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I believed that Severus Snape was a genuine asshat for years of my life, as did \u00a0Harry and gang. YEARS. \u00a0But of course (it’s \u00a0here that I warn you of \u00a0major spoilers, but… c’mon:) we learn that Snape was in love with Harry’s mom, \u00a0and that he’s actually a decent \u00a0guy. Jo Rowling really strung us along there, didn’t she?<\/p>\n
But while most people forgave him for the \u00a0misdeeds, I have truly \u00a0always believed \u00a0Professor Snape was the worst. To clarify, this does not reflect on the late Alan Rickman, forever and always the best, but is rather only a discussion of the character he brought to vivid life. Bear with me.<\/p>\n
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Teachers aren’t supposed to be \u00a0biased. \u00a0<\/strong>Some might say that Snape’s attitude towards Harry is understandable given his feelings towards James Potter, but let’s remember who the teacher here is. How many points do you think he took from Gryffindor over the years? Millions from Harry alone, probably. \u00a0Guys, Snape was Neville’s BOGGART. Do you know how terrifying that means he was? Imagine how this \u00a0would play out in the Muggle world for a moment:<\/p>\n MATH TEACHER: Hello, Mr. Principal.<\/p>\n PRINCIPAL: Ah, Mr. Smith. Do you know why I called you into my office?<\/p>\n MATH TEACHER: Is it my treatment of that one student I hate?<\/p>\n PRINCIPAL: It is! As a teacher you really shouldn’t hate a student so conspicuously. If you can’t help it, please don’t make it so apparent.<\/p>\n MATH TEACHER: But what if I told you I’m still in love with that student’s dead mother?<\/p>\n PRINCIPAL: That’s even worse and you’re fired.<\/p>\n There’s no getting around his responsibility for \u00a0the Potters’ deaths. \u00a0<\/strong>You know what good wizards do when the person they love doesn’t reciprocate? They lock themselves up in their room with some chocolate frogs and Adele for a good while \u00a0and then they move on. What they don’t do is hold on to that forever until they accidentally get their loved one killed by telling an evil wizard about a prophecy they overheard.<\/p>\n He JOINED THE DEATH EATERS in the first place. \u00a0<\/strong>I don’t think it’s cool to engage with a \u00a0group of murderous weirdos no matter how much you were teased in high school, but maybe that’s just me.<\/p>\n Snape \u00a0turns against Voldemort because he killed Lily, not because he’s a soulless murderer who acts a lot like his pet Boa constrictor.<\/p>\n He killed Dumbledore. \u00a0<\/strong>Yeah, I know\u2014Dumbledore told him he had to, but if someone tells you to kill Dumbledore, you say no, even if it’s Dumbledore himself. Dumbledore doesn’t need friends who kill him. He needs friends who tell him not to drink strange potions he finds in caves.<\/p>\n In an alternate universe, maybe Snape could have kept his mouth shut and treated Harry right, and maybe also Teddy Lupin would have parents (REALLY, J.K. ROWLING?). But in this life, \u00a0he was \u00a0sulky and mean and I did not like him.<\/p>\n Got beef? Argue your case in the comments!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I believed that Severus Snape was a genuine asshat for years of my life, as did \u00a0Harry and gang. YEARS. \u00a0But of course (it’s \u00a0here that I warn you of \u00a0major spoilers, but… c’mon:) we continue reading<\/span>![\"\"](\"http:\/\/img.sparknotes.com\/content\/sparklife\/sparktalk\/snapeworst_2.jpg\")
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