kept between them both until their deaths. Despite Snape killing Dumbledore, it is learned that they had a special agreement for him to do so. The relationship between Dumbledore and Snape would be one of unusually strong loyalty, so much so that Snape agreed to kill Dumbledore upon the latter's own request. Before Dumbledore's death, Snape promised to protect the students of Hogwarts from the Death Eaters, who would inevitably take control of the Ministry of Magic as well as the school.

Verses:

Hogwarts Graduation Post-War Wizarding Wars

Note:

I understand that Severus dies at the end of the series. However, I will write him as if he survived the war. I have a thing about using dead actors as face claims, hence the replacement of Alan Rickman. He was an amazing actor and his legacy will live on. However, the man has passed and he deserves to rest in peace.

[auradecristal]

[henryseneyee]

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[smokemirrorsmasks]

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[djmophatt]

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