#supportive severus snape

[digitkame]

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[velvet4510]

Ron Weasley and Draco Malfoy have many differences yet they have the same mindset toward their love interests which is “nobody’s allowed to hate on this person but me!” Ron makes fun of Hermione constantly and Draco makes fun of Harry constantly. But Ron talks back to Snape whenever Snape insults Hermione and Draco shoots down the entire school’s theory that Harry is the Heir of Slytherin. And when things get deadly in the last book, Ron screams “HERMIONE!” at the top of his lungs as she’s being tortured and Draco screams “DON’T KILL HIM!” at the top of his lungs as Crabbe and Goyle are attacking Harry.

[danadiadea]

Sirius and Severus are not enemies.

They are not rivals.

They don't have a "bickering" or a "beef" or "mutual dislike".

Sirius is Snape's abuser.

He physically and verbally bullied him for years.

He murder attempted him because it would "serve Snape right".

He was an SA enabler to him, separated from directly applying sexual aggression by an incredibly thin line.

Severus has a fucking traumatic reaction to Sirius. It's not him being childish. It's him reacting on a person who gave him trauma how people who experienced trauma usually react. That's how the human brain works, since it doesn't want its owner to be injured or die.

And Severus doesn't owe Black a-ny-thing. Azkaban or not – Severus has no obligation to give a single fuck. Sirius abused him for fun, so he needs to sod off and if he doesn't have the guts to apologise, then at the very least to stop mistreating and triggering Snape further, to be a half-decent person. Severus has all the rights in the world to treat Sirius howewer the hell he pleases. And yet, it canon he still manages to treat adult Sirius better than adult Sirius treats him.

The abuser insulting the victim and the victim insulting the abuser (and Sirius doesn't only insult Severus, he tries to harm him despite Harry literally begging him not to, and intentionally hurts him in PoA when he's unconscious) are not in the same position, even if Sirius can't attack with his little friendgroup from the back and bear no consequences anymore. Breaking news – abuse leaves an impact on the mental state of an abused party, and an especially strong one during direct interactions with people who violated them.

Please stop pretending their conflict is equal. Thank you.

[fannedandflawless]

I keep wondering, what if Sirius Black hadn’t found James Potter on that first train ride to Hogwarts?

Instead, the door he slid open revealed not a boy with messy hair and an ego to match, but a quiet, guarded Severus Snape?

Just two boys, neither loved quite right, thrown into the same compartment before the world told them they were meant to be enemies.

Sirius flopped down opposite the first lone figure he saw—black hair, hollow stare, arms crossed as if daring the world to speak first. He grinned. “Hi. You look like you hate everything. I think we’ll get along.” Severus looked up, unimpressed. “You talk too much.” Sirius tilted his head. “And you look like you haven’t smiled since birth.” Smirk met sneer in silence. It wasn’t friendship, yet, but something had clicked. The corner of Sirius’ mouth twitched. “Yeah. We’ll definitely get along.”

[severussnapemylove]

[yubikyu]

Silco... Snape?? Professor Silco??

Do not be confused, we do not tolerate J.K transphobe on this blog thank you very much, he is a proud trans man in this au because I said so With that out of the way, this idea has been pestering me for way too long holy shit do I hate it??? I don't know??? An excuse to get back into a more illustrative style???

[psdrawsthings]

cat animagus headcanon

(I came up with it when I was like 8 and I was a kid obsessed with cats, don't judge me)

[severelyjammed]

For Academic Purposes Only

Prompt:

It all started because Lily Evans told him to.

“If you’re going to keep saying awful things about Snape, you might as well get to know him first,” she’d snapped at breakfast, jabbing her fork in his direction. “Actually observe him, Potter. Like a real person. Not a cartoon villain in your head.”

And James—James “absolutely doesn’t have time for this” Potter—decided to do just that.

For academic purposes. Obviously.

He called it "research."

And research, James discovered quickly, was wildly inconvenient when your subject was Severus Snape.

Because Severus was everywhere.

First, he followed him out to the edge of the Forbidden Forest one morning. What he expected: a shady potion ritual or maybe some dark artifact buried under a tree. What he got: Severus crouched by a fox with a limp paw, feeding it bits of sausage and murmuring, “Hold still, you dramatic little beast.”

James nearly choked on his invisibility cloak.

Then, on Tuesday: spying from the stacks in the library, thinking he’d catch Snape cursing textbooks or muttering to himself about vengeance. But no—he was tutoring a terrified-looking second-year. Patiently. With color-coded notes.

Worse: the kid hugged him.

Then—then—James saw him laugh. With a group of Hufflepuffs. Laugh. A full, crooked smile that made his eyes crinkle like he wasn't the stormcloud James had always assumed he was.

By Friday, James was spiraling.

Because Ravenclaw prefects invited Snape to a study night. Because he high-fived a Gryffindor in the hallway (a Gryffindor). Because someone handed him a Chocolate Frog and Severus said, “Cheers,” like he wasn’t a walking thundercloud wrapped in sarcasm and oil.

James started keeping notes. Not that he meant to. But it just—happened.

> 7:42 a.m. — Snape fed a squirrel half his sandwich. Squirrel ungrateful. Snape called it “an idiot.” Cute?

> 4:03 p.m. — Helped a lost first-year find her class. Smiled. (Real??)

> 8:12 p.m. — Is Snape…popular?

By the end of the week, James was in deep.

He watched Severus hold a door open for someone and nearly swooned.

“I think I’ve made a mistake,” James told Sirius over toast.

Sirius narrowed his eyes. “You’ve got that ‘I accidentally fell in love with someone’ look.”

James sank into the table.

Across the Great Hall, Severus Snape took a sip of tea, unaware of the absolute chaos he’d inspired.

James covered his face with both hands. “I was only supposed to observe.”

Sirius grinned. “Tell that to your diary, Romeo.”

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Based on Chapter 36 of 'My Jeverus/Snames Prompts'

Status: Currently writing

Will be posted on AO3 soon! ;)

[maxdibert]

Okay ill go with what you say and admit they did bad things but whys all thst class stuff relevant like okay you like to use that division but its..not everything its all about?

Talking about the relationship between James and Severus without addressing the issue of class is a mistake that perpetuates a partial and distorted view of their conflict. Too often, the bullying that James inflicted on Severus is minimized under the idea of a simple "rivalry," when in reality, the power structure between them was tainted from the start by the material and symbolic inequality that separated them. James Potter, the son of a wealthy pureblood family, raised in an environment of privilege and without economic worries, exercised violence over Severus Snape, a working-class child, abused at home, with evident economic hardships and no social capital to support him. This is not a simple fight between equals, but a clear example of how class structure influences dynamics of abuse and exclusion.

Bullying does not occur in a social vacuum; it responds to the same power structures that govern the adult world. Authors like Bourdieu have developed the concept of capital in its multiple forms: economic, social, and cultural. James Potter had access to all of them. Coming from a wealthy family, he possessed economic capital, which translated into a life without deprivation, new clothes, access to goods and resources, and the certainty that any misstep would not compromise his future. His social capital was even more decisive: he was the son of a respected family in the magical community, with a strong support network and a position of prestige at Hogwarts that protected him from any real consequences for his actions. His cultural capital, reinforced by his pureblood lineage and upbringing in an elitist environment, allowed him to navigate power spaces within the school with ease. None of this was available to Severus Snape.

Severus was a working-class child, the son of an abusive man and an impoverished witch. His patched-up clothing and unkempt appearance were not a choice but the result of his material position. He grew up in a depressing industrial neighborhood, a space marked by precariousness and lack of opportunities. Within the Marxist framework, Snape represented the exploited class: without his own resources, without a support network, and without access to the benefits of the upper class, he could only survive through his intelligence and individual effort. His mixed-blood lineage also placed him in an intermediate position within the magical world, always inferior to the purebloods who dominated Hogwarts' social sphere. This is why talking about a "rivalry" between James and Severus is a misrepresentation of the facts: there was no equality of conditions, no level playing field. What existed was a rich boy using his social and economic power to humiliate a poor boy who had no tools to defend himself.

James Potter's classism is reflected in the way he chooses his victim. He does not harass other students of his same social class; instead, he preys on Severus, who is in an absolute position of inferiority. James exercises his abuse in public spaces, under the gaze of other students, aware that his status protects him from any retaliation. It is no coincidence that he is always the one initiating the harassment and that he does so accompanied by his friends, while Snape is alone. This is a classic manifestation of violence exercised from a position of power: it is based on impunity, on the certainty that the system will not intervene in favor of the victim because the aggressor is a legitimized subject within the social structure. James, like any child born into the upper class, learned from an early age that he could do whatever he wanted without real consequences because the world was designed to favor him.

Goffman speaks of stigma as a social marker that defines who is accepted and who is marginalized in a community. Snape embodies the stigma of poverty, domestic violence, and lack of resources. In the Hogwarts imagination, he is someone who does not fit the model of success and prestige represented by children like James Potter. This is key to understanding their relationship: James' aggression is not just personal but structural. Severus is not just Severus; he is the poor boy, the dirty boy, the boy who has no allies, the boy who will never be part of the winners' circle. In this sense, the violence he receives is not an isolated phenomenon but the manifestation of a hierarchy that placed him at the bottom even before he set foot in Hogwarts.

The argument that James "matured" and "changed" over time does not nullify the fact that his youthful violence was possible thanks to his privileged position. Within the meritocratic logic often applied to his story, we are told that James became a better person and that, therefore, his past should be excused. But this ignores that the underlying problem was never just his attitude, but the system that allowed his abuse to occur without consequences. When James finally "grows up," he has already enjoyed years of prestige, power, and acceptance. His change is not the result of a struggle against the system but a smooth transition within the same structure that always benefited him. Meanwhile, Severus remains trapped in the logic of the dispossessed: still alone, still marginalized, still without the resources to rewrite his story.

From a Marxist perspective, the story of James and Severus is not just a story of two children in conflict. It is the story of how social class defines who has the right to dignity and who must fight for it every day. It is the story of how the violence of the privileged is treated as "youthful pranks" while the anger of the oppressed is seen as a threat. It is the story of how the impunity of power allows the victors to write history and how those who have been humiliated are the ones who must bear the weight of their own suffering.

For this reason, no, there can be no talk of rivalry between James Potter and Severus Snape. Not when one had everything and the other had nothing. Not when one could exercise violence without fear and the other had to endure it without hope for justice. Not when the story of one is remembered as that of a reformed hero and the other as that of a resentful man without redemption. Because history, as always, is written by the victors. And in the world of Harry Potter, as in our own, the victors are almost always those born with privilege.

[that1notetaker]

@wixenforever @jundsthoughts Can you guys tell I love scenes where Harry and Theo say idgaf to their respective house rivalries, ultimately choosing each other? Yeah.

In canon, Harry just went through a lot of isolation during year 5. And, you know, the rest too. But this was a next level, and Ron and Hermione were busy with their things too, so it felt particularly striking. Good thing Harry met Luna. I dont know if you plan adding Luna as plot relevant, but in my head, shes probably there, also giving no fucks, and maybe joining the table alongside these two or something.

I love Botl Blaise, I cant wait to read more of him. Here, Blaise proceeds to also not give a fuck. John goes to the rescue. Draco draco’s. Theo gets over some uncomfortableness for a friend’s sake and Harry fucking appreciates it. Seamus—is a scared kid going through it and lashing out. Luckily for him, Theo is somewhat merciful and chose the pacific route this time. Also Severus the Long Suffering is there too. Hi Minerva.

[velvet4510]

FYI Draco not wanting to kill Dumbledore isn’t cowardice, it’s him having a genuine moral conscience and an instinctive aversion to taking a life, which is way more than can be said about a good many characters in Harry Potter, including his own parents and aunt, none of whom have any moral issues with doing a fascist psycho’s dirty work (nor does Snape, honestly; remember Snape only left the Death Eaters because of Lily, not because of any realization that it’s wrong to commit genocide). Plus Draco’s wand, the wand that CHOSE him, is unicorn core, which is canonically the most difficult to turn to the Dark Arts; that kind of wand would never choose someone who is inherently evil. I’m baffled by people who say Draco’s hesitance in killing Dumbledore is somehow another addition to his admittedly long list of flaws; I guess I didn’t realize that discovering you don’t want to commit murder is a bad thing that should be condemned. Haters say that fans invented Draco’s potential for redemption and he actually has no good in him whatsoever, but those haters clearly have not truly read the text.

[danadiadea]

Severus’ isolation after the exam is one of the reasons Lily’s attempt to get him to abandon his Slytherin ‘friends’ has never sat that well with me.

Because I get why she doesn’t like Mulciber, obviously, but instead she’s asking him to alienate them for…who, exactly? She can’t even be bothered to wait to exchange two words after something really important to him, she’s off with her girlfriends without a second thought, and there’s no indication Sev was hoping she’d wait so clearly this is a well established pattern (strange, considering he’s supposedly a possessive incel stalker, that he doesn’t interfere with her social life!) She appears to have made no moves to introduce Severus to any non-Slytherins or join any clubs together. She’s so over him that she doesn’t even address him personally while her housemates have him strung up by the ankle. And obviously he’s picked up on her indifference, or he wouldn’t be begging for reassurance they’re still best friends. I find it hard to condemn him for not cutting off the Slytherins for Lily’s sake when Lily’s so chronically unsupportive and unavailable. Total isolation does horrible things to people’s brains.

And then of course there’s the fact that Lily’s crush + hangers on have ensured the only space in the castle potentially free from violence is the Slytherin dorms they can’t enter, where Sev is also at considerable disadvantage as a son of a muggle sleeping alongside pureblood supremacists. But this also doesn’t cross her mind. I get that she’s a teenage girl, but 16 year olds are not incapable of putting themselves in another’s shoes! (I’ll add the disclaimer before I get jumped on that ofc I understand that Severus fails to do this for Lily too).

Severus is an incel stalker, but Lily has a friendgroup that talks shit on Severus and that clearly is her priority, but he does not interfere or try to prevent her from hanging out with them, unlike Lily who tells him to not spend time with the only people sho seem to at least somewhat accept him (by the way she doesn't assign anything bad to Avery, and I find it interesting that Sirius doesn't mention Mulcibier when talking about "the gang" at all, but he mentions Avery too. Maybe Avery was closer to Severus, and he was a more decent person overall? also Lily says she detests "some" people he's hanging around with, so maybe there were Slytherins she didn't dislike that much, like Rosier and Wilkies? I don't trust Sirius too much though, he mentions Bella and Rodolfus who couldn't possibly study with Snape).

Lily not adressing Severus during the SWM irks me so much. Like this is the №1 reason I support the "Lily was a deeply imperfect friend" agenda even more than "you're ungrateful to James Potter" stuff, honestly. Like this is charity what she does, not backing up her friend. Not only she doesn't attack them, but she doesn't help him to get his wand back or unbind him – all her attention is clearly on James. Severus isn't treated like a subject of the social dynamics, but more like an object of pity, and we know he's very proud. And I wonder if their friendship was already so rotten, or if Lily and Severus weren't known to be very close publically?... At least the adult Marauders never refer to it, so it wasn't a very big part of Lily or Severus from their perspective it seems. Clearly it was known they were friends, but she might not want to be associated with Severus more than necessary in their later years, since her other friends disliked him. At least that would explain why doesn't she approach him after the exam or vice versa, why she seems to be very, very impersonal during SWM, and why no-one ever (except Petunia) refers to Snily friendship from a Watsonian perspective.

Severus begging for the reassurance they are best friends😭😭😭 Too bad we don't hear the previous lines of theirs, I wonder to which phrase/situation he reacted like that. They probably discussed something related to his affiliations, but I don't think it was about Avery and Mulcibier all the way before – she seems to bring them up rather then continue a long lasting argument against them (also this is obvious it's not an argument they have for the fifth year straight. like Severus couldn't possibly be closely associated with them for a long time before that scene). I can imagine a lot of things from which the dialogue might go to Mulcibier and then to the Marauders, but yeah, that "I thought we were supposed to be friends" line sounds desperate asf... And how he can't contain his happiness when she says she hates James, and forgets about defending Mulcibier! All it had required was Lily supporting him in his rightful anger the tiniest bit!

Severus was pretty selfish as a teen, but no-one cared for him. Was even he himself supposed to not care about him? Well, he'd just die then (non-figuratuvely at this point). Severus was a kid from a violent neighbourhood, with abusive and neglectful parents, didn't have any really close friends who'd stand up for him, and his abusers were supported by the school authorities and the student body. Of course he would do what serves him best in that situation, which is sticking to Avery and Mulcibier! Again, Severus' loneliness in SWM shows they weren't emotionally close at all at least by then, he probably just spent time with them (as you've said, they live together and every place in that school that is not Slytherin dorm room is pretty unsafe for Severus, and also the Marauders might not attack him with other slytherins around, when we know that Lily's presence only heated James up from his glances to her in SWM) and Lily asked Severus to abandon even that without giving him any other options.

Also, my favourite ignored thing about it is that this argument arises just after the Prank had happened "the other day". Might a silenced murder attempt intensify Severus' wish to support Mulcibier, I wonder?

[exlibrisseverus]

Happy Valentine’s Day everyone! 🖤🧪🦇

Thank you so much for your support💋

[severussnapemylove]

I really wonder what kind of people Fleamont and Euphemia Potter were because James gives such Dudley Dursley vibes.

The thing is, I can kinda understand why Remus and Sirius behaved as they did as part of the Marauders. Remus wasn't going to turn against his only supportive friend group, even when it was his duty to. And Sirius came from a completely toxic, possible abusive, family that was made up of Slytherins, so he took his anger out on another Slytherin. But James? The boy with all the privileges; the spoiled son of doting parents, financially stable, socially well placed, tight friend group. Who targeted an abused, poverty stricken, socially disadvantaged boy because he existed. James had no reason to behave as he did, other than the fact he was a spoiled brat who had never been told "no" in his life. James Potter is just an athletic variant of Dudley Dursley. Only difference is, Dudley matured and realised he was wrong.

[thepulsatingflapper]

It's really telling how much JKR romanticizes child abuse.

The Dursleys abuse Harry by keeping him in a cupboard and making him do labor. Sure we're supposed to know it's wrong but who just sits around fantasizing about child abuse (hint: JKR).

The Weasleys abused their children by yelling at them, not being able to tell apart Fred and George, and disowning them (Percy). And we're supposed to think The Weasleys are "ideal parents" according to JKR.

Sirius's parents are heavily implied to be abusive, in fact Walburga's portrait yells and insulted him constantly. He hates being in her house which speaks a lot to how abusive his family was.

James was shown to be abusive to Snape and Lily in Snape's Wormst Memory, which means he could have easily been abusive as a parent too, which JKR never bothered to describe because she thought other things were more interesting.

The Malfoys were clearly not great parents considered they allowed literal Voldemort into their house and put Draco in lots of danger.

In Harry's first year he has to go to detention in the forbidden forest which was extremeley dangerous, and the teachers all endorsed it.

Snape was obviously an abusive teacher and yet JKR clearly forgave him by the end of the story, as if we weren't meant to see him as bad at all. First he was bad, then he was suddenly good? You can't just ignore when someone is an abuser. Idk if she's an abuse apologist or just a bad writer but either way.

Abuse of house elfs including Dobby which is an allegory for child abuse since elfs are small and under the owndership of their families.

Harry named his OWN CHILD after Severus Snape, a literal Nazi. If that isn't child abuse I don't know what is.

Were in the series did JKR bother to condemn any of this? Nowhere. It's clear she doesn't consider the abuse of children something worth speaking out against. Particularly the elfs she just didn't condemn it at all in fact the whole narrative around them seems to condone their violent treatment.

~The Pulsating Flapper~

[nectorbruise]

Happy holidays, here’s a Severus Snape. Been reading a lot lately, so sorry for the inactivity. I really should start posting outside of my art.

In 2025, alongside my fanart i will (hopefully) start posting my original work. <333

If I don’t post again till January, I wish you well