Severus Snape Headcanons I Forget Aren’t Canon:
1. He loves cats, they're not his favorite animal of all time, but they're his favorite common pet and in his top ten favorite animals
2. His favorite author is Jane Austen and his favorite book by her is Pride & Prejudice
3. His top 3 favorite colors are blue, purple, and navy green in that order(he does not think black can be a favorite color)
4. He would like being a teacher a lot more if he had been able to explore his life and self more and then voluntarily become a teacher when he was a bit older instead of being forced to be one at 20
5. He thinks killing insects is no different from killing other animals and killing animals is no different from killing humans(in other words: he literally wouldn't hurt a fly)
6. He's allergic to apricots, but only enough to make him itchy
7. He has an astigmatism and is supposed to wear glasses, but refuses(he doesn't wear contacts, he just can't see)
8. He had braces from age 13–18
9. He saw Rocky Horror Picture Show right after it came out(when he was 15)and immediately fell in love with theater
10. He was super into Batman literally his whole life
11. He had an emo phase at 14 where he wore way too much black eyeliner(people being shitty about his makeup just fueled him)and wrote purposefully bad poetry
12. He does a lot of things like cleaning the muggle way
13. He learned how to drive as a teenager and rents a car every summer to make sure he doesn't forget "just in case"
14. Whenever he feels bad about his appearance(especially as a teenager)he looks at pictures of his mom because everyone always compares the two of them and he thinks she's gorgeous
15. He visits his mom's grave a minimum of 3 times a year and tells her everything
16. He believes that Luna's creatures very well may exist because all the other 'fantasy' animals do, so why not them too
17. He sleeps with a night light well into adult hood
18. As soon as he learned to write he became an avid journaler
19. He started growing his hair out as a teenager to piss off his dad, but then really liked it, so never went back
20. He's not out so late every night because he has to be(all the other teacher's take turns)but because he could never forgive himself if something bad happened while he was asleep
21. He does volunteer work in the muggle world during the summer
22. He donates part of his salary to the school fund that helps impoverished students because he thinks the ministry allocated sum is too small
23. He always wanted to be a parent, but was too scared of fucking up
24. He wrote music, but never performed for anyone because he was too insecure about it
25. He has a lot of very obvious stretch marks on his arms and stomach
26. He's always cold, no matter what
27. He talks to himself when he's alone, like a lot
28. He paints his nails black
29. He actually really likes touch, it's just hard for him to trust someone enough to let them touch him
30. He's in a lot of fandoms(Star Wars, Doctor Who, Star Trek, Sailor Moon, Sherlock Holmes, etc.)
31. He loves music in every way and doesn't think it's possible for any genre to be bad
32. He taught himself how to play several instruments
34. The Centaurs let him wonder the forest whenever he pleases because of years worth of friendship, business deals, and sacred promises between him and them
35. He's very gender non-conforming, it's just hard for most people to tell because he wears the same thing to work everyday
36. He, despite what most people think, does have friends, they're just not well known people(muggles, shopkeepers in smaller shopping districts, non-humans, etc.)
37. People think he just doesn't care for social norms/expectations, but he really just doesn't know about most of them
38. He learned to read and write earlier than typical
39. He barely eats during meals because he doesn't like people watching him eat, so he mostly just has snacks throughout the day
40. He's an artist in his free time
41. He can identify more insects than he can common animals
42. He has stuffed animals all over his bed that he can't sleep without
43. He forgets what he's told people, so frequently retells the same stories/facts
44. He only uses magical things like goblets and quills around other people, on his own he uses the muggle counterpart
45. He's really proud of being a halfblood and gets annoyed when people assume otherwise
46. He always accurately predicts the end of a book/show/movie, sometimes before he even starts it
47. He gets super embarrassed about needing to use the bathroom to the point he can't stand the fact other people know he has to go sometimes
48. He has really bad face blindness, especially about himself
49. He's a very anxious person
50. He got into potions in the first place because he saw so much death from malnutrition/illness growing up and wanted to end it
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