Questions tagged [severus-snape]
In the Harry Potter universe, Severus Snape is a teacher of Potions and head of Slytherin House at Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry. Use for questions about the character. Always use in conjunction with the [harry-potter] tag and any relevant tags. Only use the tag when specifically asking questions about the character.
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Harry Potter Fanfic: Harry lives with Snape and has to be a little
Okay, so, this question might have been asked already but I’ve been looking for a couple days for the fan fiction. I can’t remember if it’s on FF.net or AO3, but Harry has to live with Snape, I think ...
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Did the other Death Eaters know about Snape's death at Voldemort's hands?
Voldemort ordered Lucius Malfoy to go fetch Snape and have him meet the Dark Lord at the Shrieking Shack. Wouldn't Lucius, Narcissa, and others have wondered why Snape didn't rejoin them afterwards? ...
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Did Professor Severus Snape know how to transfigure into a bat?
First of all, I'm not asking for evidence whether Professor Snape was a vampire, or if he was an Animagus, or if he could fly. I'm curious if he knew how to transfigure into a bat using any magical ...
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Why did Snape tell Bellatrix about Dumbledore knowing he was returning to the Dark Lord?
Snape: By allowing Dumbledore to think that I was only returning to the Dark Lord’s side because I was ordered to,
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2005)
I am probably being a bit naive, as I'...
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Did Severus Snape have a Dark Mark?
I have seen all the movies and read all the books and quite familiar with the fact that all Death Eaters have Dark Mark on their forearm. Severus Snape was a prominent Death Eater and Voldemort's one ...
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Did Snape teach any of the potions techniques that he invented to any of his students?
Half-Blood Prince clearly shows that Snape's instructions regarding 6th year potions are superior to those given in the books, so much so that just blindly following them without even understanding ...
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Did Snape have a failsafe method for giving his memory to Harry Potter? What if Harry wasn't around? [duplicate]
Did Snape have a failsafe method for giving his memory to Harry Potter? What if Harry wasn't around?
Since Harry wanted to find Voldemort to end him, finding Snape wasn't part of his current mission. ...
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Does the Shield Charm and its variants work on Dementors? [duplicate]
In Prisoner of Azkaban, Lupin says this:
“There are — certain defenses one can use,” said Lupin. “But there was
only one Dementor on the train. The more there are, the more difficult
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Harry Potter Fanfic Where Harry Gets Adopted By Snape and Befriends Draco and Pansy
So before I had an AO3 account I was reading this fanfic where Dumbledore had told Harry (I think it was 3rd or 4th year) that if he left the Dursleys house that summer, it would endanger everyone he ...
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Can there be nuances or uncertainties in the Unbreakable Vow?
Can there be nuances or uncertainties in the Unbreakable Vow?
Snape made an Unbreakable Vow to watch over Draco, protect Draco, and to kill Dumbledore in his place if he couldn't do so. However, ...
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Did Umbridge have anything to say about Snape bullying Neville in Order of the Phoenix?
We know that Snape bullied Neville during Potions, hence why Neville’s Boggart was Snape in Prisoner of Azkaban.
However, in Order of the Phoenix, Dolores Umbridge (the DADA teacher) became High ...
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Fan fiction where Snape adopts Harry Potter
I don’t remember too much about this fan fiction. I do remember that Harry is still in Gryffindor and that Snape still doesn’t like Harry. They’re not father and son, but I do remember that it had ...
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After Lily and Severus had their 5th year argument, did she still retain SOME romantic love? [duplicate]
We know that
Lily and Snape were great friends at a young age, and that Snape loved her dearly, so far as to match her Patronus and become a double agent after her death. However, we know of their ...
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Why is Snape using an incantation for Legilimency?
The comment by @AyushBhatt on my answer to this question got me thinking: Why would Snape use a spell to penetrate Harry's mind during his Occlumency lessons, if he can do it without any incantation?
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Why did Snape suspect Harry of brewing Polyjuice Potion?
In Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire, Severus Snape accuses Harry Potter of stealing rare potion ingredients used primarily to make Polyjuice Potion, including lacewing flies and boomslang skin. In ...
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Why wasn't Snape punished for attempting to save Harry's life? [duplicate]
In the first book of Harry Potter, it is revealed that Snape was not trying to curse Harry's broom; he was trying to save him. But we also learn that Professor Quirrell was behind it the whole time, ...
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How was Snape sure that Harry had only seen the "Snivellus-mocking" memory?
In Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, Harry is having Occlumency lessons with Snape, to shield his mind from external penetration attempts, after the Arthur Weasley attack.
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Harry Potter fanfiction where Snape loses his memory after the battle and works in a convent
I'm looking for a Harry Potter fanfiction where Snape loses his memory after the battle and ends up working in a convent as a custodian/herb guy. This is post-war. He is found injured by a lady who's ...
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Harry Potter fic where Snape thinks Harry is spoiled but finds out about his abuse, also Drarry
I am looking for an old fic that I found on Fanfiction.net year ago. I have tried to find it every few years with no luck.
It is a fic where Snape thinks Harry is nothing but a spoiled brat who must ...
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Does Snape ever use Legilimency in the books before OOTP?
Does Snape ever clearly use Legilimency in the books before OOTP? I know Harry felt that Snape could read his mind, but do we ever see Snape knowing something that he only could have gotten (or mostly ...
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Does JKR have a reason to call Severus Snape, Snape?
I am currently re-reading Harry Potter in English as my first language is French. It appears that Severus Snape is translated into Severus Rogue in French.
With a little bit of research, I found out ...
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Why would Dumbledore ask Snape for something in exchange to saving the Potters?
Warning: This question contains spoilers for Harry Potter 7.
"Hide them all, then," he croaked. "Keep them safe. Please."
"And what will you give me in return, Severus?"
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Why does Harry like Snape
Has he forgotten the harsh way Snape treated him in class. I know that Snape saved his life but only because he had Lily's eyes and if he didn't Snape wouldn't have come to the good side.
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Did Dumbledore plan Snape's death?
Dumbledore himself said this:
“If you planned your death with Snape, you meant him to end up with
the Elder Wand, didn’t you?”
“I admit that was my intention,” said Dumbledore, “but it did ...
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Why was Snape so concerned with exams if he wanted to join the Death Eaters?
Snape is shown to be putting a great deal of effort into his exam in Order of the Phoenix. He's writing in answers up until the last minute. After the exam Snape is still reviewing his notes, ...
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I'm trying to find a Harry/Snape fanfiction that had a healer named Kieran who was a friend of Severus
It's about Harry Potter working up to the final battle. Its au during 6th or 7th year (no camping trip) before Dumbledore died.
Harry ends up working with and being trained by Severus and they get ...
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Why didn't the Ministry of Magic investigate the killing of Dumbledore?
Dumbledore planned his death by Snape killing him so that the Dark Lord will trust the Potions Master. In the Half-Blood Prince, The Ministry of Magic accepts that Voldemort is back. Hence, the former ...
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How did Severus Snape use Felix Felicis potion?
Horace Slughorn claimed that only once a student prepared a 'good enough' Draught of Living Death potion, receiving a Felix Felicis probe (before Harry did).
I guess that student was Severus Snape.
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Why did it take Snape so long to pass on a message?
In book 5, the Order of the Phoenix, when Harry is captured by Umbridge he tries to tell Snape that Voldemort has Sirius at the Department of Mysteries. Snape supposedly plays dumb with Umbridge and ...
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At what point in time did Dumbledore ask Snape for this favor?
I know that Dumbledore asked (more like coerced) Snape to
but when did he ask? Like was it before the Sixth Year of Harry’s school or sometime in the middle of the year or over Christmas break or ...
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How did Professor Snape stop himself from becoming an Obscurus?
Quoting from the HP Wiki article on Tobias Snape:
Tobias had a very poor relationship with both his wife and his son; when Severus was younger, Tobias frequently shouted at and hit Eileen whilst ...
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Did Albus Dumbledore ask Severus Snape to kill him?
Recently I heard people claiming that Severus Snape was ultimately a hero.
The rationale being that Albus wanted Snape to kill him, to save Malfoy. As Snape was killed where Malfoy would have been.
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How many people are known to have had a mutual positive relationship with Snape?
Snape is usually perceived as a tragic, unfriendly loner with Lily being the only nice person in his whole life.
But though as unlikable as he was, he still was intelligent and brave and hard ...
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Why a Doe symbolizes Snape's love for Lily when in fact it symbolizes the tragedy of his life?
I know it was her Patronus. But.
As JKR stated in an interview:
Chely: James patronus is a stag and lilys a doe is that a coincidence?
J.K. Rowling: No, the Patronus often mutates to take the image ...
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Harry Potter fanfic: Snape takes care of a baby Harry
Most likely read on FF.net. I can't remember if it was a de-ageing accident or if it was a "Snape rescues/adopts Harry as a baby".
The most prominent portion of the story that I can only remember ...
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Hilarious Harry Potter fanfic: Snape disguises himself as a woman when taking baby Harry outside
Most likely read on FanFiction.net, Draco and Harry are both de-aged into babies and Professor Snape becomes the unwilling guardian of them where hilarity ensues; the storytelling of this fic wasn't ...
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Has Rowling ever expressed her opinion on whether Snape is a good teacher or not?
I realise it can be quite a speculative subject, but I believe JKR herself must have had some distinct image of Snape's teaching role in Hogwarts.
Evidences seem to be contradictive though.
We know ...
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Harry Potter fanfic, with Snape and a Muggle who becomes pregnant
I'm looking for a Harry Potter fanfic in which Severus Snape is out and about in the Muggle world and meets a Muggle woman. After a one-night-stand or more times together, she gets pregnant.
When she ...
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Why didn't Snape work out Voldemort had Horcruxes?
Snape is repeatedly referred to as a highly intelligent wizard, most skilled in the Dark Arts. We don't know for sure, but it seems probable he would know about Horcruxes, at least in theory.
He ...
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When/why did Voldemort reconsider letting Snape know about the Elder Wand?
When Voldemort is about to break into Dumbledore's tomb to take the Elder Wand, the following happens:
"I shall join you in the castle shortly," he said in his high, cold
voice. "Leave me now."
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Snape's curious reaction in The Goblet of Fire
Every time I reread The Goblet Of Fire I stumble on one sentence:
"I saw Voldemort come back!" Harry shouted. He tried to get out of bed again, but Mrs. Weasley forced him back. "I saw ...
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Why did Voldemort trust Snape after his betrayal which cost Voldemort his body?
When Voldemort planned to kill baby Harry, Snape leaked this to Dumbledore, who in turn alerted the Potters, which finally cost Voldemort his body. If the Potters didn't know beforehand, he would have ...
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Why did Dumbledore let Snape tell what he heard to Voldemort?
Snape was caught eavesdropping on Trelawney's prophecy by Aberforth and Albus Dumbledore (How did Trelawney know Snape interrupted her interview with Dumbledore (and her prophecy)?). Based on Lily's ...
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When did Snape learn Sirius was an animagus?
In Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban when they are learning the truth about Sirius, they all hear a creak behind Lupin and the door opens by itself. We go on to learn that the Marauders are ...
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Were Snape's memories complete?
Were the memories that Severus Snape gave Harry complete? There are a few cases where they seem to be missing critical information, but it's unclear to me if that's because Snape didn't know it, that ...
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Why did Snape become a teacher?
Why did Snape become a teacher when he hates children so much? Why didn't he, for instance, set up a potions emporium on Diagon Alley?
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How did Snape come to know so much Dark Magic before Hogwarts?
According to Sirius, Snape was a real expert in the Dark Arts before he came to Hogwarts.
"Snape's always been fascinated by the Dark Arts, he was famous for it at school. Slimy, oily, greasy-...
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What curses leave marks or scars? [closed]
We all know Harry got his lightning-shaped scar from the Killing Curse. However he was the first one to survive, thus the first one to obtain a scar from it. But Hagrid tells Harry that being touched ...
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Why could Snape be heard in Grimmauld Place?
In the early part of Order of the Phoenix the Order is having a meeting, talking about Harry. We can hear Snape but when everyone else comes down to eat Snape is the only one who isn't there. So why ...
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When did Snape join the Hogwarts staff?
I was reading the answer here
Snape dressing up as Darth Vader fanfic
It mentions a fan-fiction which states Snape joined the Hogwarts staff when he was 20, possibly making him the youngest ...
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