#it wasnt a choice of james over snape

[sayruq]

what do you think of the parallels people try do draw between the brandon/catelyn/littlefinger duel situation and the james/lily/snape mudblood thing? littlefinger wasnt a weirdo creep by that point. brandon doesnt seem that great in general, though that was probably one of his finer moments

there no parallels that aren’t very superficial. i mean even snape’s friendship with lily is little like littlefinger’s relationship with catelyn. lily didn’t have that much power over snape though it was obvious they were from different economic classes. catelyn was for a time the heir to a lord paramount, the equivalent of a duke and littlefinger was the son of petty lord whose lands were poor. littlefinger was catelyn’s foster brother, snape was lily’s best friend and they were born in the same month but catelyn was years older than littlefinger. according to jkr, snape had a chance with lily (sigh) but there’s no way littlefinger could ever marry either of the tully girls.

not only that, brandon met littlefinger for the first time (if i remember correctly) before their duel. littlefinger challenged him for catelyn’s hand and littlefinger was thoroughly outmatched almost to the point of death. then hoster sent him away.

james potter decided to bully snape on the train when they met as children. he continued to do this for 7 years. snape fought back, not to get a chance to date lily, but to protect himself. there’s no way james could outmatch snape which is why he attacked him with 3 other boys, often sneaking up on snape. on a fair fight, let’s be honest snape wins. lily ended her friendship with snape due to ideological differences to put it lightly, no one made that choice for her.

afterwards, snape moved on. there’s nothing in canon or even pottermore that suggested continued harassment. he was focused on his future because he was born in abject poverty. his number one goal is to become wealthier and more powerful. 

littlefinger is fueled by the classism he dealt with and by that duel. he thinks he lost catelyn because he didn’t know how to fight and that if she had a choice she would marry him, not brandon or ned. this bitterness caused him to commit atrocities. snape has issues but even he had his limits. bellatrix called him a coward for always finding excuses not to fight with death eaters in the first war. he never killed anyone according to his conversation with dumbledore (”what about my soul?”). he switched sides for lily and he spied on voldemort (as a 20 yr old) to keep her safe. even after she died, he continued being a spy so he can avenge her death. does that sound like littlefinger?

even the ‘mudblood’ situation is different from the duel. i mean brandon did not attack littlefinger when he was last expecting it. brandon had no reason to hate him, i doubt he even noticed him. you read snape’s worst memory and you’ll someone being assaulted (while he was distracted by a question paper for an exam that could determine his future) and people watched and laughed. james and sirius choked snape on soap, hang him upside down, exposed snape’s underwear all while casually and coldly bantering with one another as though this was a regular occurrence and it was. james even threatened lily (”don’t make me hex you, evans,”) and he was doing it all to get her attention. 

brandon was challenged. in his culture, he has to accept it. littlefinger refused to allow anyone to talk him out of it. he had more agency. while snape shouting a slur was wrong, that was not done in a fight for lily’s love, it happened during a vicious attack that ended with james threatening to expose snape’s genitals which is sexual assault.

superficially, there’s a spoilt, rich heir with black hair, a redhead who loves him, and a poor kid who loves her in both series but the truth is, we’re dealing with different characters. 

#severus snape #pro snape #anti petyr baelish #long post #Anonymous

[sadspoookyboi]

just so we’re clear on where i stand personally

gryffindor>slytherin

hufflepuff>ravenclaw

dumbledore>snape

harry>draco

everyone else>voldemort

yes not all slytherins bad but slytherin as a whole are bad, theyre oppressive

hufflepuffs and slytherin being friends doesnt make sense

hermione was worse at controlling her jealousy than ron was

“emotional range as a teaspoon” is not a cute ship quote

lavender and ron wouldve been a cute couple if ron liked lavender back

no lavender,cho, and percy bashing on my page

narcissa isn’t a death eater but shes still a blood purist

draco didnt grow up unloved

draco is not the boy who had no choice he had a choice

people who idolize bellatrix, narcissa, or tom riddle scare me

andromeda is the superior sister

regulus is the superior brother dont fucking fight me

sirius was immature and not ready to raise a whole child

it makes sense that harry didnt live with remus

stop blaming dumbledore for random shit

draco seems like the type of person to yell at his parents

FUCK ANYONE WHO SHIPS SNILLY, DRARRY, DRAMIONE, DRON, BELLATRIX/HERMIONE, AND TOM/HARRY

james wasnt a bully

keep the same energy you guys have with viktor/hermione if you guys ship hedric same age difference

snape wasnt given dracos redemption arc he was given percys

the marauders arent as important without peter

cho didnt bully luna

lavender didnt give ron a love potion

fred and george stans need to stop acting like they are saints; they are not they have done bad things just like every other charactr fucking admit it b4 you bash any other character

MCGOGANALL (ik its spelt wrong get over it im stupid) WAS JUST AS BIASED AS ANY OTHER HEAD OF THE HOUSE EXCEPT SPROUT SHES ALSO IS NOT A FUCKING SAINT MOLLY ISNT EITHER GET THE FUCK OVER IT

STOP SAYING YOU WANT AN EIFFEL TOWER WITH FRED AND GEORGE ITS WEIRD

cho had every right to be jealous of hermione while on her DATE with harry

blaise deserved better than the storyline he was given

SNAPE IS A BAD FUCKING PERSON

percy, oliver, and hermione are all the same passionate and sometimes annoying about a certain thing

if you havent read the books do not argue with me on numbers 8, 9, 11, 12, 25, & 26

#harry james potter #ron weasley #harry potter #albus dumbledore #bellatrix lestrange #james potter #draco malfoy #hermione granger #lavender brown #percy weasley #cho chang #cedric diggory #sirius black #andromeda black #regulus black #narcissa malfoy #tom riddle #peter pettigrew

[mintedwitcher]

Lily remember the good times we had together

Lily remember when I tried to gaslight you into believing that your whole family would hate you because you're a witch?

Lily remember when I stalked you at the park with your sister and saw you fight and decided to drop an entire tree branch on your sister's head even though we were all like ten years old?

Lily remember when I became involved with the dark arts but like, still totally wanted to bone but you rejected me so i called you a racial slur and then waited outside your dorm room all night and got your friend to nag you into seeing me?

Lily remember when you and your whole family were marked for death at the dark lords hand so i begged the dark lord to only kill the love of your life, your literal soulmate, and your son, but only if he promised to keep you for me, as if you were just some trophy i could claim?

Lily remember when you died anyway because you refused to move and i broke into the dilapidated ruins of your family home, walked over your dead husband, found your body and your crying son and decided to just hold your dead fucking body and ignore your kid completely?

Lily remember when I violated your privacy even after your death by stealing part of a letter that wasnt even written to me, because it had the words "much love, lily" on them, AND by tearing up one of the only existing photos of your family so i could steal the bit with you in it?

Lily remember when I spent 11 years abusing children at hogwarts for no reason, and then violently abusing children for an additional seven or eight because your son dared to be here.

Lily remember when I threatened to kill an anxious eleven year old's beloved pet toad by feeding him a misbrewed potion as punishment for not being good enough in my class?

Lily remember when I was dying and I made your son, keep eye contact with me because he had your eyes and i wanted them to be the last thing i saw because i never fucking got over my obsession and entitlement over you.

🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️🤷‍♀️

Look guys. I honestly dont care which characters yall like. But I cannot understand defending Severus Snape, after everything he did. Occasionally not being a complete dick (chamber of secrets, using a countercurse so Quirrell didnt kill harry) is not good enough to redeem a man who was a death eater by choice for most of his life. Snape was a bad man, period. There wasnt good in him. He was obsessed with Lily, so much so that his patronus took the shape of hers (we see this mirrored really well in Remus and Tonks' relationship; her patronus changes to his, because she loves him, but they're not soulmates, unlike Lily and James, whose patronuses took on the same animal in their male and female forms to show that they were meant for each other).

And im sorry, but no, being a victim of abuse, or a victim of bullying, does NOT excuse becoming an abuser yourself. Just because you've been hurt, doesn't give you the right to hurt others. Go to therapy ffs.

#anti snape #oh god SO HEAVILY ANTI #i hate tjat man with every fibre of my being