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June 10th, 2008

Severus and the Snapes

[info]torino10154
6/10/08 02:05 pm
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What a horrid title! LOL But my question is about Snape and his father as well as that side of the family. Did Tobias work at the Mill? Was he physically abusive or only verbally? Or does fandom wrong him, assuming he was worse than he was? Also did Snape have someone like Aunt Marge who came to visit occasionally? Did he have to suffer Christmas crackers with his cousins? Or were they even outcasts in their own family, not invited to the family get togethers?

How did Snape get along with the Muggle side of the family?

A couple of things-LJ users please either sign in with openID or sign your posts with your user name. Also, if you have any suggestions for questions you can always leave them here.
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June 5th, 2008

My View of Severus, and of Severus in Fanon

[info]bohemianspirit
6/5/08 04:15 pm
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This started as a few notes to reply to Torino's question of the week about Severus in Fanon, and turned into an essay covering my views (to date) about the character in general as well as about how he is depicted in fanon. It's way too long for a comment, so I'm going to post it as an essay, on the assumption that it's O.K. to write full-length essays inspired by the question of the week. I've been wanting, for some time, to write an extended analysis of my take on Severus Snape; I guess this is as good a reason as any to finally do so. ;-)

( My View of Severus, behind a cut for length )
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June 3rd, 2008

Fanon Snape-Hits and Misses

[info]torino10154
6/3/08 01:14 pm
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I haven't asked a fanon question yet so how about a general one. There are certain things that are pervasive in fic-he's tall, he wears lots of buttons, he has a mail order potions business hidden from Ministry interference by using the very clever name of Prince's Potions (they'd never suspect a thing!).

So let's talk about fanon hits and misses this week. What do you like about Snape in fic and what just makes you scream?
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May 27th, 2008

Snape and the Malfoys

[info]torino10154
5/27/08 12:46 pm
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This week's question is how close was Snape to the Malfoys? Snape was Lucius's old friend; Lucius a key figure standing out from Snape's sorting, Narcissa came to him for help in HBP, and according to her he was Draco's favorite teacher. But how much of that was an act to keep his cover (like some of us used to believe about his relationship with Harry)? Or was he genuinely friends with them?
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May 20th, 2008

Half-Blood Snape

[info]torino10154
5/20/08 12:39 pm
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[info]geri_chan suggested this topic. In her words . . .

Was Snape known to be a half-blood when he was recruited into the Death Eaters, and what are the Death Eaters' outlook on half-bloods? Is half good enough, or do they look down on him for his Muggle blood? If so, why doesn't Bellatrix taunt him about it? Or is he fully accepted because of his unique talents?

I would just add this - pure-blood families are dying out, is it perhaps good enough to have half-bloods who believe in the 'old ways' to help stop the dilution of blood? Also surely some names are known as pure-blood names and others aren't.
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May 13th, 2008

Snape's 'Other Women'

[info]torino10154
5/13/08 10:10 am
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This should be good. ;) First a bit of canon . . . US Ed. p.740-1

"Snape's Patronus was a doe," said Harry, "the same as my mother's, because he loved her for nearly all of his life, from the time when they were children. You should have realized," he said as he saw Voldemort's nostrils flare, "he asked you to spare her life, didn't he?"

"He desired her, that was all," sneered Voldemort, "but when she had gone, he agreed that there were other women, and of purer blood, worthier of him-"

"Of course, he told you that," said Harry, "but he was Dumbledore's spy from the moment you threatened her, . . . "

I do think Voldemort has it wrong-even if Snape loved Lily obsessively, I believe he loved her as best as he was able. But Harry may have over simplified things and probably the truth lies between.

So who were these other women? Girlfriends? One night stands? Did they even exist? I just noticed for the first time that Voldemort said "he agreed that there were other women." That leaves quite a bit of wiggle room.

I would ask that we stick to canon-yes, yes, we all know he was shagging Lupin or waiting for Hermione to come of age :P but for the purposes of this discussion, please leave your favorite ship at the door.
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May 6th, 2008

Snape's possible career post Hogwarts

[info]torino10154
5/6/08 03:28 pm
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Hi all. I think last week was successful as far as responses go. So this week, I'd like to know what Severus planned to do after Hogwarts, before he decided to make a career of Death Eating. We know he took his OWLs seriously, he seems to have been gifted with both potion making and spell creation. He's a dab hand at Dark Arts and healing them. I don't think teaching would have been his choice. Although, at a higher level, perhaps.

What sort of profession would Snape have gone into after Hogwarts, Dark Lord notwithstanding?
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April 29th, 2008

How Powerful is Severus Snape?

[info]torino10154
4/29/08 01:25 pm
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Hello all! Here is the first official question of the week. [info]cardigrl wanted to know . . .

Just how powerful is Snape magically? And how competent a wizard? Some early fanon explained his derision of wand-waving by showing him as basically incompetent at anything other than potions. And there was his frustration at not being able to get the Marauder's Map to produce (which the gals at snapecast had a good laugh about, as I recall, as a good example of his cluelessness). But then fanon seemed to move to a powerful!Snape, when we saw his ability to do nonverbal spells (and how much of that was wandless?) and his cleverness in creating spells while still a teenager. And anyone who can manage to cover a class of hostile kidlets equipped with fire and explosive materials without serious injuries must have at least some power. So, where does he rank on the power/competence scale? And to what extent does one depend on the other in the Wizarding world?

To this I will only add that Snape owned Harry in HBP, but of course, Harry is only a kid, however, he's also one of the luckiest and managed to get away from nearly everyone he's ever tangled with so . . .

How powerful is Severus Snape?
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April 24th, 2008

Canon/fanon Snape questions

[info]torino10154
4/24/08 06:34 pm
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As you may have noticed I have been asking canon questions on Fridays. Well, [info]sylvanawood and I were thinking of making it a regular feature at [info]snapedom. But I will also try to come up with fanon questions too. So everything from where did Severus spend his summers while teaching at Hogwarts (Spinner's End? Somewhere else?) to why does he always smell like sandalwood and bitter herbs (Don't all the Potterverse men smell like Sandalwood?).

So, to start off-do you have any questions like that about Snape? I'm going to collect suggestions and post them once a week, probably Tuesdays. (Cross-posted to my journal.)

These posts will be shorter and less involved than meta or essays but I think it will encourage some interesting and hopefully fun conversations.
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April 11th, 2008

Eileen and Tobias

[info]torino10154
4/11/08 10:30 am
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I've posted a couple of canon questions at my ij about Snape's parents if you want to gander at it. Although Severus Judge Turpin doesn't like gandering.

. . . How did these two meet? Why did Eileen marry outside the wizarding world? Did Tobias know Eileen was a witch? And where are they now?
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