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Jul 24, 2020 · Severus Snape's biggest regret. After Snape and Lily leave Hogwarts, the space between them only grows as Snape joins Voldemort, the Dark Lord, to help him overtake the wizarding world, while Lily ...
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Snape spent a long time — a lifetime, by the measure of...
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Sep 28, 2023 · Snape First Meets Harry Potter - 1991. Severus Snape saw Lily Potter's son for the first time during the Start-of-Term feast at the 1991 - 1992 Hogwarts school year. It was a complicated combination of emotions for the Potions Master. On one hand, this was the first time he was able to see Lily's eyes since the two were at school together.
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- He Was The only Death Eater Who Could Conjure A Patronus
- He Invented A Number of Spells and Curses While Still A Student
- His Portrait Didn't Appear in The Headmaster's Office Right Away
- It's His Fault George Weasley Lost His Ear
- Rita Skeeter Published A Book About Him
- He Could Fly Without A Broom
- He Was The Youngest Head of House & Headmaster at Hogwarts
- He Was Partially Based on Rowling’s High School Chemistry Teacher
- His Last Name Comes from A Small Village in England
- His Name Is Connected to Lily & Petunia Via The Victorian Language of Flowers
A product of an unstable and possibly abusive family, and frequent target of bullying at Hogwarts, Snape took a liking to the Dark Arts at an early age. This immediately put him at odds with his best friend and object of affection, Lily Evans, who was very much against the use of dark magic. Nevertheless, Snape's desire for revenge and need to impr...
Most Harry Potter fans are aware of one of Snape’s homemade curses, Sectumsempra. In Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince, Harry comes to possess Snape’s Advanced Potion Making textbook where he has written the curse in the margins. Harry then uses it against Draco Malfoy and even tries to use it against Snape after he kills Dumbledore. However, ...
As was the case when Dumbledore died, Headmasters' portraits traditionally remain in their office at Hogwarts’ in tribute to their service of the school. Although Snape was indeed Hogwarts’ Headmaster during Harry’s final year there, he was ousted by the heads of each house before he died, as they were unaware of his double agent status. However, s...
In Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, members of the Order of the Phoenix take Polyjuice Potion to disguise themselves as Harry in order to escort him to the safety of The Weasleys'. During their journey, they’re attacked by Death Eaters who seem to be waiting for them. Since Snape was a member of The Order of the Phoenix, it can be assumed he k...
Never one to tell it like it is, the queen of sensationalist journalism in the wizarding world, Rita Skeeter, loved stretching the truth during her interviews and reports on current events. Aside from her libelous column in The Daily Prophet, Rita also sought to capitalize on her gossip and rumor-mongering by creating largely fictionalized biograph...
Flight without a broomstick was seen as largely impossible for witches and wizards-- until Lord Voldemort came to power, that is. It’s unclear how this abilityis obtained, whether by spell or curse or some other form of magic, but it’s most certainly of dark origins. Aside from Voldemort, the only other person who mastered it was Severus Snape—a cr...
Dumbledore appointed Snape as Potions Master shortly after his stint as a Death Eater in the first Wizarding War. Although he initially wanted the Defense Against the Dark Arts position, Dumbledore probably thought that unwise, especially if people knew of his past. The main reason, however, was because Tom Riddle (aka future Lord Voldemort) jinxed...
On multiple occasions, J.K. Rowling has stated that the majority of the main characters in Harry Potter were inspired by various people from history and her own life. Ron was based on her best friend from childhood, Sean Harris. There’s even a little of herself in Harry Potter and Hermione Granger, a fact she grudgingly admitted in a 1999 interview...
As most Harry Potter fans will have undoubtedly noticed, J.K. Rowling has a passion for etymology. Often you can tell a lot about a character just by breaking down the meaning of their name. Some names for things are purely invented, while others are taken from existing words. “I also collect unusual names, and I take them from all sorts of differe...
Despite its flaws, Tumblr can sometimes hold a wealth of legitimate fan theories. Take a 2012 post by user tomhiddles, in which she makes the connection between Snape’s first words to Harry and something called the Victorian Flower Language. “The first thing Snape asks Harry is ‘Potter! What would I get if I added powdered root of asphodel to an in...
Severus Snape. Severus Snape is a fictional character in the Harry Potter series of novels by J. K. Rowling. In the first five novels, he is the professor of Potions at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. In the sixth book, he teaches Defence Against the Dark Arts, and in the seventh book he ascends to the position of headmaster before ...
- Why Did Harry Potter Name His Son After Snape? A lot of Potterheads are still bothered by the fact that Harry named his second son (Albus Severus) after Dumbledore and Snape.
- Why Did Snape Originally Become A Death Eater? As a half-blood himself, why in the world did Snape wish to join a cult that would rule over and kill half-bloods and muggles (especially since he loved one)?!
- How Did Snape Not Work Out That Voldemort Had Horcruxes? Look, Snape was a pretty smart guy and highly skilled in the Dark Arts, so why didn't he know about Horcruxes?
- Why Was Snape Such A Turd? Starting in the first book, Snape is introduced as a cold-hearted snake of a man with little sympathy for anyone, including his fellow House members.
Jun 25, 2019 · Every time Severus Snape looked at Harry, he saw both a man he hated and the woman he loved. The burden this perfect storm of memories would conjure is unimaginable for most of us.
Domna's varied numismatic image during the reign of Septimius Severus reflects the fact that Severus himself utilized an array of ideologies to justify and sanction his new dynasty. Underscoring the connection to Severus's adopted family, the Antonines, Domna is connected with deities and ideals that already had been motifs on the coinage of Faustina the Elder and Faustina the Younger.
