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In this topic please say what you know about Severus Snape.
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Posts: 25885 · Posted: May 18, 2008 11:22 am Post subject:

Severus Snape was born on January 9, 1960 to Eileen Prince and Tobias Snape. Tobias was a muggle, making Snape a half-blood. He grew up on Spinner's End and his father might have been abusive.
Snape attended Hogwarts from 1971 to 1978 where he was sorted into Slytherin, as he had wanted to be.
He worked as a Potions master, despite wanting to be the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor. He eventually had his chance in the fall of 1996 when Dumbledore assigned him to that position. Eventually he was made Headmaster in 1997 under the order of Voldemort.
Snape made the Unbreakable Vow with Narcisssa Malfoy, promising to help her protect Draco. This promise resulted in Snape killing Dumbledore with the Killing Curse. This was an act we later find out to be accepted by Dumbledore himself, as a poison was working through his body threatening to kill him, anyway.
His eyes are dark and his hair is black and often greasy. JKR said it was because Snape was not overly concerned with his apperance. He has a hooked nose and the Dark Mark on his arm.
He was consumed by the Dark Arts and that cost him his friendship with his best friend, Lily Evans, who he was secretly in love with. He often regretted his choice. He felt indirectly responsible for Lily's death. When she was killed he turned triator on Voldemort and joined the Order of the Phoenix. Dumbledore vouched for his innocence and he was abdicated of crimes during Voldemort's first reign.
Snape was considered a skilled wizard, who excelled at the Dark Arts and Potions. He was capable of Occlumency and Legilimency. His patronus was a doe.
Severus Snape died May 1, 1998 when Voldemort threw him to Nagini. Snape's last thoughts were of Lily, as he stared into Harry's similar eyes.
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Posts: 17948 · Posted: May 18, 2008 1:11 pm Post subject:

i dont get the point if this topic Confused

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Posts: 17948 · Posted: May 18, 2008 1:30 pm Post subject:

yeah lol i noticed, still dont get the point, easier to link him to HPL if he wants snape's info
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He is the most handsome man ever. The character who makes me cry most. Tragical and beautiful.
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Snape's birth date makes him a Capricorn.

http://www.videohoroscopes.com/capricorn.html

He actually matches some it fairly well.
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Posts: 17948 · Posted: May 18, 2008 4:17 pm Post subject:

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He was brave for what he did, and the fact that he kept his feelings for Lily so long is a bit redeeming.

Although, the way he 'loved' Lily was a bit more on the obsessive/creepy side that it was romantic in any way. He'd have made a great character in a gothic novel.
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Posts: 16882 · Posted: May 18, 2008 7:45 pm Post subject:

very brave, very sad and very talented yes...but he was an ass. Nasty is just the only word that seems to fit perfectly. You don't fail and torment a student just because you hate his dad, you just don't do that. and as I've said before, if he'd actually gotten to know Harry he'd see how much like his mum he was, and things could have been different. but no...he's mr. nasty pants.
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Snape reminds me very much of Heathcliff in Wuthering Heights. They both have that same pattern of abusing people who are innocent simply because the person is related to someone who did them wrong. Both act the way they do partly because of some unrequited love. I can even see similarities in their death scenes. I always loved Heathcliff as a character, so that's probably a big reason why I like Snape.

Posts: 17948 · Posted: May 18, 2008 11:35 pm Post subject:

^ thats what i have more of a problem with in the snape/lily relationship

i think its very romantic and sweet of snape to have loved her like that and to fight for his love, but the fact that he didnt care that her husband and son died as long as she lived proves that he didnt know her very well, i dont think he realizes she would've really hated him for it (if she would find out) and that there is the chance that she wouldnt have been able to live like that or be the same person

its a bit of a selfish and blind love, he doesnt know whats important for her
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I meant that you can write all the things about him... You could just say your fantasy with him... or what would you like to do when you meet Alan Rickman.
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Posts: 17948 · Posted: May 19, 2008 10:23 am Post subject:

^ well, i would definitely like to meet alan rickman <333
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The Snape in my head when I read looks a lot different than Alan Rickman. Except I do picture him with the movie clothes. I'm not sure how Rowling intended him to be dressed, but I always see that cassock-type frock coat. (Actually, it's a nehru coat I guess)
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I also see him as more severe and angular looking, with longer, stringier hair. Though I do like when Alan turns his head quickly in the movies and his hair (wig) flies around his face Very Happy

Black hair fascinates me.
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Posts: 25885 · Posted: May 19, 2008 6:15 pm Post subject:

BUT.... would any other actor say "obviously" like Alan Rickman? I wouldn't trade him in for any other actor in the world. I can accept his age and everything else just to hear him say, "Obviously."
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Yeah, his voice is perfect. It makes me wonder if they had that in mind when casting. I think the wrong voice could have killed that character more easily than the appearance being off. (I now have a very amusing mental image of Gilbert Gottfried as Snape)
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