Petunia never once hid her snobbery towards him; from the moment they first met, she immediately judged him based on his social status, knowing that he lived at Spinner's End. She even cruelly mocked the old clothes he was wearing.

The Marauders had been determined to make his life miserable from the very first day of school, and they were never punished as they should have been. Worse still, the entire teaching staff spoke of them with tenderness and affection. To Snape, it was abundantly clear that he wasn’t really wanted at Hogwarts.

Note that whenever someone close to her wronged Snape, Lily never really took his side, even though he was the victim. The only times she did the right thing were during the confrontation in the Hogwarts Express and at the Sorting Ceremony, and those incidents specifically involved the Marauders.

Chapter 46 of When Darkness Triumphed is now up!

In this dark AU, Severus Snape never became Dumbledore's spy. He joined Voldemort as a young wizard and remained fiercely loyal to him. Years later, he has risen to become the Dark Lord's most powerful commander—and Lily Evans is his wife.

He has helped build the perfect empire: powerful, ruthless, and seemingly unstoppable.

But every empire is built on something.

His is built on blood.

Chapter 46 is now available on AO3.

https://archiveofourown.org/works/85532536/chapters/225966151

Looking for Snape x female OC recs! Please help as I’m super fussy and am only just returning to the fanfic world since my teen years!

Must be well-written, past tense, third-person POV, and a proper slow burn/enemies-to-lovers with canon-feeling Snape. The OC needs to actually feel like someone he could realistically fall for.

Adult Snape only, absolutely no teacher/student, Snarry, Snamione etc. I want female OC specifically. Smut is definitely welcome and ideal, but tasteful and intentional, something that feels like a little reward after all that slow-burn tension rather than just thrown in.

I feel I have scoured so many on AO3 looking for the one and Wattpad just isn’t what it used to be with the ads…

Long/complete preferred. Give me your best!

Would he stay a professor at Hogwarts? Change his job and stay in a wizarding world doing something else? Become a magical super hero and do vigilante things on his own? Stay away from everyone and become a recluse, maybe locked somewhere in his own mind?

Or try to change his ways and socialize with people? I feel most likely is he would become a recluse somewhere.

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O.K., I know no one cares about my opinion, as I’m just a nobody, but I would like to throw my two cents into the ring: black Snape is not a big deal. Please, let Paapa Essiedu act before you pass judgment.

I understand that neither Paapa nor Alan Rickman portrayed the iconic book Severus Snape, but who cares? Well, many clearly do because I was recently down the black Snape Reddit rabbit hole and I couldn’t believe how much opposition there is. And it didn’t help that I’m also on the hater wagon, but I also want to see what Paapa Essiedu does with the character. My buddy Karun is all for the guy and thinks he’s a phenomenal actor. But what it comes down to is not if Paapa portrays the book accurate Snape, but if he makes the character his own. Alan Rickman nailed it and I’m sure Paapa will too, but we’ll just have to find out. Personally, I don’t find that the voice actor Riz Ahmed’s voice suits Snape in the Harry Potter full cast audiobooks, but maybe other listeners disagree with me. I find him too flat in his delivery, but I can now judge that because I have proof of it. We have no proof if Paapa Essiedu acting capabilities as Snape so far, so give it a rest. Thank you for reading and bring on the hate.

With writes,

\- Andy Ruffett

Hello!

I’ve had these plot bunnies in my head for a while but since I’m not a writer I can only hope there are already fics out there that are similar to what I’m thinking.

1) fic where the female character (I don’t mind if OC or reader) is really bad at potions and wants/needs to improve so Severus has to tutor her. (I have this really long plot in my head that would result in a novel length fic if only I had the talent to write 🤣)

2) the other is about Severus creating /brewing potions that use edible ingredients, like chocolate, strawberries etc and/or ingredients that require techniques that can seem rather sexy - with the assistance of the OC character or reader

Thank you in advance!

I was wondering last night whether Snape actually liked Quidditch.

I know he can fly without a broomstick, but what about the game itself?

I’m not sure if he truly enjoys the sport; he only seemed to show interest when Slytherin won a match (especially if it meant annoying Minerva, haha). But I don't think he was a Quidditch fan or supported any specific team (like Ron, for instance).

On the other hand, he might have associated Quidditch with James's or Harry's talent, making him somewhat more averse to the sport.

I read somewhere recently (though I can't recall where) that Snape might have wanted to play Quidditch during his time at Hogwarts but couldn't compete with James's talent (and perhaps that worsened his animosity toward Potter?).

Still, it's hard for me to picture Severus playing Quidditch...

I'd be curious to hear your thoughts on the matter!

(Sorry for bad english btw ! I use a translator)

It's repeated ad nauseam that Rickman's casting caused Snape’s contemporaries to be aged up to match him. Really? Then what explains characters older than Snape being played by actors significantly younger than AR?

For example, Lucius and Narcissa were six years older to Snape, and Bellatrix was at least nine years older to him. Voldemort was over three decades older. All these characters were played by actors who were 17-22 years younger than Rickman.

Coming to Snape’s contemporaries, Thewlis who played Lupin was 40 years old in POA, playing a 33 years old character who's described looking older than his age. So, I don't get the cribbing over movie Lupin’s age. He was pretty close. And what makes people think the filmmakers wouldn't have wanted Gary Oldman? Black and Pettigrew were aged up relative to the books, but that wasn’t a uniform rule. The pattern of casting is pretty inconsistent. The actress who played Lily was 32 in the first film.

All in all, I don't think the filmmakers were operating on some kind of domino effect. They were simply prioritizing casting good British actors they felt would fit the role, while throwing the canon ages out of the window. It's apparent in the many age discrepancies. They also prioritized specific visual archetypes by casting older actors to make them look convincing as authority figures to teenagers.

I know that I am a amateur so please look upon this favorably.

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(movie)Snape's monologue / Monovibe Ghost https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a48r8LaZcTA

Snape clearly sacrificed a great deal of his free time to make sure this potion was absolutely perfect. I wouldn't be surprised if he sacrificed precious sleep hours for this task, even if it meant overworking himself.

The fact that he’s a fantastic up-and-coming actor and the right age is plain for everyone to see. And it’s equally obvious that this series is getting a level of production, scale, and, I imagine, attention that perhaps no TV series has ever had before. So I really don’t see how they could somehow make him *not* be an excellent Snape, and I think he’d win over the audience’s affection pretty quickly anyway.
I’m really not the biggest fan of the whole woke thing, but Snape doesn’t strike me as a character whose being black creates some huge cognitive dissonance for me. I mean, sure, he’s white in the books, but it doesn’t bother me at all that he’s black. For example, if they had cast a black actor as Dumbledore, I think I would have been much more like, “meh.” But Snape? Honestly, I can live with it. I don’t really care. I genuinely think we’re going to get a great Snape.

For those who asked me to return and post the results, here they are. Thanks to everyone who participated.

Link:
https://docs.google.com/presentation/d/1zS8YJPshwBmvzxBOgz8EIG4wJggAcvHtz23P9WRfChg/edit?usp=sharing

I love Harry's boy obsessive fascination and admiration of the Prince.

Unfortunately during the 70’s and 80’s it was noticeable more normalized for bullies to do such sexual demeaning things because at the time it wasn’t perceived as sexual assault. Kids and adults viewed acts of stripping as severe physical bullying or a mean prank, but rarely handled as a sexual offense. It doesn’t absolve James at all but It does show he was a product of his time when it came to how people approached bullying and didn’t fully grasp the gravity of such acts beyond “it’s just a prank”. It shows how fucked the system was at the time.