I Believe It's Often Overlooked That Some Of The Right Choices People Make Are Simply The Result Of Being

I believe it's often overlooked that some of the right choices people make are simply the result of being in the right place at the right time.

If Hermione had been sorted into a different house and the incident with the troll hadn't happened, would she still have become one of Harry's loyal friends who helped him hunt Horcruxes? 

If Lily hadn't been a beautiful and charming girl and had been sorted into Slytherin, would James Potter still have dated her? Would he have been willing to stop hexing other students without reason?

If Voldemort hadn't destroyed Harry Potter's family and Harry had grown up as a happy child instead of being the Chosen One, would he still have been willing to make sacrifices and face death to protect the wizarding world?

If Sirius had not met James on the train and been sorted into Slytherin, would he still have joined the Order of the Phoenix during his youth?

Would Dumbledore still have opposed Grindelwald if he didn't have a sister?

If Voldemort had never used Kreacher, would Regulus Black have taken action against the Horcruxes?

If Ron Weasley had been born into the Malfoy family, would he have fought together with Harry Potter against Voldemort?

If Lupin had been sorted into Slytherin, would James Potter still have supported him?

Asking: "If the prophecy hadn't been about Harry, would Snape have changed?" or "If Voldemort had spared Lily, would Snape have changed?"

To me, it's like asking: "if Snape hadn't been abused by his Muggle father as a child, suffered rejection by Muggles in his community, faced extreme poverty, been excluded from Hogwarts and subjected to bullying and sexual violence, having suffered a murder attemptand then having been ignored by Dumbledore, having been welcomed only by supremacist Slytherins and a handler who offered him dignity and respect, would he have become a death eater?"

These questions of causality are useless, as circumstances just are what they are. There were circumstances that made Snape commit atrocities, just as there were circumstances that made Snape repent and find his salvation

"But everything Snape did was just out of guilt and remorse."

I don't think remorse and guilt are unworthy motivations, on the contrary. I think the ability to feel guilt and regret is what sets Snape apart from Voldemort. It is what differentiates a person who can be saved from a person for whom there is no salvation

Another thing that differentiates Snape from Voldemort is the ability to love. Voldemort never understood the love Snape felt for Lily. And Snape was lucky with that, because his love for Lily was the last anchor that still brought him back to the light.

And remembering that change is a process, it begins with regret and then solidifies with gradual changes in attitude. I think Snape's change and redemption were extremely gradual and therefore very realistic

His love for Lily, and then remorse and guilt, may have been the initial "key turn" for Snape to realize that Voldemort was wrong and begin his process of change for the next 17 years that he was serving the light. . Snape's maturation has not stopped since he was 21 years old, he is definitely not the same at the end of the saga. The proof of this is that he did many things to save the children and aim for the victory of the light, even after learning that Harry would have to die

If everything he did was just to protect Harry on Lily's behalf, knowing that it would be in vain should have been enough for him to abandon the plan. But he continued to do the right thing, perhaps because there was a deeper change

Remembering that he joined Voldemort when he was a teenager and later regretted it at age 21 and died at age 38. I think it's a lack of faith to believe that he remained with the same thoughts he had as a teenager even after everything

In the last two books, Snape continued to struggle because he had truly changed. For there was no longer Harry or Dumbledore for him to maintain his loyalty to. Harry was going to die no matter what Snape did, and Dumbledore was already dead too

Snape died believing that Harry would not escape death. Even so, he did not reveal to Voldemort that he was not the master of the Elder Wand, he did not say that it was Draco who disarmed Dumbledore, because that would imply Voldemort hunting Draco and then hunting Harry (Voldemort having believed he had become the master of the Elder Wand after killing Snape was also crucial to his defeat)

At the end of his life, Snape saved innocents during Voldemort's attacks as a Death Eater, protected the lives of children in the castle as headmaster, and gave his life to carry out Dumbledore's plan. Late in life, Snape became benevolent and fought for the greater good

If Snape had tried to be a father figure to Harry, they would have said: "Snape was always jealous of James. That's why he tried to steal James' place and prevent Harry from remembering or loving his real father."

If after Hogwarts he still tried to contact Lily again and ask for forgiveness, they would say: "He was trying to hurt her. He wants to force Lily to break up with James and then possess her. He is such a criminal."

If Snape had treated Harry well or even tried to take him from the Dursleys and raise him himself, they would have said: "He was trying to trick Harry and draw him toward Voldemort. Then, when Voldemort returned, Harry would be easily handed over to him."

They always find a reason to ruin his character for one reason: he does not match their desired aesthetics. (They easily justify the crimes of Pettigrew, Barty Crouch, Evan Rosier, Tom Riddle, and Bellatrix Lestrange.)

just saw another "snape was too busy holding lily's lifeless body to comfort baby harry!!!" in the wild

but like. it's occurred to me that even if Snape HAD actually been there, and even if he HAD picked up baby Harry and attempted to comfort him, people who don't like snape would probably find something to complain about that too

like, "how creepy to pick up your dead crush's baby!!! snape was a creepy obsessive stalker and lily wanted nothing to do with him how dare he touch her child without a guardian's permission!!" or something, or that snape would only make baby Harry feel worse (fair, I don't get the impression that Snape was a naturally comforting, paternal, or cuddly young man), or that he was about to, like, kidnap harry or something and grow another lily in lab conditions 😂

Thinking about the only times Severus tried to defend himself from Dumbledore

Unfair Comparisons (part 2)

Severus Snape: Exists. Marauders' fandom: He is the greatest child abuser in wizarding history; no wonder he was a criminal since he was eleven because He tried to kill Petunia Evans just because she was a Muggle (he dropped a branch on her head). As a student, he tormented other students with dark magic. He joined Voldemort to be able to torture more Muggles. He told Voldemort about the prophecy because he wanted James Potter and baby Harry dead so he could easily claim Lily Potter for himself. He was so obsessed with a dead woman that he even took advantage of her corpse and embraced her without her consent. He delayed Harry's message to the Order, causing Sirius Black to be killed.

Peter Pettigrew: Willingly betrayed the Potter family, leading to the death of his best friend and his wife, and orphaning Harry Potter. He murdered 12 innocent Muggles and Bertha Jorkins. He was the reason Sirius Black was wrongfully imprisoned in Azkaban for 12 years. He never felt remorse and did everything in his power to help Voldemort return to power. After Voldemort's return, he became one of his loyal followers again. He killed Cedric Diggory, a 17-year-old innocent boy, and took part in the torture of 14-year-old Harry Potter.

Marauders' fandom:

"Undoubtedly, it's a beautiful moment, saying farewell to a world where none of its joyful moments ever belonged to me."

This poem, which I have translated from my native language, always reminds me of severus snape.

Whenever I think about Severus’s fate and end, I am relieved that he is just a fictional character and never truly endured such pain and suffering. But then I wonder if there are people in the real world who share a similar fate, and this thought pains my heart. I think of all the Severus Snapes born into poor families, filled with emotional and physical abuse, who remember nothing of their childhood and youth except humiliation, ridicule, and torment. They never get the chance to grow, experience love, or find peace, and then they leave this world in loneliness, without ever having tasted a moment of joy.

I mourn for all the Severus Snapes in the world.

"But we're going!" he said, unable to suppress the exhilaration in his voice. "This is it! We're off to Hogwarts!"

— F.T.