Snape Picture of the Week #25

This is a diagram of Snape's brain, in case you didn't know. I just found this today, and I automatically felt very sad. It's the kind of picture that's so accurate that you don't know whether to laugh or cry. And then if you laugh, you're going to cry anyway because you feel bad for laughing.

But this is just so true that it hurts. Snape's mindset would be like, Lily Lily Lily Lily Guilt Lily Lily I-hate-that-bastard-that-stole-Lily Lily Lily Lily Go-to-bathroom Lily Must-keep-her-son-safe Lily Lily Lily Potions Lily Mentally-scarring-students... And I'm not going on with that. But he has Occlumency to push sad memories away, so he doesn't have to feel that pain all the time.

God, I just feel so freaking sorry for him. My heart just broke a little more after seeing this.

Snape Theory of the Week #4

Did Snape ever feel any real loyalty to either side of the war?
Before his past was revealed, there had been a lot of argument about whether Snape would ultimately turn out to be good or bad, but now that we know his past, some people (including me) would say that he was neither.

Yes, he was saving Harry's life the entire time. And yes, he would do anything to help bring the destruction of the man that killed Lily. But just because he was on the good side doesn't necessarily make him good. Now, he wasn't ever Voldemort's man, nor was he Dumbledore's man. I think it's clear that he was his own man, and he just chose to do the things that would help Dumbledore's cause. But not out of loyalty to Dumbledore--it was always out of loyalty to Lily.

And I don't think that, as a nineteen year-old man that became a Death Eater, he would have considered himself entirely bad, either. His entire life, all Snape wanted to do was power, and to fit in. In a world where he was teased and hated by everyone but Lily and the other Slytherins that were aspiring to be Death Eaters, it was the easy choice, because being a Death Eater would have given him both of those things. And he made the mistake of choosing what was easy instead of what was right, which he was pushed even further into by his corrupted childhood and interest in the Dark Arts.

But that's just my opinion. Others will say that Snape would only have ever left the Death Eaters for Lily, which would have made him 'evil' at some point if not always evil, and some will say that he would consider himself good ultimately, since he did everything for the Order and saved many lives. I would disagree with both of those groups of people.

Fanfiction Friday #25

This week, I have another Snape/Hermione fic. This is the first time in a while I've linked you guys to a story from Ashwinder... I normally don't read fanfiction that isn't from FF.net. The only other sites for fanfiction that I know are FictionAlley, Ashwinder, and Occlumency.

Anyway, it's called Bride of the Potions Professor, and it's quite famous, so you may have heard of it. And it's rated M for sexual situations, so I wouldn't recommend reading it if you share a computer.

It's an arranged marriage fic, and normally I hate those just as much as I hate MPreg fics, but I actually love this one. It's probably the most creative Arranged Marriage fic in existence. Obviously, it's AU, and there is Character Death. Since there's sexual situations in it, you'll need to get an Ashwinder account to read it, but it's worth it.

There's 40 chapters so far and they're relatively long chapters, so you should be kept in suspense for a while.

Come seek us where our voices sound
We cannot be read above the ground
Eternity you'll have to read
But first you have to click this link: http://ashwinder.sycophanthex.com/viewstory.php?sid=14050

Snape Quote of the Week #24

  But whether James really did take off Snape's pants, Harry never found out. A hand had closed tight over his upper arm, closed with a pincerlike grip. Wincing, Harry looked around to see who had hold of him, and saw, with a thrill of horror, a fully grown, adult-sized Snape standing right beside him, white with rage.
  "Having fun?"
  Harry felt himself rising into the air. The summer's day evaporated around him, he was floating upward through icy blackness, Snape's hand still tight upon his upper arm. Then, with a swooping feeling as though he had turned head over heels in midair, his feet hit the stone floor of Snape's dungeon, and he was standing again beside the Pensieve on Snape's desk in the shadowy, present-day Potions master's study.
  "So," said Snape, gripping Harry's arm so tightly Harry's hand was starting to feel numb. "So... been enjoying yourself, Potter?"
  "N-no..." said Harry, trying to free his arm.
  It was scary: Snape's lips were shaking, his face was white, his teeth were bared.
  "Amusing man, your father, wasn't he?" said Snape, shaking Harry so hard that his glasses slipped down his nose.
  "I--didn't--"
  Snape threw Harry from him with all his might. Harry fell hard on the dungeon floor.
  "You will not tell anybody what you saw!" Snape bellowed.
  "No," said Harry. getting to his feet as far from Snape as he could. "No, of course I w--"
  "Get out, get out, I don't want to see you in this office ever again!"
~Order of the Phoenix, Ch. 28 "Snape's Worst Memory"

I can't even imagine how angry Snape is when he finds out that Harry has seen his worst memory. I mean, he never wanted Harry to know anything about him and Lily, and when he just looked at them, knowing Snape would have killed him for it... And once again, the movies downplayed his anger, just like they did at the end of HBP. However, Alan Rickman's face in that scene, when he grabs Harry by his robes and is all, "Get... out..." is just perfect. I feel so sorry for him.

And I love that Snape throws a jar at Harry after this. It really shows how even Snape can lose his cool at times, and made all of us realize just how angry he was.

Oh, and I just realized that Hogwarts is a place where it's okay to give students alcohol as well as physically abuse them. Awesome.

Snape Video of the Week #24

Butterbeer Experience- The Prince's Tale

So, this is definitely my favorite song by The Butterbeer Experience, and however cheesy this fan-made video is, I love it.

I think this song perfectly sums up the Prince's Tale- from both Lily and Severus's point of view. The first time I heard it, I broke down and cried. The next few times, I still cried. Eventually I got used to it, but I still get sad whenever I listen to it.

But this video doesn't have the entire song, and you HAVE to listen to the entire song. It's not on Youtube, but you can listen to it here, on Bandcamp: http://lenagabrielle.bandcamp.com/track/the-princes-tale

Oh, and Christian Caldera of Oliver Boyd and the Remembralls sings Severus's part. God, I love his voice.

Weekly Snape-ly Event #24

This is more of a Potter-ish event, but I know that Snape will have a big role in it. For those of you that participated in MiM, you'll probably already know this.

There is a new RP going on, sponsored by The Order of The Dark Lord. It's called Horcuxes and Hallows. It's too late to apply to be an Official, but you can always join in a bit late as an Unofficial. I wouldn't advise it, though, since you'll have missed a lot.

H&H is basically where everyone that died prior to or during the Final Battle has come back to life 22 years later. It's much more serious than MiM, and while it is for fun, there will be very little comic relief.

I'm an Official in it, and I already have several big scenes planned, one of them involving Snape. It's going to be epic.

You can check out the experience here: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Horcruxes-Hallows-HH/118013438288077?ref=ts

I know that there are some people that don't necessarily like to participate in the Role-playing, but will just like to read the threads and see what's going on.

Snape Picture of the Week #24



I just can't get over how awesome this picture is. It's another one of those things where it's sexy, funny, and epic all at the same time.

There's been a lot of iPod Harry Potter things, and a fair few of them are Snape, but I think this is the best one that I've seen. I mean... just look at it! Even his silhouette is sexy. And since he looks sort of curvy, you know his robes are billowing. Billowing is always good.

And it's funny because of the position he's in... I can just imagine him waiting until Potions class was over, turning on his iPod, and just jamming out to some Three Day's Grace, playing air-guitar with his wand... and singing along to it.

Do I even have to explain why it's epic? Aside from everything else, it's very nicely done. It looks professional. I'd like to meet the person who created this.