[ SECRET POST #4510 ]

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⌈ Secret Post #4510 ⌋

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Comments

[(Anonymous)]

That's just bizarre. In what parallel dimension would 11-year-old Severus "Wizards rule and Muggles drool!" Snape 1) not already know all about house elves when he got to Hogwarts and 2) be in a hurry to show off any knowledge of Muggle pop culture to someone he was trying to impress?

You'd think that if someone was trying to redeem their woobie, they'd go with something like "BB Snape used to leave little presents for the house elves until the other Slytherins found out and made fun of him T-T." This is more like, "What if I named my entirely original HP character Severus and also Lucius Malfoy was some kind of delicate flower?"

[(Anonymous)]

Snape wasn't full on "Muggles drool" when he was just a kid. He only fell into the wrong crowd when he got older.

[(Anonymous)]

Except for the flashback of the very first time that he meets Lily and Petunia before they even go to Hogwarts and is specifically prejudiced against Muggles, but is sure that Lily will do just fine at magic despite her background...

He fell into the wrong crowd because that was the crowd that validated what he already believed. I really wish that people wouldn't try to erase everything that makes Snape complicated in order to make him more palatable to them.

[(Anonymous)]

But he isn't full of muggle prejudices then either. He doesn't like Petunia that's hardly proof he feels the same about all muggles.

[(Anonymous)]

NAYRT

His pureblood peers generally are full of muggle prejudices, so regardless of his real feelings he would try to draw less attention to his muggle connections.

[(Anonymous)]

right? like... who would like petunia lbr here

[(Anonymous)]

She's more sympathetic than Snape, besides, she actually supported Harry in the end. The whole "I lost a sister" thing.

[(Anonymous)]

how is she more sympathetic than Snape??? Snape bullies Neville, yes. He's a dick, yes. Petunia abused, starved, and kept a child in a CLOSET for YEARS because she was ashamed of that sister she lost. So her one moment with one sentence is enough to absolve that but Snape dying isn't enough for him?

[(Anonymous)]

Remember that part later in the chapter where Lily asks Snape if she'll do well at Hogwarts even though she's muggle-born and he has to think about it before he says yes? If Snape's the only wizard Lily has ever met, and he has no muggle prejudices, then why would she even think that having two muggle parents, instead of just one like Snape, might mean she'd do poorly at Hogwarts?

And also there's the part where Snape's got to debate it with himself before he can reassure her.

[(Anonymous)]

careful, friend, you might hurt something reaching that far

[(Anonymous)]

It seems natural for Muggles to be nervous about how they'll do at a magical school full of witches and wizards. In fact, isn't Harry himself nervous about that? And aren't other Muggleborns?

[(Anonymous)]

Not especially? Or at least, not more than most of the other kids who are nervous about starting a new school? The general sentiment in the beginning of the first book among the Muggleborns is more along the lines of "how cool is this?" The wizard born kids are the ones who bring up the idea the whole magical bloodlines thing, because the Muggleborn kids have no idea that's even a thing. Also, Harry's parents were both magical, so his doubts wouldn't have anything to do with blood purity anyway.

[(Anonymous)]

I swear to God Harry has a conversation on the Hogwarts Express where he tells Ron he's nervous about how everyone else at Hogwarts will already know everything because they come from wizard families

[(Anonymous)]

His character is fully entrenched in the abuse he suffered at the hand of his Muggle father and the influence of his pureblood mother who clung even harder to her magical background in the face of said abuse. He crafted the identity of the Halfblood Prince specifically to emphasize his magical roots. Falling in with the wrong crowd is the tragic consequence of these traits, not the cause of them.

[(Anonymous)]

So you agree he hates Muggles.

[(Anonymous)]

Specifically, I'm disagreeing with this part: He only fell into the wrong crowd when he got older. That's the comment I was replying to.

[(Anonymous)]

Imagine if Tolkien was a wizard, though, and changed a bunch of things in his books to make sure it didn't reveal anything about the magical community, but also to make it fantasy for the magical community, too. So elves are tall and pretty and confident, and those of smaller stature who might like precious metals are dwarfs and totally not goblins.

[(Anonymous)]

Imagine if Tolkien was a wizard, though is one of my favorite things I've ever read, thanks lol