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❝Oh, good, I really need to kill somebody!❞ –Bellatrix, apcgee

{ Mass Effect } 

Severus considered the benefits of simply striding right past her and continuing on with his evening as though the Dark Lord’s pet monster hadn’t barked at him, but as it was she was between him and the door. There had been a time, once, when Bellatrix had been admirable – a woman to be respected and feared, certainly – but a woman of incredible intellect to support the sadism of her true nature.

The Dementors had stripped the wit from her and even the sadism had lost it’s allure, entrapped as it was behind the incoherence of madness. There was nothing redeemable left to reach, nothing that even made her useful save for her enthusiastic dedication to violence and her unconscionable reputation.

Frankly, Severus had a feeling she would be better off put out of her misery, but that was hardly for him to decide. Hate her though he did, the only one with the true right to dispose of her was Narcissa – while anyone else would be doing the world a favor, it would not be Severus’ wand or hand to place an end to Bellatrix Lestrange and so, he made no display of going for his wand or even being unduly alarmed as he replied mildly, “Did someone forget to let you wreck mayhem today?” Much like someone might ask a dog if they’d gone for their walk yet, though wisely avoiding the corresponding tone. 

“I do believe Crouch and Jugson have some nefarious plot or other in motion – have you considered volunteering? I imagine those idiots could use your expertise once things invariably get heated.” 

@apcgee

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{ Irrelevant Headcanons }

  1. Severus’ favorite colors are a deep, navy blue or a dark, bottle green.

  2. Severus is not a fancy cook, all potions jokes aside. He makes simple, filling meals when he remembers to do so when he is not at Hogwarts; while there he tends to eat fairly simply as well, finding that food heavy with creams and sugars tends to upset his stomach.

  3. He actually greatly enjoys wizards chess.

  4. While accomplished with the waltz, Severus generally gets older students to host these particular lessons for Slytherin and serves more as a verbal coach than a physical one. This has lead to confrontations however, held under the belief that Severus can’t dance, that have resulted in rather shocking displays to put that rumor to rest and get the students back on track with the lesson they felt their professor too inept to be supervising.

  5. Severus is particularly kind to animals, generally out of sight of everyone, and is known to keep a small stash of treats on him for the various castle cats that wander about – including Mrs. Norris. This has resulted in him forming bonds with cats over the years, and often times a Slytherin or Hufflepuff student can find their missing feline sleeping in his office somewhere. 

  6. Severus once killed a student’s father. To this day he does not regret it and should similar circumstances present themselves he would do it again without hesitation.

  7. Severus prefers coffee in the morning and tea throughout the rest of the day. He drinks his coffee black, and his tea with a spoon of honey.

  8. During career counselling if a student professes having no notion what they want to do, Severus presents them a questionnaire he devised in his sixth year of teaching that helps them identify their best subjects and areas of interest, and through that will provide them pamphlets for positions that yield to that work, along with suggestions based on the results. It has taken a lot of the guess work out of this portion of the job and still grants the student options that are relevant to them.
     
  9. Severus is dangerously adept with fiendfyre, but Lucas – the man who taught him – is far better. That said – yes, Severus was absolutely a pyromaniac in his youth.  

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{ Sinday Adherence }

💑 What are my muse’s requirements for a potential partner?

Severus has been so deeply indoctrinated into the belief that he is undesirable that in all honesty his standard is the exceptionally low bar of they’re interested. Provided they catch him in the right mood that’s literally all it takes to drag him off for a quick romp; Severus lacks the confidence to be picky with one night stands. 

In regard to the more lasting relationships however, there are some patterns that I’ve noticed over my many years of writing him. Physicality is rarely a factor – gender, nationality, blood status – none of these things really register as a reason for him to date someone. That said he does hold concern over engaging with purebloods if only because of his own inferiority complex – it takes work for Severus to believe he is on an equal footing with a pureblood partner and this is less because he holds stock in the dogma than the fact most of the purebloods he knows do.

I can state one thing with absolute certainty though. If you cannot keep Severus on his toes, the chances of keeping him in a relationship are slim to none. I have never once seen him incline himself toward someone who does not mentally and emotionally stimulate him in some way – and I mean in more than a matter of general frustration. 

Severus will never direct his attentions toward someone he does not respect – unfortunately their respect for him is rarely a requirement so as a mun I tend to intervene and send him elsewhere because I just do not have the energy for that kind of toxicity – that said it. Is worth noting that Severus never expects to be respected or cared for and these factors always come as a genuine surprise that – after the wave of vulnerability they elicit passes – is quite pleasant. 

Severus is devotedly loyal to his friends and those he cares for, to the point of putting their happiness, their safety, their lives so far above his own the thought of dying for them isn’t even a consideration of sacrifice it is simply a fact of life. He is honored to be friends with people, and he feels indebted to anyone who shows him even the smallest kindness on a consistent basis, no matter how prickly he is. Which is why disloyalty in a partnership is something they will never have to fear. Severus, once attached to someone, will never think to betray them – but again, his self-esteem being what it is, he would not leave them if they were disloyal to him.

Severus doesn’t demand faithfulness. He doesn’t expect what he has to last which is what makes him willing to ‘share’ a partner; anything to keep them happy and keep things lasting longer. Severus needs someone who will communicate with him and understands enough about his issues to know when he is agreeing to appease and when he is genuinely interested. The more effort is shown to be loyal to him the less Severus will expect his partner to leave – the more he will come to trust the relationship and in turn, the healthier the relationship will become because he believes it will last. 

Though once Severus reaches a point of fully believing in a relationship, other things do come into play. He can get surprisingly protective and even a little territorial when he believes he has the right to stand up for his relationship and his partner. I guess the best way to put it is that when Severus actually shows a sign of jealousy, you’re basically married. It usually takes a long time before he has enough confidence in his position and in the fact this relationship means as much to his partner as it does to him to behave jealously so – Severus getting territorial is actually a good sign that the relationship has grown into a healthy commitment. 

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{ Sinday Adherence }

😉 What are my muse’s fetishes/kinks?


Being cared for.

Severus has a vast array of fetishes and kinks, though I will preface this with the fact that unless you are a level seven friend, the chances of engaging my Severus in a ship where any of these details will have any bearing are slim to absolute none. It is my experience that shipping with Severus tends to be toxic as a result of the fandom’s overall perception of him and I, as a mun, will not stand to let a muse I have spent almost twenty years writing be derogated into some fandom parody of himself so that someone can transfer their various grievances about his canon onto him.

I know that sounds harsh, but I implore you to go spend ten – fifteen minutes in the tumblr Severus Snape tag before writing me off as overprotective. While I can state that on every site but this one my experiences shipping with Severus have been generally positive, I have learned that tumblr is simply not a safe place for him and as a result, I tend to be very leery until I know someone well. At this point in time I would say it’s quite unlikely these will come into play on the blog, but for the sake of fun I’ll answer them anyway because – who knows what the future holds, right?

Praise:
Severus is not used to compliments on a regular day, so applying them in a bedroom
context is a surefire way to break him down and gain a more vulnerable side to
him.

Marking: Severus
takes great pleasure in being marked, mainly because the idea someone would
consider him valuable enough to lay such a claim on makes him weak. While he is
always careful to lay his own marks where not a soul save a lover would find ( taking
particular fondness in marking hips and above the heart ) when it comes to
himself he knows no care for propriety and would wear a necklace of bruises
proudly should anyone deign to impose one on him.

Gentleness:
Severus has lived a violent life and has had a very limited exposure to even
the most general kindness, so gentle lovers are more liable to make him melt
than forceful ones whom he will fight against on sheer instinct depending on
the bond.

Light BDSM Elements: This requires discussion of the scene prior to any activity
taking place, the inclusion of a safe word and an understanding that aftercare
is a mandatory component. Severus needs to have complete faith in his partner
to play the submissive role and that is not won easily; conversely he will play
the dominant role, though in such cases he tends to prefer softer scenes.

As the submissive, Severus will
consent to a fair variety of objects in the bedroom. Blindfolds, rope, cuffs,
whips, candles and even knives are acceptable beyond the garden variety of
general toy options. Orgasm control and denial, edging and general touch play
are all very welcome. Though he does agree to pain, he does not derive pleasure
from it – this is something he invites only if he knows his partner enjoys such
things and it is his way of offering them additional enjoyment in their
activities.

This makes the aftercare all the
more important, as that is the aspect focused on Severus after such scenes as
far as he is concerned. He will also ensure his partner is aware that he does
not derive any pleasure from pain, and that he is taking it only to please
them, as open communication is essential and he knows there are doms who will
not inflict pain unless the submissive derives pleasure from the experience.  

An exception to this rule is in hair pulling, which is the one thing
that can bring Severus pleasure depending on the context, timing, and
viciousness of the pull. He enjoys hands in his hair and the odd, hard tug, but
yanking and ripping will make him viciously cross as opposed to aroused.

Finally, it should be noted that
anything that restricts his breathing is a hard refusal with the exception of
his partner’s hands. While he is relatively fine with choking, in the event
that he shows signs of not being alright it is expected that his partner stop
and check on him, as a failure to do so will result in both the end of the
scene and Severus leaving for the evening to collect himself. Chances are he
will avoid his partner for some time, as well. The thing with breathplay is
Severus can never tell when it will be a good or bad day for it – some days he
deeply enjoys it and other days it can cause him considerable mental anguish,
so it needs to be taken carefully.

lips

{ Body Headcanons }

Severus has thin lips, which he inherited from his mother’s side of the family. While Eileen herself had fuller lips, from her maternal side, Severus has the angular lines that come from the Prince line through his maternal grandfather. ( He also has the Prince jawline, though it is debatable on whether he gained his nose from his mother or his father as both had pronounced, narrow noses. ) 

Due to the atmosphere at home, Severus learned to be very subtle in his expressions in order to evade sparking tempers through overt actions. As a result of this, he developed a very dour countenance quite young and learned to mimic his mother’s manner of twisting lips into various, nuanced expressions that on normal features could range anywhere from snarls to smiles. 

Thinning his lips is often a sign of displeasure or deep thought, while openly curling them tends to only be utilized in aggressive fashions. This is, again, because overt emotion was punished – utilizing it became associated to violence and anger, to temperate situations in so vicious a fashion that Severus developed nigh animalistic tendencies when it came to expressions involving his lips. 

Smiles are very rare – again, most species bear their teeth as a sign of aggression and in the Snape household this was no different than it might have been in the animal kingdom. Flashes of teeth were threatening – which is very much why in his youth, Severus smiled close mouthed or not at all. As he aged, he took to flashing his teeth as a means of warning his friends, a sign of pending aggression – his smiles in the first war were heralds of mischief at best and brutal actions at their very worst. 

The singular exception to this was around Lily – she was much more extroverted than Severus himself, and he learned to express himself differently around her in order to keep up with her. When Severus laughed or smiled around her, he was unguarded and natural. His teeth were never a threat, but his smiles would vanish swiftly the moment another stepped into their vicinity. Lily is the only person who has seen Severus treat a smile like something normal, rather than something furtive or secret, aggressive or shameful. 

Although he had other friends, his smiles among them were as much masks as anything else. He behaved differently with Eric and Lucas than he did with Eric and Destin, because the dynamics were vastly different. His behavior around Narcissa or Lucius another direct contrast, one more openly deferential, it would be many years before he would risk even the ghost of smiles around them because he operated under the awareness that as a halfblood, he was by no means their equal and must, at all times, be dignified in their presence. And dignity, by then, was equated to controlled emotion and masked responses that bordered toward inscrutable even in youth.

There are very few who are privileged enough to understand what certain turns of Severus’ lips mean, who can accurately deduce the difference from when he is containing laughter or silencing wrath. More often than not, his lips are counted as venomous and lashing as his tongue and few ever come to note how much is said, in the corners of all he does not say.    

“I’m sorry—- I’m sorry I left you there.” ~phoenixchosxn(POSTWAR FOR MAXIMUM ANGST?)

{ Painful Starters } 

There was little the wizarding world would not do for Harry Potter – and why should they consider denying him, now that he was officially the Boy Who Could Not Be Killed? Now that the Dark Lord had fallen in his wake, the Golden Child couldn’t possibly shine brighter. So if he desired to visit a war criminal forced into St. Mungo’s on pain of a much slower death than the one perceived to have been suffered in the war itself, what mediwizard was going to step forward and state that said criminal did not desire visitors? Who would possibly stride forward on account of patient confidentiality and deny Harry Potter his request?

None, naturally, which had left Severus with but one escape, that he had taken to the moment he heard the boy’s voice outside his door. Turning a bit to face the wall, Severus closed his eyes and feigned sleep in order to escape whatever maudlin sentiments Potter would see fit to share. It was a petty escape and he cared little, but it seemed that the insufferable Gryffindor cared even less for his rest, as some time after sitting down he began to mumble nonsensically, grinding on Severus’ every nerve until finally, that last stirred him from his feigned sleep with a cold fury. 

Turning over, Severus leveled the young man with a sharp and unyielding gaze before snapping, “You had no reason to linger and every reason to think I was dead. What use would a corpse have been, you idiot child? You did what needed to be done.” 

After a moment of consideration – Severus leaned back and looked aside. There was nothing left to fight for, but that didn’t mean his acerbic tongue was any less his first defense mechanism. He had no desire to be assailed by anyone else’s guilt, least of all misplaced guilt on his behalf. He could only hope Potter would continue to take him at face value.   

“Now if you would be so kind as to take yourself and your overburdened conscience out that would be greatly appreciated.”

@indiscretus

happy birthday, severus!!!!

How do they know? Severus mused, somewhat at a loss to be acknowledged on this day. He couldn’t recall the last time – Albus. He must have told the staff. Though why one would deign to wish him well, he was uncertain. Nevertheless, after a moment of staring fruitlessly in an attempt to discern who was beneath that dratted cloak, manners dictated his answer to be a terse, “Thank you,” Regardless of his confusion on the matter. 

Mun’s thoughts on Jily? (We all know Snape’s!)

{ Would You Ship This? }

You come into my house —

Okay, in all seriousness – I actually don’t ship James and Lily as a mun, and it has absolutely nothing to do with JKR’s decision for Severus to have a love obsession (which, this ask kind of has me thinking you don’t know, is not something counted quite as canon here.) Severus’ love for Lily was more platonic than anything else, but that’s a moot point.

I, as a mun, am deeply perturbed by the fact that James canonically blackmailed Lily in an attempt to get her to date him. In Snape’s Worst Memory, James is actively tormenting Severus, whom he knows is someone Lily spends time with. When she tells him to leave him alone, he straight up says  and this is a direct excerpt from the book:

“You think you’re funny,” she said coldly. “But you’re just an arrogant,
bullying toerag, Potter. Leave him alone.”

“I will if you go out with me, Evans,” said James quickly. “Go on
… Go out with me, and I’ll never lay a wand on old Snivelly again.”

Harry himself reflects, and these reflections had a great impact on how I viewed Harry, as well as the memory scene in total:

Harry tried to make a case for Snape having deserved what he had suffered at James’s hands — but hadn’t Lily asked, “What’s he done to you?” And hadn’t James replied, “It’s more the fact that he exists, if you know what I mean?”

Hadn’t James started it all simply because Sirius said he was bored? Harry remembered Lupin saying back in Grimmauld Place that Dumbledore had made him prefect in the hope that he would be able to exercise some control over James and Sirius… . But in the Pensieve, he had sat there and let it all happen… .

Harry reminded himself that Lily had intervened; his mother had been decent, yet the memory of the look on her face as she had shouted at James disturbed him quite as much as anything else. She had clearly loathed James and Harry simply could not understand how they could have ended up married. Once or twice he even wondered whether James had forced her into it. . .

This gave me genuine chills, and it still does. Now, I do not think James forced her. But I do think it’s overall very strange. We never get to see how much James changed, to cause Lily’s opinion to shift so completely that she starts dating him in seventh year, and marries him directly out of Hogwarts. Which is a super fast marriage. These kids – KIDS – were married by nineteen and had a baby by twenty. This is canon. It’s super fast and super strange to me, and honestly it scares me to think how this relationship would have gone if left to it’s own devices, because nothing in the lead up indicates something that could last in a healthy manner. 

So – no. As a mun? I do not ship it. It disturbs me on a deep level, but then again I’ve had my share of shitty relationships, including a rushed engagement, that ended – even more horribly, but thankfully not before I was locked into anything. So there’s a lot of personal reasons why I’m unsettled that have nothing to do with canon implications.

THAT SAID. I have seen some truly beautiful interpretations in the fandom, mostly from roleplayers and occasionally in fanfiction, that I genuinely adore. So while I myself could never write it or accept it – I don’t hate it to the point I ignore it or anything like that. I take it case by case, and for the most part, tend to just not involve myself personally. 

AS FOR SEVERUS, I THINK YOU DON’T KNOW HIM AS WELL AS YOU THINK. 

At least not my rendition. 

Severus eventually came to terms with James in a sense, after he died. Depending on the time, depending on the AU, depending on how old he is, Severus is more amenable to this than the mun will ever be, honestly. So long as Lily is happy, so long as she is granted respect and her independence, he ships her with anyone she likes.

i know you didn’t write that meta about why snape never told, but i wonder if maybe he had put stipulations on the oath? like for instance, if remus transformed and ran around unchecked, he would be able to tell? which he did, clearly, and that would have automatically lifted the oath. i have no idea how plausible that is, but it’s just a thought i had. i feel like snape is definitely clever enough to want some restrictions on the deal, especially since he was the injured party and all.

Anon, you are beautiful for sending me this and let me just say, I love your face. Now this is why I do need to write my own meta on the subject – and since you came by, Im going to do it right here.

Starting from the top – as much as I love Severus, I know he would absolutely have told anyone who could listen ( NOT TO MENTION HIS FUCKING MOM ) that Remus was a werewolf had his mouth not been all but literally sewn shut. Remus was part of a pack of bullies making his life hell, and it wouldn’t be a matter of long term thinking, it would have been short term viciousness and vindication followed by long term guilt as he grew older.

Now on my blog I write this attack as having taken place in Severus third year, despite the canon evidence of it occurring in the sixth. While all of my reasons for that are in the POA portion of AID,  regardless of the time frame in the event I AU my own Severus to RP with someone who dearly needs this attack to occur in sixth year, he would have babbled. All the live long day. 

Now as it happens, he was sworn not to. Which put my dear Severus in a pickle when one of his friends (who comes from a family of werewolf hunters) figured it out on their own based on obvious signs Remus presented. Which is where stipulation comes into play:

Severus could not speak of Remus’ condition to anyone save those who were already aware which meant that even if Remus was going around unchecked, his hands would be tied beyond screaming at Albus. As it was, Severus (in my canon this is very divergent right here) was placed in a unique position of choosing life or death for Remus Lupin, and it is for this reason that Remus is so clean slated in Severus’ books. He had to be, to justify what Severus did next; he swore his friend not to harm Remus.

THIS WAS NOT DONE BECAUSE SEVERUS WAS A GOOD & FORGIVING TEENAGER. It was done because he didn’t want something bad to happen to his friend and more so because he didn’t want to be anything like Sirius Black. He didn’t want to weaponize someone he cared about. This wasn’t altruistic; Lucas at this point was Severus’ biggest shield and protector. Severus needed him and while there’s seeds of good reasons, ultimately even this was self serving.  

However, Lucas had his own stipulation that Severus prove he could defend himself from a werewolf before he agreed not to actively hunt Remus down. This, is what lead to Severus creating sectumsempra in his fourth year, though it was written in his sixth year textbook for a friend he was sharing said textbook with. It is a good thing Severus is a weaver, or this would have been hard for him to accomplish at this age.

AS FOR HIM TELLING IN HARRY’S THIRD YEAR: 

As Sky covered, he actually didn’t. While Sky did not provide reasoning beyond divergence, MY DIVERGENT ASS HAS REASONING, mainly because this is something I’ve written with Remus players in the past and its one of my favorite things.

Because you cannot tell me Severus singlehandedly destroyed Remus Lupin’s life, and that of all werewolves ever, and was like hoho but Dumbledore trusts him so clearly he is above all suspicion and you’re just being biased Harry, because if you think Remus doesn’t have his own mean streak you need to rethink his choice in friends. Remus is great and I love him, but nobody is that forgiving, or that stupid, and Remus is a lot of things, but if you want to tell me he is stupid you can gtfo.

It is canon on my blogs that Albus helps Severus perpetuate his Dark Reputation. I dont think this is a stretch considering what canon material offered us in Severus begging him to hide the good in him. Albus perpetuates rumors via Hagrid and portraits and school ghosts. All of whom either think it good fun or believe him wholeheartedly. 

In my rendition of matters, Albus let Remus go because he forgot his potion and that is a serious endangerment of children when he had no restraints in place, either. The JOB IS CURSED, HE HAD NO CHOICE BUT TO LET LUPIN GO. However – you can’t tell me Albus didn’t explain the situation for what it was, or that he didn’t encourage Remus to ensure Harry and the others believed it was Snape spreading the rumor, though Albus would likely claim he ‘did not know the true source, as so many students have been taught the signs’ it would, essentially, be tied to default to Snape but not overtly be his fault in Remus’ eyes – thus affording Remus his forgiveness abilities, Albus further fuel to fan Severus’ dark flames without spreading too much damage, and Severus the continuity of his oaths not to speak.

AS FOR THE FALLOUT OF UMBRIDGE WRITING UP WEREWOLF LAWS: There’s no way Dubledore saw that shit coming, first of all, because he did make efforts to contain the information and how far it spread. Hagrid telling the odd youth who asked why he was gone, making Severus’ assignment seem at fault, was meant, I imagine, to keep things relatively in check as with Remus gone, it was not a standing issue. But it did become one, which I imagine he regrets.

I know for a fact, Severus does. However, teaching children to identify werewolves with a werewolf on the loose was not breaking his silence. He did not tell them there was a werewolf in the castle, only how to look out for one. And considering his last encounter with Remus was nearly deadly, I cannot fault him for educating them about the risks of werewolves when there’s one in the castle – because as much as I love Remus, that shit is important to know and yes, Severus is petty, and he has a harshness to him and even a cruelty at times.

But he does not regret making certain every child in that school could protect themselves if something went wrong, which it very nearly did.Because at the end of the day, hate his job though he might, my Severus will always prioritize the safety of his students first and foremost, and he doesnt give a damn if that means sacrificing things like happiness or another mans pride. 

I cover Severus and his relation to his students in a lot of my headcanons, but this one and this one are most relevant here.

Thank you again for this question! Hope this covers everything xD