Snape Picture of the Week #33

Sorry for all the heteroexual males that like my blog, but I just had to post this. There was more to the picture, but I didn't think it was appropriate to put on Blogger. And you know, part of what I like about this is that they didn't make Snape too muscular. Being a Potions Master, I don't think he'd been excessively muscley. And this is just the perfect balance between muscle and just being thin.

And it's pretty hot.

Snape Poem #5

Good and Evil by Bruce Alan Humphrey

The whisper turns into cannon shot in a crowd.

An enigmatic voice from the dark whispers in a naïve ear.
It speaks of riches and glory and power.
Riches to buy wealth.
Glory to buy rewards.
Power to buy friends.
But the whisper is a lie.

The whisper grows.
It passes from ear to ear turning it from the truth.
Eyes light up with hope for an easy life.
The whisper asks only to be listened to.
To be the leader for a life without strife.

Families sprout with the lie for a companion.
It lives with them, directing its biding.
Fathers and mothers teach the young.
The lie now has a foothold on the future.

Children listen to the whispers teachings, learning from them.
They teach their friends, who tell theirs, corrupting the innocent.
Race comes forth, perpetuating an idea.
Greed swells, filling the pockets with gold.
Hatred screams as it comes into its own.

The whisper turns into cannon shot in a crowd.
It races from ear to ear, instantly changing those who are good.
The crowd moves like one living mass.
Changing and morphing into evil.

Good speaks softly, but with unrelenting force.
It stands its ground against the evil, dreaming of harmony and the legacy of freedom.
Fathers and mothers teach the young.
Good speaks of peace, serenity, and the bravery of life.

Love and knowledge spring from that life.
Knowledge fathers dreams, dreams that build the future.
It pushes, driving the evil away from the naïve then cowers in the corner, where it waits once again.
The naïve are transformed and sent on the path of love once more.

I sincerely doubt that any of you already know if this poem, since it wasn't written by a famous poet, but I think it perfectly describes Snape's struggle with good and evil.

As a teenager, Snape was pushed (dragged into, more like) into the evil side, mostly because of Lily ending their friendship. All his life, Snape only wanted to belong, and the Death Eaters gave him a chance to do that, however stupid the decision was. I don't think he was ever truly evil, but that's what he was practically forced to choose.

Then, after realizing what he'd done, he wasn't pushed back to good, but actually chose it out of his own free will. He wanted to contribute to a future where there was no Voldemort; where the man that killed Lily was dead.

Fanfiction Friday #33

Holy crap, this week went by fast. But anyway, this week I give you a Hermione/Snape fic, and a rather famous one at that. You may have heard of it--it's called Pet Project.

With over 7000 reviews, I'd say it qualifies as one of the best Sevione fics ever. But it's rated M, so there's some sexual stuff down the road. Not too close to the beginning, though. There's 45 chapters so far, and they're pretty long chapters.

Both Hermione and Snape (as well as Ron and others) are excellently kept in character, and it really makes Snape and Hermione seem like a very possible couple. If you like this pairing, you'll love this fic. If you don't like the pairing, then maybe this'll be the fic that makes you change your mind.

Avada Kedavra!

You end up in Limbo, which is in the form of a computer screen, and you're greeted by this link: http://www.fanfiction.net/s/2290003/1/Pet_Project

Snape Quote of the Week #32

  Professor Quirrell, in his absurd turban, was talking to a teacher with greasy black hair, a hooked nose, and sallow skin.
  It happened very suddenly. The hook-nosed teacher looked past Quirrell's turban straight into Harry's eyes--and a sharp, hot pain shot across the scar on Harry's forehead.
  "Ouch!" Harry clapped a hand to his head.
  "What is it?" asked Percy.
  "N-nothing."
  The pain had gone as quickly as it had come. Harder to shake off was the feeling Harry had gotten from the teacher's look--a feeling that he didn't like Harry at all.
  "Who's that teacher talking to Professor Quirrell?" he asked Percy.
  "Oh, you know Quirrell already, do you? No wonder he's looking so nervous, that's Professor Snape. He teaches Potions, but he doesn't want to--everyone knows he's after Quirrell's job. Knows an awful lot about the Dark Arts, Snape."
  Harry watched Snape for a while, but Snape didn't look at him again.
~Philosopher's Stone, Ch. 7 "The Sorting Hat"

Okay, so technically this is the first time we're introduced to Snape. He doesn't actually speak, but when you go back and re-read the series, you see a lot more meaning in it.

First, though, I'd like to know how Harry can tell that Snape's hair is greasy from across the Great Hall. For Harry to be close enough to see that Snape's hair is shiny (among other things that would tell you a person's hair is greasy) and deduce that it's also greasy, he'd have to be no less than twenty feet away. I don't think his seat at the Gryffindor table would be that close to the Staff Table.

Then, of course, this is the first time Snape's ever actually seen Harry in his years of teaching and waiting for the boy to come to Hogwarts so he could protect him. Snape's heart must have stopped when he saw how extraordinarily he looked like his father, and yet still had Lily's eyes. And right there, Snape looks at Harry's eyes, and he's probably struggling hard not to stare at them forever, because they're Lily's eyes, which he hasn't seen in at least thirteen years.

It sucks that Snape has to be portrayed as a potentially bad character so early on. :/

Snape Video of the Week #32

Snape - The Remus Lupins

Even though this song is a totally 'I Hate Snape' song, I like it and it's pretty catchy. It's one of The Remus Lupin's only two songs about Snape, the other one being 'The Fate of Severus Snape,' which I don't like. Besides, this was written before the last book came out, so I can't really blame him or anyone else for not trusting Snape then, even though I did.

Also, sorry there's no lyrics, but I couldn't find a lyrics video for this song.

Weekly Snape-ly Event #32

No particularly Snapey stuff today, but I have a bit of Alan Rickman news. The Song of Lunch, which was a short made-for-tv film Alan starred in will be airing on PBS on November 13. This is apparently exciting because it's never been aired except on BBC before. But it was on Youtube for a while before it got taken down, and you can still watch it on movie sites, so it's not as big a deal for me. But it's all that I could find, so here's the link to the article: http://www.britscene.com/2011/09/alan-rickman-emma-thompson-star-song-of-lunch-coming-pbs-november-take-sneak-peak/28365

One more thing, but it's only HP related. There's an Anglo fan favorites poll for women, and the four in the semi-finals are all HP women. It's Emma Watson v. J.K. Rowling and Helena Bonham Carter v. Maggie Smith. It's a pretty hard choice, but I definitely voted for J.K. Rowling in the first one. I mean, without her, Emma wouldn't even be famous in the first place! http://blogs.bbcamerica.com/anglophenia/2011/09/23/vote-for-the-anglo-fan-favorites-women-of-2011-a-very-harry-potter-semis/

Snape Picture of the Week #32



I saw this and just had to post it... I absolutely love the idea of Snape having a daughter, and him taking her to King's Cross... I mean, just look at him, the way he's standing and looking down at her...

Although, I would like this more if his daughter in the picture didn't look like she was spoiled. And I want to know why the heck she has an umbrella. But other than that, I love the picture.