These Are The Questions We Need Answers To

These are the questions we need answers to 🤣

Albania is way too small in the HP world. 

The Bloody Baron tracked down Helena Ravenclaw in an Albanian forest with no problem. 

Voldemort finds Ravenclaw’s diadem in an Albanian forest with no problem.

Peter finds Voldemort in an Albanian forest with no problem.

Bertha Jorkins who’s literally on holiday in Albania somehow is close enough to Peter in the same forest.

Quirrel also ran into Voldemort in an Albanian forest

Like…how is this forest so small that anyone can run into each other?? Also there is more than one forest in Albania. How are they all ending up in the same one? They’re all going to a park and just calling it a forest to look cool. 

The take from a small sect of Snapedom asserting that Lily should’ve remained friends with Snape and that she “shouldn’t have abandoned her friend who was having a tough time fitting in” as well as “she should’ve inquired more into his home life” even when he showed signs of not being willing to talk about the full extent of it are ones rooted in misogyny. Women should be allowed to be supportive to an extent but also have boundaries on what they are willing to accept. We aren’t therapy centers for men. Let Snape be someone who was both a victim and had agency over making his ultimate decisions-it makes his character more compelling.

What you can criticize Lily for is turning a blind eye to the flaws of those close to her such as choosing to date James in her later years despite him being a horrendous bullying ass and Snape as mentioned previously. You can also say that her brushing off Snape with a “you should be grateful” after the werewolf incident was an extremely callous response to someone who went through a very traumatic incident.

Thanks @snapesnailtape for the idea to post this.

It’s a bit scary to me how much people deferred to Dumbledore during the war effort. It makes it satisfying when characters like Snape and Harry (in DH) question and challenge him.

This is coming from someone who actually likes Dumbledore-it’s both astounding and amazing how he has people wrapped around his finger.

Yeah I recommend the blog by Lorrie Kim if you’re a fan of both characters, but like ashes said—I do think the ending of it is a huge reach.

Side note: Lorrie Kim’s book on Snape is a very good analysis of him for the most part

Another interesting indication that Sirius irrationally projected his fam onto Snape…in OOTP he’s characterized as “breathing heavily as though he had run a long distance” after the Occlumency confrontation and the only other time he’s described similarly is after shutting the curtains of his mother’s portrait- “panting slightly” and a task that required a “stupendous effort.”

I like the examples you have brought up, but tbh, I think it just means Snape really knows how to get under his skin.

That said, if you enjoy reading Sirius and Snape parallels and dynamic, I suggest Lorrie Kim: Snape and Sirius in canon

I don't agree with all of it, but it was interesting nonetheless. This was brought to my attention by @indihpblog (thanks for this one)

The HP reddit is a place where there’s only one channel and it shows a perpetual boxing fight between Snape fans and Marauder fans.

snape as voldemort questioned him about why the elder wand didn't work for him