#ACCIO: INTERACTIONS | Explore Tumblr posts and blogs

sendandburn · 10 months ago

Text

An analysis of Severus Snape as a teacher

"Three things always come up in the context of Snape’s abusiveness. One of them is not something Snape does but a reaction to him.

1. Threatened to Poison Neville’s Toad

This is one of two direct interactions between Snape and Neville in the books. Since it merits real-time narration, it must stand out: Snape is at his worst at this moment.

A particularly nasty mood is understandable:

“have you heard? Daily Prophet this morning — they reckon Sirius Black’s been sighted.” “Where?” [...] “Not too far from here,” said Seamus.

Snape believes that Black betrayed the Potters and wants to go after Harry. Black also nearly murdered Snape in their fifth year, so Snape has reason to be on edge.

His potion, which was supposed to be a bright, acid green, had turned — “Orange, Longbottom,” said Snape, ladling some up and allowing it to splash back into the cauldron, so that everyone could see [Harry assumes]. “Orange. Tell me, boy, does anything penetrate that thick skull of yours? Didn’t you hear me say, quite clearly, that only one rat spleen was needed? Didn’t I state plainly that a dash of leech juice would suffice? What do I have to do to make you understand, Longbottom?” Neville was pink and trembling. He looked as though he was on the verge of tears. “Please, sir,” said Hermione, “please, I could help Neville put it right —” “I don’t remember asking you to show off, Miss Granger,” said Snape coldly, and Hermione went as pink as Neville. “Longbottom, at the end of this lesson we will feed a few drops of this potion to your toad and see what happens. Perhaps that will encourage you to do it properly.”

Not great. Snape is not a suitable teacher for an introductory class, or for insecure children like Neville, but abusive, this is not. The fact that Neville brought Trevor to class shows that Neville never expected to be very severely sanctioned for doing that or for Trevor to come to any harm, before that lesson. Snape is at the end of his rope with Neville and wants him to take the lesson seriously. He states his motives plainly - to get Neville to understand.

Did he mean harm to Trevor? Snape is competent enough that if he’d wanted that toad dead, it would be. In any case, the potion turned out alright, and Snape knew it - he can tell from the way the potion looks. Snape also has a bottle of the antidote in his other pocket:

Snape picked up Trevor the toad in his left hand and dipped a small spoon into Neville’s potion, which was now green. He trickled a few drops down Trevor’s throat. There was a moment of hushed silence, in which Trevor gulped; then there was a small pop, and Trevor the tadpole was wriggling in Snape’s palm. The Gryffindors burst into applause. Snape, looking sour, pulled a small bottle from the pocket of his robe, poured a few drops on top of Trevor, and he reappeared suddenly, fully grown.

Is he sour because he hoped to kill Trevor? Why give it the antidote, thus saving it? Maybe he is sour for the reason he says he is:

“I told you not to help him, Miss Granger. Class dismissed.”

This is also why he docks five points, not because Neville got it right. This was a misguided attempt to teach. Nothing was ever going to happen to Trevor.

[Sidenote: Animal cruelty is commonplace at Hogwarts. sentient or semi-sentient animals are experimented on regularly in Transfig. They even vanish cats. Even the herbology plants seem able to feel pain, but 2nd year students are expected to chop up humanoid mandrakes. Flitwick demonstrates levitation on Trevor, and Harry practices Accio on him.]

Let's be clear here: putting the wrong number of spleens into a potion suggests someone who either doesn't consider the instructions to be important, or simply doesn't care.

Something else to consider is just how dangerous someone like Neville is to the class. In university, one of the requirements for my degree was Organic Chemistry, which contained a large lab portion to it. Organic Chemistry, for those who don't know, is chemistry that focuses on carbon-containing compounds, which includes things like oils and chloroform. To put it mildly, it's dangerous. Many of the compounds used are either explosive, or are placed in potentially explosive situations. Many of the chemicals are directly dangerous all on their own, too.

Rules in that lab were particularly strict, they have to be, because one wrong move could end disastrously. Case in point, one of the experiments involved a type of round bottom flask which were needed to heat a set of chemicals in. Critically, the pressure had to be relieved from the flask. The instructor told us what happened in a prior class when someone had failed to do so: it exploded, and everyone in the lab was lucky none of the glass had cut anyone. That particular person was ejected from the lab for it, and with good reason.

Potion class seems just as dangerous at the end of the day, perhaps more so since unlike chemistry where adding different amounts of ingredients is more likely to cause the reaction to fail, people like Neville appear to be able to produce something, it's just something that's likely to be toxic or have completely unexpected effects. We know from the books that producing an antidote to a blended toxin is a complicated, almost quantum endeavour, I shudder to think what you need to do to properly reverse or mitigate the effects of a poorly blended potion are.

Similarly, Snape isn't being cruel when he docks points for Hermione's successful recovery of Neville's toxic potion, because in actuality what we see here is an academic offense; Neville is essentially presenting someone else's work as his own." (reddit)

Plus, bringing a pet to class always causes problems,specially if it is to the wixen equivalent of a chemistry class.

Granted his bad mood does not in any way excuse or justify his actions towards neville but it does help explain them.

2. Neville’s Boggart

"True, his boggart is Snape.

This does not mean that Snape is truly scary. (assuming Snape is scary because Neville fears him because he is scary is circular reasoning). His fear of Snape is not overwhelming or traumatizing. Neville’s fear is on par with Ron’s fear of spiders (which itself was caused by the twins, who are much scarier), Dean’s fear of hands, etc.

If Snape had been abusive, other students would not have found this funny, and Neville would not have smiled. If the fear had been overwhelming, Neville would not have defeated the boggart on his first try.

Neville looked around rather wildly, as though begging someone to help him, then said, in barely more than a whisper, “Professor Snape.” Nearly everyone laughed. Even Neville grinned apologetically. Professor Lupin, however, looked thoughtful. “Professor Snape... hmmm… Neville, I believe you live with your grandmother?” “Er — yes,” said Neville nervously. “But — I don’t want the boggart to turn into her either.”

Neville seems more scared of admitting he fears Snape than of Snape. He does not want to confront his grandmother either, probably because, like Snape, she makes him feel inadequate, which is what really scares him. But she should have loved Neville unconditionally and not compared him to his parents, and Snape is his teacher, whose job it is to let him know when he is doing poorly.

Neville defeats his Snape boggart on his first attempt because it’s a trivial fear. Molly, an adult witch and the bad-ass who killed Bellatrix, fails to beat her boggart, in OOTP, because there’s nothing trivial about her fear of losing her husband or her children.

Snape is listed among the meaningless boggarts the kids defeated with ease:

“Did you see me take that banshee?” shouted Seamus. “And the hand!” said Dean, waving his own around. “And Snape in that hat!” “And my mummy!”

This is the textbook definition of a boggart:

Hermione put up her hand. “It’s a shape-shifter,” she said. “It can take the shape of whatever it thinks will frighten us most.” “Couldn’t have put it better myself,” said Professor Lupin.

The boggart is whatever’s on your mind, not your true deepest, darkest fear (unless Ron is a monster for fearing spiders when just last year, he nearly lost Ginny). POA already introduces a creature that actually makes you relive your worst moments - Dementors. Introducing two creatures that do essentially the same thing is redundant. Snape’s on Neville’s mind because this lesson immediately follows the toad scene.

If that does not convince you: Hermione’s boggart is McGonagall (but actually, failure).

An out-of-universe explanation for Neville’s fear of Snape is that his parents’ story, just like the Cruciatus curse, did not exist at the time of writing the boggart scene. You’d think Draco would tease Neville about it, if it had existed by POA.

This passage is from GOF, after the lesson about unforgivables, in which Neville was clearly thinking about his parents:

“What was that?” said Seamus Finnigan, staring at the egg as Harry slammed it shut again. “Sounded like a banshee... Maybe you’ve got to get past one of those next, Harry!” “It was someone being tortured!” said Neville, who had gone very white and spilled sausage rolls all over the floor. “You’re going to have to fight the Cruciatus Curse!”

This scene shows that Harry is unlike the rest of his classmates because his fears are real and serious. It provides comic relief, because the big meanie is in drag. It’s the beginning of Neville’s arc from someone who fears Snape in Y3 to someone who leads the DA in Y7 and fears nothing. It hints at the Snape-Marauders relationship. It’s used to make Snape’s behavior in the werewolf lesson seem petty and vindictive, to obfuscate the fact that it actually takes place right after Sirius infiltrates the castle for the first time, which is what’s actually bothering him.

In conclusion, the boggart says nothing about Snape, only about Neville.

3. I see no difference

In context:

“And what is all this noise about?” said a soft, deadly voice. Snape had arrived. The Slytherins clamored to give their explanations; Snape pointed a long yellow finger at Malfoy and said, “Explain.” “Potter attacked me, sir —” “We attacked each other at the same time!” Harry shouted. “— and he hit Goyle — look —” Snape examined Goyle, whose face now resembled something that would have been at home in a book on poisonous fungi. “Hospital wing, Goyle,” Snape said calmly. “Malfoy got Hermione!” Ron said. “Look!” He forced Hermione to show Snape her teeth — she was doing her best to hide them with her hands, though this was difficult as they had now grown down past her collar. Pansy Parkinson and the other Slytherin girls were doubled up with silent giggles, pointing at Hermione from behind Snape’s back. Snape looked coldly [as opposed to his usual smirk/smile, when he enjoys whatever he’s saying. Also, what’s the difference between being “calm” and being “cold”? Harry is awful at reading people, and at reading Snape in particular] at Hermione, then said, “I see no difference.” Hermione let out a whimper; her eyes filled with tears.

Snape is demanding an explanation from Malfoy, not the trio. Harry admits that both of them attacked each other. You’d think Snape will never miss an opportunity to punish Harry, who attacked his favorite, right? Wrong. He sends Goyle to the hospital wing calmly, despite Goyle being in pretty bad shape. Ron seems to expect Snape to be helpful, otherwise, why does he direct his attention to Hermione? The Slytherin girls hide their giggling from Snape, as if expecting him to discipline them if he sees them. But he simply says he sees no difference. Why is he acting this way, so out of character? Because at this point, in GOF, the Dark Mark is already growing darker and Voldemort is coming back. Snape will soon have to resume his spying role. He cannot act like he otherwise would have, which is to punish everyone, including the Death Eaters’ children - he is downplaying the whole thing to avoid punishing anyone.

Did he absolutely have to mock Hermione? No. Does he ever do that in any other context? No. It was an easy way to demonstrate his hatred of Harry and supposed disdain for his Muggle-born friend, when he needed to reinforce that image of himself.

Some resentment is understandable: Hermione had set Snape on fire, stolen from him, and slammed him against a wall, knocking him unconscious. That she gets away with a mean-spirited comment indicates that he doesn’t hate her.

He wasn’t even necessarily thinking of her teeth. He might have meant “ISND between what Malfoy did to you, and what Potter did to Goyle”, “ISND between what I told Goyle to do, and what you should do”. We know he can insult her outright when he wants to, and nothing stopped JKR from writing “your teeth look the same as yesterday.”

Maybe he was thinking about how, just a few chapters previously, McGonagall had watched Moody torture Draco, and instead of asking Draco how he was feeling (redundant question, since he was visibly in pain, but it would have been her duty nonetheless), and sending him to the Hospital Wing, she had allowed Moody to drag him away for more punishment, meaning it was she who had set the precedent that students in obvious distress can be dismissed.

She gets over this comment instantly. She even defends Snape later in the same book, and up until he kills Dumbledore.

Snape is definitely an asshole. Here are other bad things he does:

The first Potions lesson: calls Neville an idiot and then accuses Harry of not helping Neville because he wanted to look good. Absurd.

“Longbottom causes devastation with the simplest spells. We’ll be sending what’s left of Finch-Fletchley up to the hospital wing in a matchbox.” Hilarious, but ouch!

Calls Hermione an insufferable-know-it-all (which she was), following several more civilized attempts to shut her up.

Reading the article about Harry in front of everyone, when the Trio is discussing it in class instead of working, then separating them, ordering Harry to sit next to him, and taking the opportunity to taunt him, culminating in calling Harry a “nasty little boy” and threatening to use Veritaserum on him. This is clearly an empty threat, or Snape would have simply slipped him some without warning him, like Umbridge (not that the legilimens needed to).

Doesn’t punish the Slytherin who hexed Alicia Spinnet before the big Quidditch game (McG before that: “I’ve become accustomed to seeing the Quidditch Cup in my study, boys, and I really don’t want to have to hand it over to Professor Snape, so use the extra time [from the lack of homework] to practice, won’t you?”

In the first occlumency lesson, calls Harry a lamentable potions maker (irrelevant and uncalled for), as well as implicitly calling him stupid: “The mind is a complex and many-layered thing, Potter… or at least, most minds are.” Why should Harry know how legilimency works? He’s never heard of it. Even that can be explained away, though: Voldemort might be spying on the lesson through Harry’s eyes.

When escorting Harry from the train to the school in HBP, he calls Tonk’s Patronus weak, and needles Harry. He accuses Harry of only wanting attention: “I suppose you wanted to make an entrance, did you?” Then he says this: “No cloak. You can walk in so that everyone sees you, which is what you wanted, I’m sure.” Make up your mind, Snape.

When Harry says ghosts are transparent: “Yes, it is easy to see that nearly six years of magical education have not been wasted on you, Potter.” When Ron points out that this is the most useful way to tell ghosts and inferi apart, because inferi are solid, he says this: “I would expect nothing more sophisticated from you, Ronald Weasley, the boy so solid he cannot Apparate half an inch across a room.” Possible explanation: Harry and Ron were publicly discussing Snape’s and Fletcher’s involvement in the Order, so shutting them up was imperative.

That’s 9 things, so with the toad scene and ISND, that’s 11 bad things Snape does to students, in 6 years. Snape is the teacher we spend the most time with, so we get a large enough sample to have an accurate impression of him. All of his transgressions are insults of varying severity, and that’s it.

He’s rude to everyone, not just his inferiors: Tonks and Sirius, fellow Order members, Bellatrix, a “fellow” Death Eater, and even Dumbledore, his superior in every way. Yes, he should have been gentler with students. He is harsh, unkind, strict, impatient, and overbearing, but not bullying or abusive.

His treatment of Harry is truly unfair. He projects the trauma James had caused him onto Harry, which is completely undeserved (but he also protects Harry out of guilt and love for Lily, which is also, strictly speaking, undeserved). Snape doesn’t see Harry for who he is, but even that is not as superficial as it seems, and it’s not entirely the result of Snape’s “immaturity” (i.e., long-term trauma).

PS: When they first make eye-contact, both of them are set on the wrong path because of Quirrell. Harry feels a pain when Snape is looking at him, pulls a face, and continues to stare at Snape. The legilimens might be sensing Voldemort in him. Harry then sasses at him in the very first lesson, and nearly knocks him off his broom.

COS: Harry arrives at school by flying car, launches a seemingly random attack on Slytherins, the appears to be encouraging the snake to attack Justin.

POA: Harry displays recklessness truly worthy of his father, sneaking off to Hogsmeade, throwing snowballs at Malfoy, lying about it

GOF: Harry becomes the center of attention. Snape resents this, as do Ron and Sprout. Twice, the legilimens is looking into Harry’s eyes while Harry is fantasizing about hurting him.

OOTP: Harry violates Snape’s privacy and endangers him, Snape does not know that Harry regrets the whole thing. He also catches Harry at this:

“What are you doing, Potter?” said Snape coldly as ever, as he strode over to the four of them. “I’m trying to decide what curse to use on Malfoy, sir,” said Harry fiercely. Snape stared at him.

This must have been flashback-inducing. What we see as fiercely, Snape sees as vicious.

6. HBP: Harry hexes people at random, including Filch, and worst of all, Snape catches Harry casting Sectumsempra on Draco.

Snape has a disincentive to try with Harry: He knows he will return to Voldemort as a spy. The cover story is, “I thought Voldemort was finished, and that Harry did it.” Becoming buds with Harry would have been inexplicable; becoming buds with Harry and then NOT using that to deliver Harry to Voldemort (i.e., what BCJ has done) - unforgivable. Snape relied heavily on half-truths and misdirection but there was one thing he could be honest with Voldemort about: He hates Harry with a passion. That, ironically, helped him protect Harry.

FWIW, I believe the memory of Snape ranting about Harry, and Dumbledore dismissing Snape and telling him he’s wrong, is included as an apology.

Snape’s three biggest victims are Harry, who names a child after him; Hermione, who doesn’t mind him and even likes him; and Neville, who clearly got over it with ease.

Dumbledore will never fire Snape. He has a free pass to be as cruel as he wants, because he has a cover to keep. Other than the DADA teachers and Hagrid, he is the least experienced, and he is the youngest by far except for, briefly, Lockhard and Lupin. Hogwarts is a site of lifelong trauma for him. Since he is so young, some of his students probably saw or heard about him being publicly humiliated. It also meant that he was initially barely older than some of the students' siblings, so he had to cultivate a very strict persona to control his classroom.

Hence, if you find judging teachers’ conduct in a children’s book a worthwhile pursuit (I don’t think it is, but here we are), Snape should be judged less harshly, not more harshly.

He has no incentive to dial down his cruelty and a wealth of excuses for being cruel, so the cruelty we see in him is the worst he could do, despite being under extreme stress. Yet it is limited to sarcastic remarks, docked points, and mild detentions.

He never lays a hand or a wand on a student, except when pulling Harry out of the Pensieve and then blowing up a jar over his head. Pulling him out was obviously justified - Harry not only violated his privacy and humiliated him, he also risked showing Voldemort classified memories. I believe that if he had wanted the jar to hit Harry, it would have, and he missed on purpose. He never takes advantage of his position over students or his relationship with them, and his punishments are never dangerous.

But he is biased, right?

Not as biased as people think. He has issues with the Trio+Neville, but not other Gryffs, or with students in other houses. He assigns zero house points, including to Slytherins, and his deductions are rarely substantial. He does not bend the rules to get a 1st year student on the Quidditch team, and he does not give 170 last minute points.

Unlike points, grades do matter, and he grades fairly:

According to Lucius in COS, Hermione beat Draco in every test, including potions:

“I would have thought you’d be ashamed that a girl of no wizard family beat you in every exam,” snapped Mr. Malfoy.

Harry expects Snape to grade him fairly, when he tries:

Determined not to give Snape an excuse to fail him this lesson, Harry read and reread every line of instructions on the blackboard at least three times before acting on them.

Harry does fail. This is the Strengthening Solution they work on over two lessons. In the second lesson, Harry isn’t paying attention because he is too busy listening in on Umbridge’s interrogation.

Except the bit where Harry's vial breaks, there is no evidence that he grades unfairly. This was petty, but Hermione is the one who vanished the rest of the potion and prevented him from being able to turn in a second sample.

At the end of the lesson he scooped some of the potion into a flask, corked it, and took it up to Snape’s desk for marking, feeling that he might at last have scraped an E. He had just turned away when he heard a smashing noise; [...] His potion sample lay in pieces on the floor, and Snape was watching him with a look of gloating pleasure. “Whoops,” he said softly. “Another zero, then, Potter…” Harry was too incensed to speak. He strode back to his cauldron, intending to fill another flask and force Snape to mark it, but saw to his horror that the rest of the contents had vanished. “I’m sorry!” said Hermione.

This is after Harry views SWM. Assuming Snape did this on purpose (we don’t know), he might have been vindictive or he might have been putting on a show of it because Voldemort was watching through Harry’s eyes.

Snape appears unfair in the sense that when Harry does poorly, he receives poorer grades than he deserves (in Harry’s opinion), but when Harry does well, he expects to be graded fairly (OOTP29). Specifically, Harry complains that Snape grades only him unfairly, and not Ron or Neville, meaning that the issue is with Harry and not with all Gryffindors (OOTP12+15).

Snape’s bias shows only in that he does not punish his own students for their wrongdoings on-page. However, Slytherins wait until Snape’s back is turned to misbehave, and that includes Draco, Snape’s favorite:

In the ISND incident, Pansy and her friends giggle behind Snape’s back.

Draco flashes his Potter Stinks badges when Snape’s attention is directed elsewhere.

Draco taunts Harry with his “remedial potions?!” jeer when Snape isn’t looking.

Right before the toad incident, Draco was pretending to be badly hurt, and pointed out to Snape that Ron (who was sitting next to him and whom Snape had asked to help Draco) wasn’t helping him properly. Draco lowers his voice to admit he pretends to be hurt partly because it means Snape will have someone help him.

They routinely bother to hide their nastiness, because they expect some sort of sanction. McGonagall sends Slytherin transgressors to Snape for punishment, meaning she expects him to handle them.

Snape also assigns Crabbe and Goyle detentions liberally to make sure they “pass their DADA OWLs”. This is also done to thwart Draco’s attempts to kill Dumbledore, but nobody is surprised at this.

Snape is a very effective teacher and the students don’t all hate him

In Y2, Snape teaches students about Polyjuice Potion, which exceeds the curriculum requirements. Umbridge’s objective is to discredit Dumbledore’s hires, but even she recognizes that his class is advanced. Snape constantly explains to the students what they did wrong, even if Harry calls this bullying. His exam pass rate is high: The trio earns two Es and one O even though Harry and Ron don’t care about the subject. Snape is an effective, albeit very imperfect, teacher (Harry, Ron, and Hermione all earn the same grade in Potions as they do in Charms and Transfiguration; Neville can be deduced to have passed his Potions and his Transfiguration OWLs with an A).

He only admits O students into his NEWT potions class, whereas Minerva is “very pleased” with Harry’s E. This is not as restrictive as it sounds:

This is the composition of Harry’s 6th year Potions class:

The four Slytherins took a table together, as did the four Ravenclaws. This left Harry, Ron, and Hermione to share a table with Ernie.

Everyone but Harry and Ron had earned Os, because they all had the textbook already. That’s at least 10 out of 28* students in Harry’s year who got the highest grade.

*There is some debate about the size of Harry’s year. I’m only counting students who have names.

25 out of 25 eligible students take DADA with Snape in their 6th year:

”Before we start, I want your dementor essays,” said Snape, waving his wand carelessly, so that twenty-five scrolls of parchment soared into the air and landed in a neat pile on his desk.

The missing ones are Crabbe and Goyle, who failed their OWLs, and Abbott, who left.

Neville definitely took DADA with Snape:

Typically, ten minutes into the lesson Hermione managed to repel Neville’s muttered JellyLegs Jinx, a feat that would surely have earned her twenty points for Gryffindor from any reasonable teacher.

Harry whines, but note that Snape doesn’t take points from Neville for muttering, either.

That’s how unbiased students talk about Snape:

“Harry,” Ernie said [...], “didn’t get a chance to speak in Defense Against The Dark Arts this morning. Good lesson, I thought.”

Safety is his top priority

Snape:

stops Ron from hitting Draco

Upon hearing that a student had been taken into the Chamber - he was distressed enough that he had to grab a chair "very hard" (even though his Slytherins alone were not in danger)

is the one who nags Lupin to drink his potion in POA, and not the other way around

runs into the Shrieking Shack to face Black and Lupin on the full moon to save the trio

when the egg starts screaming in GOF, runs toward the sound of someone screaming as though they’re being tortured in the middle of the night

Supplies Umbridge with fake Veritaserum

Orders Harry to release Neville when he thinks Ron and Harry are fighting him

Saves Neville from being choked by Crabbe

Runs toward a woman screaming in the middle of an occlumency lesson (it’s Trelawney getting fired)

Makes an unbreakable vow to protect Draco, keeps it

Runs toward Myrtle’s cries of a murder, not knowing who was hurt or how and what danger he might face there

Steers Hermione+Luna out of harm’s way before the Astronomy Tower battle

After killing Dumbledore, he stops Death Eaters from Cruciating Harry when Harry confronts him. Harry tries to curse Snape, including an attempt at Crucio, yet Snape risks breaking cover to spare Harry pain

He is the one Dumbledore assigned to keep students safe during DH. Snape did not have to stay at Hogwarts at that point, both of them knew Harry won't be attending next year, so this had nothing to do with the original mission, Dumbledore just trusted him this much, and rightly so - nobody is reported to have died during Snape's year as headmaster, which is more than can be said for Dumbledore. Within this, he Sent the silver trio to Hagrid as a form of "punishment" for trying to steal the sword.

Only in one of these cases is Harry even in the picture (that Snape knows of before springing into action). I omitted things like saving Harry in PS. In one case, he leaves Harry to go see what’s going on. Also not included are multiple instances of Snape saving students at no risk to himself or to his cover, by brewing potions or using his Dark Arts expertise (COS, HBP). His attempts to save adult characters are not included either.

“Her [the Doe Patronus’s] presence had meant safety.” (r/harrypotter on reddit)

Note: the writer of this post said it the the title that Snape is the best teacher at Hogwarts, wich i frankly do not agree with as, despite being a master in his subjects and prioritizing safety, Snape comes of as unaproachable to his students wich causes strugling students like Neville to go to peers for help instead of him, wich is far from ideal.

#harry potter #character analysis #severus snape #severus snape fandom #pro severus snape

143 notes · View notes

savingsallow · 5 months ago

Text

Quick Thank You From Val

Shout out to all the MC and OC friends that Val made in 2024!!! 📢✨

When I became active in the fandom around July/August of last year, I didn't expect that my little sassy but sweet kid would make so many friends.

So here's a quick thank you and shout out to all of you from Val ❤️‍🔥

🌟 @ravenwind-75: shout out to the lovely and chaotic jo 💜! you're one of the first mcs that val gets to interact with and she's thankful that you two are now friends and even in the hcu together! 💪🏻

⋆✴︎˚｡⋆ ⋆✴︎˚｡⋆ ⋆✴︎˚｡⋆ ⋆✴︎˚｡⋆ ⋆✴︎˚｡⋆

🌟 @acslytherpuff : shout out to the baddie ✨cassie luna✨ aka val's human moon best friend 🌙 and soul sister 🤍 cassie def has a special place in val's heart and will protect and support her no matter what! 🫂p.s. shout out to alvin and alex as well!!!✨

🌟 @espressoristretto-patronum: shout out to the kind but fierce tori! ☀️ not only that tori and val are both grumpy without coffee in their system 😆☕ but val also looks up to tori for always being so kind, funny, and overall positive and light energy to be around!✨

🌟 @ps-cactus: shout out to nomnombelyn alyn! 🩵 aka val's first adopted introvert here! 😆🫶🏻 val says that she loves alyn very much and is thankful that they became friends! 🥺🫂 now she'll def spoil her with chocolates 🍫 and books 📚!!!

🌟 @diana-bluewolf: shout out to (grumpy but lovable) chris! 🐺💚 another introvert that val adopted 😆 who knew asking someone for snacks could be the start of a friendship 😌🍬 val says thank you to chris for tolerating her and letting her hang out with him 😆🫂 oh! and for offering different points of view and a calming presence✨

🌟 @fulminare-within-her-soul: shout out to euphie! 🐉💙 a total badass and academic weapon✨ euphie and eleazar are always fun to hang out with and there's always something new and intriguing with you guys! 🤩 i guess opposites do attract 🤝

🌟 @syrooo: shout out to renn! 🔥 aka val's long lost sibling or version of her in a different universe 🤔❤️‍🔥 the lore is still in the kitchen and cooking 😁 there's not much interaction yet but i'm already excited for these two!!! 🔥🔥🔥

🌟 @myokk: shout out to the best cousins ever, eloise and leo!!! 💚family gatherings are waaaay better when there's eloise and leo! val is sending many hugs and love to these two 🫂🫂🫂

🌟 @ozunafieldguide: shout out to this enigmatic cutie, lo! 💙 very interesting and deep, a few traits that val admires about lo 🤭 i hope these two get more interaction soon and val would love to braid lo's hair✨

🌟 @leaping-toadstool-caps: shout out to this big babie, jaimsen!! 💛 a big foodie like val and she appreciates his sunshine personality so much!! ☀️ shout out to florence as well!! ngl but he and val could be besties, too! 🤭🩵

🌟 @girl-named-matty: shout out to this beautiful specimen, callan!aka val's s/o in the hcu and her first oc x oc ship!! ❤️‍🔥 val is always in awe of him but she won't admit it 😆🫶🏻 shout out as well to the amazing matty ♥️ cutie theo 💛 and helena (mother) 🥵🔥

🌟 @theladyofshalott1989: shout out to the very patient, damien! 💙 another foodie like jaimsen and val! she admires damien's patience and his fun personality! always a fun guy to be around✨

🌟 @accio-bagel: shout out to the hottest lovable rogue, ellie! 💚✨ aka val's biggest girl crush and fAvOrItE rOoMaTe 🤨 val went from adoring her from afar to now being homies with ellie 🤭 and she's more than grateful to have her around!! ❤️‍🔥

🌟 @freddiestheproblemchild: shout out to roan!! 💚✨ this isn't really from val but from ale 😆 he wants to thank roan for having more adopted siblings and he says he'll continue to be a good brother to them!!! 🫂❤️‍🔥 p.s. shout out to freddie, the croft triplets, and lucinda!✨

—

more shout out to all the mcs that val interacted with last year! 📣

🔥 @alibasnur: to chen from the hogwarts food club! ♥️✨

🔥 @ask-felix-aberg: to this lovely and kind lad, felix, that val respects bc of his kindness and warm presence! 🫂🩵

🔥 @rypnami: to auri, phillip, and elsie! their interaction may be short but val is sending them all some warm hugs!!! 🫂🫂🫂

🔥 @thursdaymoonrise11: to the very fab phoebe!! 🩵✨ val would certainly try to hang out more with phoebe this year cuz she loves her overall vibes!!! 🤌🏻🤌🏻🤌🏻

🔥 @starry-slithers: to the cutie cariad! these two need more interaction but val certainly adores her! ❤️‍🔥

🔥 @theravenchild: to the very lovely hellendil! 🩵✨ he and val don't have any official interaction yet, but she'd love to have a tea party with him sometime! 🍵✨

🔥 @pikadrawsthings: to these bunch of lovable af traumatized children, elijah, lilith, raymond, and weiss!!! 💛💚♥️💙 val is very excited to get to know them more and have more interactions with every one of them! 🤩 (don't worry, i'm cooking their interaction 🫡 just really slow 🫠) sending love to all of these cuties!!! ❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥❤️‍🔥

⋆✴︎˚｡⋆ ⋆✴︎˚｡⋆ ⋆✴︎˚｡⋆ ⋆✴︎˚｡⋆ ⋆✴︎˚｡⋆

there are more mcs that val adores but has no interaction yet 😅 but dw! she'll make her first move at some point this year! 🫡

so watch out 😏✨

again, thank you to all and sending love and support to each and every one of you! ❤️‍🔥

— val

#finally i'm back babyyyyy #the holidays and all that socialization drained my extrovert battery smh 🤣#now... it's catching up time!✨#i was also overwhelmed by the amount of greetings i got but also very thankful for all the love and support 🥺❤️‍🔥#sending love and support to everyone!!! 🫂❤️‍🔥#casper yaps #val and friends #valentine black #hogwarts legacy #hogwarts legacy mc

44 notes · View notes

hehehe-being-nice-anonomously · 1 year ago

Text

Okay, so basically, I don't talk to people on here. At all. Ever. I just float around watching other people have friends and relationships. But, I'm also to socially awkward to actually try to have friends online(or irl tbh); so instead. I decided to make a one time use sideblog to tag a bunch of people who are mutuals or who I follow that mean a lot to me, interact with my posts a lot(or you used to), or I just appreciate seeing on my dash. Yall are fucking amazing and you make the world a better place. I would love to be friends with all if you, but honestly for some reason I'm overthinking it way too much 🙃. You guys make me happy, you make me smile, you make me laugh, and you improve my day every day. You are handpicked from my followed blogs as my favorites 😅. I want you to know that you're appreciated greatly. Keep yourselves safe and healthy and happy. Don't try to find out who I am, just take the message. Keep spreading happiness in the world 🥰. I love yall❤(also I'm really nervous I forgot some people, so if you happen to see this at all, you can take this message and pass it on too)

@nightgoodomens @chronic-pessimist @frenchfryqueen69 @paintedp0rtraitgirl @bassguitarinablackt-shirt @theshyqueergirl @anne-is-okay @weirdly-specific-but-ok @fuckingayassbitch @ineffablebookgirl @proudlyunicorn @gleerant @smartsxylacyy @alexthescaredenby @meerealsssss @stars-over-ice-cream @a-wondering-thought @i-will-sing-no-requiem @theres-an-endless-starry-sky @pessimistic-gh0st @moonysfavoritetoast @dyeinggoosenoises @fourwingedsnake @in-the-sweet-november-rain @demonicsymphony @halucynator @s0lit4ir3 @dumbass-lesbian @mx-typewriter @professional-termite @fuckyeahgoodomens @indecisivebitch3000 @thediamondarcher @5ducksinatrenchcoat @ava-taylors-version @rissipluto @sparksssflytv @cyanide-sodapop @lunabelova1122 @trolliworms @radioxlast @accio-atticus @loaf-of-soup @neck-thats-made-for-bruising @sandwichfilledwithbees @person4924 @occasionally-wise-boy @starchaser-lily @blunt-force-therapy @my-castles-crumbling

It's not letting my tag the rest of yall so I'll reblog w/ the rest. Give me a minute (sorry)

118 notes · View notes

hogwarts-legacy-hype · 2 months ago

Note

I want to take a moment and appreciate @accio-bagel for being one of the brightest gems here in the fandom. Not only they are talented, but also one of my moots I always look forward to interacting with whenever I open my Tumblr.

May she and Ellie get showered with all the love! 🩷

Lots of love to bright gem @accio-bagel ✨

#hogwarts legacy fandom

28 notes · View notes

purplehyacinthriver · 4 months ago

Text

Sebastian Sallow [Moodboard]

Mood board for my Hogwarts Legacy fanfiction "Legacy of Shadows: A Hogwarts Legacy Sequel" by HyacinthSpector available on A03 and Wattpad.

---

Next followed Sebastian, giving his friends a rather haughty smile, an easy grin spreading across his freckled features. "Nice effort lads, but I fear I may be your match." Sebastian winked, striding to the dueling space. His demeanor suddenly shifting, his stance sharpening, his eyes narrowing as the smile slowly dissipated from his face into an unsettling expression. His eyes were dark, and the muscles in his cheeks and neck had become tense, twitching under his intensity.

Sebastian sent a barrage of casts towards the training dummy with astounding speed:

Accio

Confringo

Glacius

Confringo

Glacius

Confringo

The dummy creaked against the constant freezing and burning of his casts. Despite his outward appearance of enjoyment, a subtle tension had crept into his features— an anger. It was a fury that seemed to simmer just beneath the surface, contained by a thin veneer of lightness and jest. She could see it now, and perhaps it felt oddly familiar to her.

William, noticing Merith's puzzled expression, quickly cast a shielding charm around the dummy. Sebastian, his brow glistening with a bead of sweat, looked momentarily frustrated. "Careful, mate, you'll explode the bloody thing, and then we'll get more detentions," William said lightly, his tone a blend of warning and amusement. The serious intensity vanished from Sebastian's face, replaced by a familiar grin as he clapped William on the back.

"What, admitting defeat?" Sebastian teased.

"In your dreams, Sallow," William retorted, the two boys then began a playful scuffle. Merith's gaze drifted back to Ominis, who was observing the interaction with a similarly perplexed expression, mirroring her own.

---

#hogwarts legacy #aesop sharp #hogwarts legacy fanfic #harry potter fanfiction #angst with a happy ending #professor sharp #ao3 #hogwarts #sebastian sallow

21 notes · View notes

freddiestheproblemchild · 7 months ago

Text

An Introduction to my OC Freddie!

Name: Frederick Harpis

Nickname: Freddie, Fred (Dont call them unless you want to get murdered 😬)

Pronouns: He/Him

Age: 15 (HL) 17 (S&A) 18 (AU)

Gender: Male

Birthday: April 23rd

Birthplace/Hometown: Stirling, Scotland

House: Gryffindor

Patronus: Jaguar

Wand: Ebony wood, 11 3/4 in, Dragon Heartstring, Reasonbly Supple, Crooked spiral, Black

Blood Status: Half-Blood

Langauges: English, Scots, Scottish Gaelic

Appreance

Eye color: Blue

Hair Color: Blonde

Height: 5'8

Scars: Long scar over left eye

Personality

Positive Traits: Intelligent, Fearless, Charismatic

Negative Traits: Ambitious, Sarcastic, Impulsive, Stubborn, Aloof, Uncaring

Hobbies: Reading, Flying, Exploring

Likes: Sweets, Thestrals,

Dislikes: Potions

Fun Facts

- Freddie is NOT my first OC nor is he a main character in any of my stories. He was just my "dark playthrough" who very quickly grew on me and many of my friends.

- Freddie is the best example of being both a Gryffindor AND a Slytherin due to having prominent traits from both. He's brave but he's careless. Hes ambitious and willing to go lengths he shouldn't in order to achieve his goals.

- Freddie's personality and my decision in making him an "evil gryffindor" was inspired by the original Harry Potter movies. A big example being Peter Pettigrew. Not all Gryffindors are good.

- Freddie dislikes Potions but is extremely adept at potion making. While he dislikes the class he likes being center of attention and being praised by Professor Sharp.

- Freddie hates Mooncalves. Something about the long necks and massive eyes rubs him the wrong way.

- He absolutely loves sweets. Although he'll never admit it to you.

- Freddie has a soft spot for Professor Weasley but he will NEVER admit it.

- After the end of Hogwarts Legacy's events, Freddie does go back to school to finish his education. Only after his seventh year does he fully wreak havoc because of the freedom he is given from turning of age and the Ancient Magic he has learned to hone.

- He has a strange soft spot for all animals (except mooncalves)

- Although hes a jerk and can be sarcastic he is also extremely charismatic. Because of this (most) people tend to ignore his rude moments and tend to seek out his company.

- Freddie doesn't have very many people HE considers to be friends. But he does have a Rival. Elizabeth Crawford, Or Ellie, is his academic rival. Both are brilliantly smart and always trying one up each other. (Ellie is @accio-bagel's mc ❤️)

Please feel free to ask me any questions about Frederick if you have any! I know he's not the brightest ray of sunshine but I am also open to any MC x MC interactions/friendships ❤️

#hogwarts legacy #hogwarts legacy mc #hogwarts oc

35 notes · View notes

silence-between-seconds · 1 year ago

Text

hii this is my attempt at an intro post. you can call me siri ;)

pick any pronouns from: he/she/they || 18+ || I'm genderfluid || INFJ

Things I love:

your mum, singing, marauders era, any and all kinds of art, poetry, books, fanfiction, the harry potter fandom (jkr can piss off tho), hozier, chappell roan, arctic monkeys, k-pop (bts, txt, svt, skz, treasure and a few more bands), renne rapp, conan gray, plushies, the moon, the stars, basically space, chai, biking, CHOCOLATE, nature, writing, badminton, musical instruments and a million little nothings

currently listening to:

Naked In Manhattan by Chappell Roan

fav authors/books:

good omens, simon vs the homo sapiens agenda, books by ruskin bond, the alchemist, the zahir, ronald dahl, to kill a mockingbird, memoirs of sherlock holmes- (ok look i love reading but the last thing i read was definitely on ao3)

movies/shows:

The Owl House, Studio Ghibli, Heartstopper, Red white and royal blue, Loki, hazbin hotel, helluva boss, Night at the Museum, Marvel (not sucha fan of mcu), highschool musical (2 is my fav), Luca (2021) and most other pixar and disney movies, (i love animated movies so much)

✧ ೃ༄*ੈ✩💐

@her-midas-touch is a poet and wrote this for me hehe:

Run out of metaphors great enough, my fingers paint a wraith

To faint to capture essence, mere shimmery traces of feelings

Every cheshire cat smile, every whirlwind idea, every leap of faith for every apathetic eye, missing the moment, is a soul

that sings

✧ ೃ༄*ੈ✩💐

have some me core images:

✧ ೃ༄*ੈ✩💐

lovely mutuals:

@good-oldfashioned-lover @her-midas-touch@daydream-of-a-wallflower@hermioneswifeee

@literallytoogaytofunction@lilbeanz@reisbackinblack@dementorfromazkaban@deprivedofbraincellsandsleep

@starryrain@lizluvscupcakes@urbanflorals @accio-sriracha@siriusly-remu

@werewolfenthusiast@none-of-it-was-accidental@feelin-sad-and-gay@jaylienpotter@illustratinglaura

@nothingtoseeherebyeexx @silverscreenlipstick @moonysversion @mochami-mochi @sleepinginmygrave

@icarus-last-fall @a-beautiful-fool @shuhuaspookie @xi-phos @here-for-a-good-time-hopefully

@stars-over-ice-cream @kaaaaaaarf @re-is-back-in-black @rookofthekingom @not-rab

@toxik-angel @marylily-my-beloved @good-oldfashioned-lover-girl @strawberryapologist @m0st-ard3ntly

@cressthebest @starcrossedmoony

(i hope i got everyone?)

feel free to interact<3

mess with my friends and I will hurt you :)

✧ ೃ༄*ੈ✩💐

DNIs don't work so I guess I'll just say: fuck around and find out ig

108 notes · View notes

reigningm4x · 2 years ago

Note

thank you for your updates this weekend at COTA! did you meet lots of drivers? what were they like if you don't mind telling us?

Max - like I said, he was patient with me both times I had 1:1 time with him, and indulged me while being super babie about it. First time was when he was coming down the stairs, I stood in my spot and asked if he can sign my hat, which he did then as he went to give the sharpie back, I said this one too (for Emma), and he did that one! Second time was on Sunday, and it was as he was walking in. He is my big broad smiley BABIE his smile is so cute.

Charles - I only had one moment where we met, talked, and gave him the bracelet. He was in good spirits this morning! Was super busy the other days.

Carlos - again, I only met him this morning and it was super quick but he's as hot as ever. He looks a little lost sometimes but that's ok :'')

Lewis and George - lol so my brother is a huge Lewis fan and asked if I can get him something signed. I was very skeptical, but I bought a bucket hat in the hopes I'd find them. George was so easy. He's fucking TALL and lanky. Lewis was tough, obviously, and I did not want to be a freak and ran after him and hunted him down. So I asked the girlie at the Merc garage what she thought was best, and she said to just stay standing and ask as he approached - which is what I did. I was standing near Merc, and as he was walking closer, I asked out loud if it was ok with him to sign this hat for my brother. He didn't say anything but took the pen and hat, signed and gave it back. He has AT LEAST 3 ~undercover security guards with him so if they feel like you're gonna be insane, they're always ready to step in - which is good!! It was a nice, quick fan interaction.

Daniel - DARLING!! It was all on Friday, he was walking with Blake (whose professional job title must be 'to walk around') and he wasn't being hounded, so I approached and asked for a signature. As he was signing and we were walking with them, I told him it's good to have him back, that it hasn't been the same without him, and he said "Thanks, I appreciate that" then as he handed the hat back to me, I said "my best friend (@blamemma) is gonna freak the fuck out" and he honk laughed :')

Pierre - Alpine and Ferrari's hospitality were in the same like..block so we easily saw them. As Pierre walked in, we asked if we can get pics, and he waited for us both, was so cute. Then on Sunday, we were hanging upstairs at Ferrari when he went up and I said "Hi Pierre" and he gave a cute lil smile!! Then at one point, he was coming out, and I asked him if he'd record a quick video for a friend who's a huge fan (@accio-ricciardo), he asked for her name and I just recorded it. He genuinely was one of the highlights of the weekend. SOOOOO cute and sweet lmao.

Bonus: Pato - he was sooooo cute and came out of Mclaren hospitality and took pics with us. He's so good looking.

#asks #chit chat #Anonymous #my cota 23

78 notes · View notes

jade-cant-fly · 1 year ago

Text

>>>>> THIS IS AN OOC POST! <<<<<

((THIS IS A HPMA OC!! Also I’m diverting from canon a little bit here so bare with me!! Also this mostly follows the HPMA details/things like spell names/classes/etc so be aware of that.)

Please send asks ^^ they’re what keep the blog fun and alive, plus I’ll try to respond with drawings as often as possible! Though they probably won’t turn out fully coloured. That aside, here look at these little tidbits about her:

BASICS

Name? 王佳琳 (Jade)

Nicknames? “Ah Lin” (family), Spiders.

Nationality? British

Ethnicity? Chinese (Guangdong origin, Hongkonger)-British

Age? 15

Gender? Female (she/her/any)

Sexuality? “¯\_(ツ)_/¯”

Blood status? Half

Height? 172cm

>>> EVERYTHING ELSE <<<

MAGIC/HOGWARTS

House? “Slytherin!”

Most proficient class? Care of magical creatures

Least proficient class? Quidditch

Year? 3

Patronus? Spider

Favourite spells: (assuming summons don’t count)

💚 Piertotum Locomotor

💚 Incarcerous

💚 Glacius

💚 Accio

Favourite spells that aren’t technically spells:

💚 Spiders

💚 Cornish Pixies

💚 “I’m not listing all the summons man.”

PERSONALITY!

Ask her stuff to find out > ,<!!!

EXTRAS!

Speaks fluent Chinese and English, knows a decent amount of Cantonese too. Will revert to Chinese when becoming vulgar.

Favours magical creatures far above spells and charms.

Wants an animagus SO BAD.

Underweight and easily injured. Probably the physically weakest student in her year.

A huge and shameless flirt.

Commonly found at either: the duelling club, dance club, or infirmary outside of class.

Effectively helpless without a wand.

Have fun interacting!

#harry potter magic awakened #hpma mc #hpma #hp magic awakened #hpma oc #ask blog #asks open #digital art #hp #hp fandom #oc #oc art #please talk to her please please please #hpma jade wang

30 notes · View notes

accio-victuuri · 1 year ago

Text

always talking to each other ☺️☺️☺️

#yizhan #bjyx #literally no dead air between them #no matter what they are doing — they are talking or interacting in some way #accio victuuri edit #accio victuuri gifs #untamed bts #cql bts

101 notes · View notes

catohphm · 5 months ago

Note

Cato, you’re such a kind and supportive person and it’s always so nice to chat and interact with you! Here is the adorable Danny sketched as a Chocolate Frog card 💙

Hiii @accio-bagel! the same goes to you! thank you sm for drawing dear Danny in a wizard card! this looks absolutely gorgeous<33

#hogwarts legacy #hogwarts legacy mc #hogwarts legacy oc #danny gibson

12 notes · View notes

hollowwrites · 2 years ago

Text

Possession and Obsession

Sebastian x MC

This was a wonderful little request that I lost...sorry

Summary - MC and Sebastian are off on another adventure before MC becomes entranced by some bauble

I hope you don’t mind but I went down the trance route similar to Harry and Ron with Voldemorts Horcrux

Warnings - Angst, Mentions of blood, body horror(?) death, all characters aged up 18+

Word Count - 1856

“Looks like a transfer to Gringotts or something” MC stated staring at the large pile of goblin bodies and equally large pile of gold.

The cart the goblins had been protecting was upturned and scattered to the wind. In no way, shape or form, would they be using the cart to transport these galleons anywhere. Coin of all sizes were littering the floor, and when MC peered over the cliffs edge to the beach below, she could see the reflection of gold amongst the waves. No doubt the sea would claim all the coin down there. No point wasting their time retrieving it.

“Or an exceptionally wealthy wizard picked a fight on the wrong day.” He kicked the arm of the only human body around, sending the wand he clutched to lifelessly, flying.

“Let’s see what we can find huh?” The sparkle in MCs eye sent a shiver down Sebastian’s spine and he smiled.

He watching lovingly as she ripped apart trinket boxes, safe boxes and satchels on the search for…he didn’t know. But she looked determined. Occasionally, she’d pop her head back up to show off a new piece she has scavenged before returning to the ruined cart. She had donned a jaunty hat and paraded around the site looking for more. Sebastian laughed loudly.

There was no denying he loved her anymore.

He’d come to that conclusion three nights ago when he removed the sickly sweet cream of a pastry from her nose before licking it off his finger.

She looked up at him with faux disgust, pushing him away before jumping up and kissing him on the nose.

Something about that interaction just…clicked.

Whether it was how comfortable they had gotten around each other, the playful fighting they often engaged in or the kiss…

Merlin, to feel her lips upon him again…

He would do anything

Sebastian squinted as his eyes were assaulted by a flash of light under the brush, interrupting his daydream. He kicked at the ground by the offending light, scattering leaves and debris across some of cascading gold.

A dainty chain held the biggest gemstone he had ever seen. He picked it up with the tip of his wand, staring at how the light refracted through the deep red stone.

“MC, come check this out” Sebastian called completely unaware she was already stood next to him. He jumped a little at her proximity. He opened his mouth to jokingly chastise her for scaring him, but she looked…vacant

“Can I have it?” She asked flatly.

“Didn’t think you were a big jewellery girl?” He smirked, but he was beginning to worry. Her eyes had not left the necklace since he had seen her. He tilted his body so the necklace dangled limply, as far from her as possible.

“I am. I want it”

“Okay well-“ his protests were cut short by her casting Accio and the necklace hauling itself at her. Before he could even move, she’d wrapped the long chain around her neck and sighed contently.

“Yes” is all she whispered, a twisted little smile across her features. Rocking back and forth, she closed her eyes, seemingly happy for the moment.

Sebastian had an extensive knowledge of Dark Relics. And this necklace seemed like exactly that.

He had read once about a potent form of dark magic where one could store a part of their soul. He had considered it as a fail safe for Anne, before realising the price she would have to pay in order for it to work. He wanted to keep Anne innocent in all of this. So this ‘Horcrux’ wasn’t an option.

But that is definitely what he was dealing with now. The soul of some treasure crazed lunatic. Perhaps the wizard who now lay dead on the ground? It didn’t matter. Their dark soul now clung to MC like a leech

“I think we’ve had our fun for today. Why don’t you pass me that necklace and I’ll keep it safe for you? I have the bag remember” he patted at his bag keeping his voice calm. His charm had worked on so many others, why not the fractured soul of a dark wizard?

“I think it’s safer with me than with you.” She jeered

“What do you mean by that?” He couldn’t help but bite.

“Well you don’t have a very good reputation for keeping things safe now do you?” MC smirked wickedly “Salazars Spellbook, The Relic…”

“They were-“

“…Your Sister…”

“She-“

“…Your Parents…”

“I was a child!” He snapped

“Tssk tssk, Sebastian. Shouldn’t be an excuse for the things you love” she opened her eyes finally and he gasped. They were black. Not just the iris, her whole eye…

“MC…” he whispered reaching for her

“Yes someone else you failed to save. So glad you can see it now, Sebby” the nickname fell from her lips with venom.

“You…She doesn’t call me that” He spat

“Oh? What would you prefer? ‘Honey’?” She stepped forward “‘Sweetheart’?” Her hands reached out to his chest, running them along his shoulder and up to his neck. “How about ‘Love’?”

This isn’t her, This isn’t her, This isn’t her

He repeated this phrase over and over in his mind, both because he wanted those words to leave her, desperately, but he wanted her to mean them.

And because he wanted to justify what he was about to do.

Squeezing his eyes shut, and pushing images of her from his head, he sent out a flurry of basic casts at his love, ending it with a Bombarda.

Her body slumped against the rock furthest from him, not even attempted once to block his offensive spells.

She twisted back up, arm pulling back at unnatural angles and cracking as they did. Her stuttering movements unnerved Sebastian as she shambled back towards him.

“See? Couldn’t look after me either” Her jaw hung loosely all the while she spoke. The laughter that left her was nothing like her normal singsongy giggle. Not only was she gurgling and choking over the pool of blood running from her mouth, the laugh itself was …evil.

He needed to do something, before he accidentally killed her.

“Stupefy” Sebastian spat, channelling his anger and pain into the cast.

He needed to knock her out.

Thankfully, the wizard, or whatever had took hold of her, cockily took the blast, and her eyes rolled to the back of her head. She fell limply to the floor and Sebastian was on her in a second, ripping the chain from her neck.

I can offer you so much. Put me on and we can use our collective means to achieve anything you wish

A voice invaded his mind the moment he made contact with the necklace. He scoffed.

“You just tried to take away the one thing I do want. So no thank you” he threw the chain as far into the sea as he could, before sending it further with Depulso

Now, to resolve the issue of his dying partner.

When he returned to her side she was spitting and gurgling and writhing on the floor. The weak little squeals that came from her chest indicated how much pain she was in.

Whilst studying to save Anne, he picked up on quite a few healing spells. He muttered the incantations over and over, setting her bones and stopping her bleeding. Amongst these healing chants he softly stroked her hair and spoke:

“I know, I know, shhhh. I’ve got you. I’m so sorry”

She murmured underneath him until she could formulate proper words. Her jaw snapping back into place with a sickening pop.

“What happened?” She asked horrified staring at the blood on her hands and clothes “Are you okay?”

“Hmph you would ask how I am” He smiled “I’m fine it was…this was…you. Just give two more seconds and I’ll be done. I promise” he smoothed her hair down brushing the stray pieces stuck to her face away.

One last Episky to her leg and she was right as rain. Apart from being covered in her own blood. His eyes scanned over her one last time before he scooped her up in his arms, cradling her back and forth. Now strong enough, she propped herself up, a leg either side of his.

“I was so scared, I thought I’d lost you” Sebastian mumbled against her neck, nuzzling further. He wanted ever last inch of himself touching some part of her. “I thought I’d…”

“Seb, what happened I can’t remember a thing. Last thing I know, I’d found a hat” she laughed, the noise escaping her easily due to the grip Sebastian had on her midsection.

“There was this necklace, it did something to you. You were taunting me and and…I-I knew I had to get it off you so I…may have…thrown you against a rock.” He pulled away from her briefly to gauge her reaction.

“What did I say?” She asked her eyes heavy with concern. Concern? For him?! He’d almost killed her and she was worried about him?! Her hands found their way to his hair, brushing it soothingly away from his freckled face.

“You called me Sebby for starters. Did not like that. You also…kind of…maybe blamed me for the death of my parents and the state of Anne” his eyes dropped not wanting to look at her. He’d always believed those things to be true anyway. But hearing her say them…hurt more than he wanted to believe.

“None of that is true.” She cupped his face and tilted it up towards her. “You know that”

“Yeah that’s what I’m afraid of” he muttered under his breath

“What? You want them to be true?” Her eyebrow raised in confusion.

“Not…everything you said was bad…” he admitted thinking of how his skin tingled hearing her call him ‘Love’

“Oh?” She probed

“You…” he sighed “You called me ‘Love’” his cheeks grew hot. A combination of his admittance and the sudden realisation she remained straddling his lap.

“Ah” she giggled tilting his face up to hers “and why would you want me to call you that, Love?”

“Don’t” he captured her wrists and brought them down off his face. He sighed “In for a knut, in for a Galleon aye?”

The brief look of confusion he saw plastered on her was engulfed in darkness as he pressed his lips to hers. He melted against her, pulling her closer, ushering the two years of repressed feelings into every movement of his lips.

He momentarily regretted the whole thing, before he felt her lips push back against his. A single moment that seemed to last an eternity. Her lips parted, drawing him further in, sucking lightly on his bottom lip. Delicate little fingers found their way through his hair and he groaned. The tender way she moved against him made everything he’d done this evening worth it.

Yes, he had broken her completely.

But he fixed her back up and his reward was well worth it.

They broke away by a hair, breathing each other in.

“How long have you been waiting to do that, Sebby?” She teased

“Too long”

Masterlist

82 notes · View notes