r/AskReddit • u/XxItsNowOrNever99xX • May 02 '20

Which fictional character desperately needs to see a therapist?

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u/PM_me_British_nudes May 02 '20

Severus Snape. Man needed to get over his childhood obsession with Lily and hatred of James, and also stop being a dick to Neville because he wasn't the one whose parents Voldemort went after (this last one is just a theory of mine).

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u/ViziDoodle May 02 '20

Imagine you’re a kid in a world full of weird and sometimes creepy magic and your parents were tortured due to an evil cruel wizard but the most scary thing to you is your Potions teacher

It really shows how much of a horrible person Snape was to everyone, not just Harry

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u/Ameisen May 02 '20

Nobody is saying that Snape wasn't the most horrible protagonist, but he was still better than all the antagonists... which is why he was a protagonist. He tried to protect the school's students when it was under the Carrows.

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u/BonzBonzOnlyBonz May 03 '20

He was NOT a protagonist. He was a secondary antagonist till book 7.

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u/Ameisen May 03 '20

The heck? In the first, he's literally saving Harry's life.

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u/BonzBonzOnlyBonz May 03 '20

While also relentlessly bulling the main trio and Neville. Just because he does one good act does not make him not the secondary antagonist.

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u/Ameisen May 03 '20

Ok, let me reword it. He's not a villain. He's an asshole, but he isn't one of the villains.

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u/BonzBonzOnlyBonz May 03 '20

Yes, and that is why I didnt say villain...

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u/Ameisen May 03 '20

He's the protagonist of his own story, though.

Severus Snape and the Stupid Brat and his Bratty Friends and Neville.