You Are Right. I Always Thought The Idea Of Wizards Wearing Nothing Beneath Their Robes To Be Silly.

You are right. I always thought the idea of wizards wearing nothing beneath their robes to be silly. Plus, I just like the idea of purebloods in XIXth century underwear. 

Headcanon on wizard underwear that no one asked for 🩲

Okay this is a possible interpretation of Snape's Worst Memory that is possibly ridiculous, so feel free to comment/reblog and roast me.

What if everyone laughs so hard, even Lily almost-smiles, because absolutely no one would have ever expected Snape to be that naked under his robes? It's just a reaction of complete surprise.

We don't get any good descriptions of wizarding robes in the books, so we don't know what wizards typically wear underneath. But with academic robes, judicial robes, and clerical robes it's standard practice to wear street clothes. Oxford even has a prescribed set of clothes (known as subfusc) to be worn under the academic robe.

Even if it's not a full Oxford-style suit, I think wizards and witches typically wear something under their robes for support/modesty/hygiene/odor control/fashion purposes. And if they're wearing old-timey undergarments with their old-timey robes, then their underwear would typically cover a lot more than Snape's shocking y-fronts.

For historical reference, from the middle ages up until about the late 19th century, men would typically wear some kind of braies or breeches and pair it with a linen shirt. Some examples:

I think the more modern/muggle style would be to wear at least an undershirt and shorts/trousers. I can imagine Quidditch star James Potter and the marauders wearing some silly 1970s athletic wear under their robes.

The way I interpret SWM, the marauders expected Snape to be fairly covered-up underneath his robes – and then guffawed when they saw his choice to wear the tightest, smallest, dingiest muggle underwear they’d ever seen.

From Snape’s perspective, I imagine he was probably so busy/stressed with his OWLS that he hadn’t kept up with laundering, and it was so bloody hot that he just made a rash decision that morning to grab a pair of y-fronts and leave it at that. It was an exam day, he didn’t expect to be doing anything but sitting in an exam hall, and he didn’t think anyone would ever know or care.

I think this might add another layer to why Snape broke down and called Lily a slur. He’d been embarrassed and emasculated and assaulted, but he’d also been exposed as someone who didn’t conform to wizarding norms. We don’t know what his relationship was like with the pureblood Slytherins, but that could be dangerous for him. It’s possible that when he got back to his common room he was going to get attacked all over again, or at least hear: “Snivellus Snape with the muggle father – doesn’t even know that you’re supposed to wear clothes under your robes.”

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Snape having long hair makes sense

Long hair is better for managing sebum. So, if your hair is very greasy, cutting it shorter might not be a good idea. My dad actually once came home with the fashionable haircut where the sides are shaved and the top is kind of longuish, and he never got it ever again because A: it looked silly, and B, it got greasy very fast, and actually demanded more care than simply having 5cm of hair all around the head. 

So yes, if Snape wants to keep maintenance to a minimum, than keeping his hair on the longer side would make the greasiness more manageable. 

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Tired and sick of running into AI stuff whenever you visit Deviantart, Artstation or Pixiv? These sites are created for us! I've been doing a small list on the last weeks, from recommendations of other artists on twitter. Didn't explore all the apps, but I checked on their rules and all of them are clear: NO AI! We can post our portfolios and navigate through their galleries appreciating fine work like in the good old days. Also, I'm posting the link of the glaze filter again - for who doesn't know, it's an anti-AI protector developed by students of Chicago University. Not perfect or failproof, but it's still developing. In case you'll discover other anti-AI sites, I'll be very grateful if you tell me. My plan is to keep adding more to this list and divulge it wherever I can. [Edit] - Someone on twitter just gave me this link of a deviantart user that had the same idea. Besides the sides I already mentioned, there's more, including an alternative for twitter.

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