5 Reasons Why Snape Is Good & 5 Reasons Why He's Bad (Harry Potter Explained)
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Whenever you hate him we can all agree: He's better than Umbridge
Y E S
Hes always been my favorite character probably bc I saw the movies first and Alan rickman did such an excellent job
Then again, so is chlamydia
Even Voldemort is better than Umbridge
For sure
Snape is such a complex character, and Alan Rickman played him so splendidly. Rest in peace, Snape and Alan, always. 😇
Yeah Alan Rickman killed his role, and the Princes Tale still makes me cry every time I watch it
He is my fav character for the complex story and personality
yes yes rip:(
Well said mate.
so true
Rowling even said “Snape is all grey. You can't make him a saint: he was vindictive & bullying. You can't make him a devil: he died to save the wizarding world,” she wrote.
I love that ❤️
Much like many things in life, people prefer to see Snape as black or white rather than grey.
So basically snake was the antihero?
@@5uspicious_Person anti villain maybe?
@@ANP4158 I'd say Antihero because during the events of the books he never was evil, he joined dumbledore and remained by his side even when he played triple agent. His bullying and mistreatment of others wasn't out of malice, but out of habit from his own issues.
Me to every author for killing my fav characters:
"You have been raising him like a pig for slaughter so that he can die at the proper moment!!"
XD
….true….
Ikr
G.R.R Martin: HAHAHAHAAAHHHHAKKJODJFJFHFJFJJFIBHAHAH😂🤣😂🤣
Way too true...
Surprisingly, Snape is the reason everything started and finished. He gave prophecy to Voldemort and due to Snape Harry knew how to defeat him.
Yeah, if Snape had never given the prophecy, then the entire series would have not happened/been completely different.
But if he never gave the prophecy harry would be happy
@@sudhanshurai78 But then Voldermort could technically still be alive because he never tried to murder Harry and Harry would never have killed him, but I get what you're saying.
wait didn't Trelawney give Voldemort the prophecy...?
@@BATMADZ_ Trelawney was the one who told Dumbledore, Snape who was a death eater at that time, eavesdropped and told Voldemort about the prophecy.
Snape is the perfect GREY character.
Actually, he is a dark character who serves the light
---More of a Dalmatian, except they are white with black spots, Snape is more black with white spots.
@Balance of The hill zuko literally turns on ozai because it was the right thing to do and does it permanently and regrets his previous actions
Snape Is 45% Bad And 55% Good
@@sonofposeidon9450 And that makes it gray
Theory I have for why Snape picks on Neville so much: since Neville was the other child the prophecy could have been about, I think snape is angry that it turned out to be Harry rather than Neville. If the chosen one was Neville, Lilly might still be alive. So now he does all he can to punish Neville.
Good theory👍🏻
Great theory 👍👍
So snape punishes neville for being alive?
@@emilygrace619 pretty much. If neville was the chosen one snape really wouldn’t have a real reason to hate him, since lily would still be alive. However I think he’d probably still have the same feelings towards harry even if lily lived.
good point
Ok but why has NOBODY spoken about Snape telling Phineas Nigellus not to call Hermione a Mudblood while he was Headmaster?
Surprised nobody's talked about that. Most of the shittiest things that Snape did were before his redemption at the hands of Dumbledore. Obviously his treatment of neville, harry and hermoine is shit but being around the company of DEATH EATERS for decades will mess with your head.
@@mosorireayewale2820 He was a 40 year old man, not a child he had no logical reason to bully a bunch of school children because the girl he creepily obsessed over wasn't into him. He was just a petty jackass.
You act like not being xenophobic is somehow notworthy when most people aren't and shouldn't be by default.
He only did that because he has guilt over that word since using it killed his friendship with Lilly. It was the straw that broke the camels back. And most of what he did wrong wasn’t before his”redemption” with Dumbledore. How about tryind to send Sirius to the dementors. How about bullying Neville and Harry? All after his supposed redemption. He is very selfish and childish and his motivation is guilt. Not the actions of a good person.
@@occheermommy While I agree with you on Harry and Neville I dont about him trying to send Sirius to the dementors. Keep in mind that when he did that he did not know that Sirius was innocent therefore that does not make him a bad person. As far as he knew at the time he was sending a mass murderer and the traitor responsible for the Potters deaths to the dementors.
this is like what siruis said “we all have good and bad in us” snape just acted on both....
Nice one James, I mean Emily.
@@shubhojitpal6742 and I'm reminded of him falling through the veil...and I'm sad again...
Goooood:white
Baaaaad:black
Both(hybrid):greeeeyyy
@@nazihabelhaj7135 But the Black was white 😆
@@hanantkm Black was grey, he and James were assholes when they were students.
We all fans still sad about Alan Rickman's pass away. His acting made us understand his character so much more and this video may comemorate his pass.
I would argue Alan Rickman is the main reason why the character is so popular. He brought added likeability to an already complex character, which to be honest, was missing with book Snape.
I agree so much.
@@alexlazzerly3677 He said that he was told to do some of that by Rowling.
Snape died looking into Harry's eyes, the eyes of a boy who survived because the woman he loved had died. The eyes of a boy who looked like the spitting image of his father; the man who bullied him, then married the love of his life. Imagine having to look into those eyes at that moment; the eyes that both pained you intensely and made you feel love more than anything in the world. Snapes final moments were perhaps the greatest we saw in any character.
Well actually the whole Harry Potter is based on the Dumbledore-Snape conversation. Severus Snape was one of the best charecters to read and watch(thanks to the brilliant acting of legendary Alan Rickman). JK Rowling ensured that till the end of 6th book we can consider him as a double agent while from the very 1st book she was clear about him. Although he has some negative points like he's not a good teacher, but I still consider him as an Anti-hero and one of the main reasons for the huge success of Harry Potter.
" We’ve all got both light and dark inside us. What matters is the part we choose to act on...that’s who we really are.” This quote fits Snape perfectly
Snape is a character we can all agree we love and hate
More like the most split arguments ever
@@bowenyuan2228 Fax
Ye true
Yup
True, Snape is pretty divisive. You either love him for his unrequited crush on Lily, or his horrible childhood, or loathe him for being JUST as awful as his bullies, or constantly lashing out at Harry, even though he did NOTHING wrong to him.
I know I'm likely stepping on a landmine here, but I always liked the bit from Cursed Child where Snape learned that Harry named one of his kids after him. It's one of those moments where I think even Snape would feel a genuine twinge of remorse for bullying a kid who would still forgive him after all the pain he caused him.
Yeah, Snape would of course love Harry for that😊🥰
Wait but forgive me if I’m wrong, serverus snape died in the deathly hallows and the cursed child is many years later. So wouldn’t he never get to know? Sorry if I’m wrong I never felt the need to watch the cursed child
@@edensprojects Draco and Harry's children go back in time a few times in it I think. That's what the OP is talking about.
@@edensprojects the boys mess around with a time turner and create a dark alternative timeline in which Voldemort won, but also Snape survives. Snape then goes on to help them find a way back to their own timeline and fix the mess they made.
@@intergalactic92 ah ok! I don’t invest much time into the cursed child because it isn’t for me (bad plot, not into musical type things)
To snape, that wasn't a petty children' s rivalry.
He had suffered emotional trauma and maybe even depression and him being bullied by james, his father and maybe some other gryffindors, he may still be suffering from that. Also the only friend that actually cared about him was lilly, and she too left him.
As Rowling mentioned, snape was all grey. He bullied children for no reasons but he also saved harry's life and wizarding world also.
He hated Harry because he looked like James. But when he got to know that he was having his mother's eyes he spent his rest of the life protecting harry.
Rowling did her part very well on writing about snape. He was the villan who put Lily and James' life at an end but also a hero who risked his life everyday to protect the son of love of his life and saving wizarding world.
I wouldn't say Snape bullied students for NO reason. An irrational one, or one that held no moral value maybe, but not for no reason at all.
@@mx.confused Snape was a bully but not to all, he was to Harry, Hermione and Nevile but not the best to the others
@Agent Duckie ummm...............
@Agent Duckie Jesus! That's the most disturbing thing I read. Where did you get that idea? Like, point out a scene from the movies/text where Snape misbehaved with female students.
@Agent Duckie I was referring to you your comment above. What makes you think Snape would be a predator to girl Harry, when there's literally no evidence he ever misbehaved with his students?
You know how everyone forgave Darth Vader who killed millions and didn’t forgive Snape
First of, Vader led to the deaths of billions.
Second, forgiveness is not even the point of his redemption. The thing was, that Luke believed Vader could be turned back and help him defeat the Emperor despite the things he did. It wasn't that, "he was good all along" but that "there is still some good left, burried under everything he did".
I agree with you
I mean, there are good reasons why Anakin is better than Snape and reasons why Anakin is worse than Snape. The main reason I think Anakin might be better than Snape is that before he became Darth Vader, he was much more kind and caring. For example, he didn't treat his Padawan learner Ahsoka or his clone troopers the way Snape treated his students. However, once Anakin turned into Vader, he ended up slaughtering the students in the Jedi Temple. While Snape turned to the avatar of light out of his love for Lily, Anakin turned to the nexus of the dark to save Padme. Both Snape and Anakin were ultimately responsible for the death of the women they love. I find that people forgive Vader more easily because Anakin and Vader are seen as two separate individuals living within the same body, while Snape's bullying and vindictive personality has been with him all his life.
Well, and I’m just stating a point, Vader was really the product created by Anakin’s fear of losing padme, plus he was aware of the terrible things he did and believed to be beyond redemption. Snape while he loves lily was still doing the death eater things.
Vikkran behind the scenes he killed millions
Snape is the kind of guy who would laugh at a little girl in tears. Then he’d run into a burning building without hesitation to save her life. He was not a “good guy” but he was a stand-up guy, because he did GREAT things without hope of reward or recognition - that's a real man right there. "I don't care if yall appreciate me or not, it's my duty so I'll do it regardless"
If Snape didn't laugh at little girls in tears he'd be a stand-up good guy. I guess he was a good person anyway.
Ex-fucking-actly! If only the rest of the fandom could reason like that! Snape is basically the Oskar Schindler of the potterverse: a grade-A asshole in his everyday life and a fucking hero when it matters
Well Snape didn't help Hermione when she got jinxed and her teeth grew massively. So technically he didn't help a crying girl at all. Regardless what snape did in the end. It doesn't excuse the fact he treated non slytherins horribly. I still don't like snape despite the good he did.
@@AhsokaTano1999 What he is saying is that he would save a dying person which he would if he had the opportunity. And to be honest someone had to treat the slytherins well everyone else din't really like them
I don't think movie Snape would've laugh at a little girl tbh but book Snape might have.
I know why Snape is always looking at the Golden trio
Harry's got Lily's eyes
Ron's got Lily's red hair
Hermione's got Lily's intelligence
Exactly they all resemble lily in a way
@@maureenwhile466 very worrying then with how he treats all three.
Harry has black hair and glasses
Hermione has brown eyes
Ron’s a pureblood
Put all that together and you have James
@@lucy_9702 Actually James has black hair like Harry.
But either way if Snape is connecting people like that just due to a few superficial reasons with someone he was obsessed with or hated then he has serious issues
And muggle-born Hermione
Fantastic, goes to show that simple top 5 or countdown vids are still as amazing to watch when done right..great vid man!
Thanks Dean!
legends
Hiii
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@@MovieFlame I think Snape was a good person after all
Snaps wasn’t on Voldemort’s side or on Harry’s side
He was in Lily’s
He was _in_ Lily
Snaps 😂😂😂😂😂
You made a typo... Right?
He wished he was in her
@@oi6915 Lmao.
i think we can all agree that snape is an undeniably complex character who we will never be able to fully figure out.
My take on Snape is that he was on the good side, did many major good things, but a terrible person in general. I don’t see him as an _evil_ person, but I definitely don’t see him as a good person either.
I don't think he should be termed a 'teribble person'. He was more of like a disturbed person
Well he's all grey, but like ABCD said
Served 2-3 years the Dark Lord
Served 18 years Dumbledore
How Snape treats Harry summarised simply who he sees in him.
When he sees James in Harry (coz Harry looks very much like his father), Snape hated him.
But when he sees Lily in Harry (All those years protecting him and the last moment of his life looking into Lily's eyes), he cares for him.
Thought?
Very Complex
Yep
That fact that he saw James in Harry not Harry himself,make it even worse.
Yes, but it makes it worse. It means that when Harry is not in immediate danger, Snape chooses to ignore his "love" for Lily, so he can play out his revenge fantasies now that he has power over the James stand in.
Snape only love lily and he couldn’t overcome her death(all thanks to his drak deeds) my point here is that snape couldn’t overcome lily’s death and that’s why he agreed to protect Harry. It’s not because of his love for Harry. He is a bully and selfish person who agrees to become good because he is guilty of the death of his love.
Basically, Snape is a hero who had an awful life yet was still one of the most important parts of Voldemort’s downfall, and truly sacrificed everything to save the Wizarding world. However he acted like an unnecessarily large asshole to people who have had lives fraught with pain just like him, who he really should have empathised with and been kind to, instead of bullied. He also willingly joined Voldemort and only really cared about saving the Potters because of his love for Lily.
ye
I would ship a Severus and Lily pair
Could he have succeeded if students didn't fear him? At a certain point, there is a limit to how much you can do and keep up your image as a Death Eater.
he had more of a, uh, unhealthy obsession with lily-
@@fergiedecatp7285 Snape loved lily, sure. But did lily see him like that?
When Snape killed Dumbledore, I had a feeling he was not what the author wanted us to believe. What a tragic character he was, loving something he lost and couldn’t have.
If only he didn't call her the wizard equivalent of the n-word and didn't join a racist group that targets people like her...
"We all have light and dark inside us. What matters is the power we choose to act on. That's who we really are." -Sirius in Order of the Phoenix.
"Albus Severus, you were named for two headmasters of Hogwarts. One of them was a Slytherin and he was probably the bravest man I ever knew."- Harry Potter.
ok?
@@chl0e_nicole078 true
@@chl0e_nicole078 I must be the only one who thinks this but... I applaud Harry for doing that, putting an end to the cycle of hate that started from his own father and godfather. It shows Harry's maturity.
@@krishmajumder1411 true
@@chl0e_nicole078 Albus Remus potter
“Besides the world isn’t split into good people and Death Eaters. We’ve all got both light and dark inside of us. What matters is the part we choose to act on.” - Sirius Black
"The character we thought to have the least capacity to love, turns out to be the person who loves the most"
- brilliance of Severus Snape
NO copyright intended
I literally LOVE this comment section!!! It is filled with people who actually look at Snape's grey character rather than terming him as completely good or bad. This is something I should definitely learn lol
I'm writing a speech for school on this kill me now lol but the commetns have helped
i don't like book snape, but he was morally grey. an anit-hero of sorts. loved movie snape because of alan rickman's performance
This video should be a good solution to the controversy around Snape's character arc. Many people say he's good while others say he's bad but this video shows that Snape is both good and bad.
@@chl0e_nicole078 I don't think you can label him as a bad person, he is all grey, both good and bad, that is what makes him so interesting. XD
@@krishmajumder1411 You can say he's a dark grey character, but scaring Neville to the point that he's his boggart doesn't make him look good.
@@cecejamesable yes
Ramen_95 I think that we could have turned out like Snape because it depends what type of situations you are in.
@@gracelama2260 true
I see snape as more of an anti-hero. He’s actually my favorite character out of all of them.
same
sorry but not for me
He is the perfect antihero
Same
~ Severus Snape the half blood prince ~
My own good/bad guy subtle observations:
Hermione's teeth were enlarged he said "I see no difference"
and in the movies when they were in the womping willow he protected/shielded the students from Sirius
From Lupin*
He is too complex to say "he is good" or "he is bad". For me, he is a man who has had no luck in life.
I mean he joined the deatheaters in the first wizarding war, that was all his own fault and not bad luck.
He had incredible luck. He was never found out by Voldemort, the most powerful dark wizard of the time. He isn’t really bad by the time we see him in the books, but definitely was prior as he joined Voldemort. In the books his worst qualities are being jerks to people.
William Esping not luck skill he was an incredible occlumen
He is faithful to Lilly and her legacy, and bad in practically every other way.
Everyone gots their ups and downs. Nothing and no one is 1 sided.
A lot like Sirius said that we all have light and darkness within us.
How is, using a racial slur on your best friend, willingly joining a murder cult and tormenting a generation's worth of children, part of up and downs?
@@mibo250401
There is one way Snape's behavior toward students would be good - if it ware part of his cover in dealing with Voldemort.
@@mibo250401 You have only included the downs and you haven’t even included any of the good things he did while I do agree that snape is no saint you have to include all the facts
@@kulvirsingh5501 True, I didn’t include any ups because for me, ups and downs are things a bit less serious.
An argument between friends can be considered a down, but the things I listed, I don’t consider trivial enough to use the term “ups and downs”.
Snape never stopped to think “What’s Lily gonna think of me for bullying her son just because he looks like James?”
Snape: Nah!!!! She is okay with a little of harsh discipline
exactly! imo snape wasn’t in love with lily, he was obsessed with her. he only wanted to protect lily for himself, not caring how much it would impact her when her husband and son died. he threw a hissy fit when lily didn’t like that he was hanging out with the death eaters and called her a mudblood.
love comes with respect, that is not respect.
@@baileyyh72 It wasn’t until he changed sides and worked with Dumbledore that he finally learned what love truly meant, even though he never showed it as much.
Didn't he bully Harry because Voldemort could read Harry's mind?
harry was a reminder that lilly didn't pick snape so harry must suffer even as snape helps keep him alaive
“People aren't either wicked or noble. They're like chef salads, with good things and bad things chopped and mixed together in a vinaigrette of confusion and conflict.”
no need to insults chefs lol
ik what u mean tho and I agree
@@rygerety8384 oh it’s a salad, called chef salad haha sorry spellings error
@@sentinelsamurai oh lol
Can we just admire all the effort Morgan puts into his videos? Major props
Movieflame is the best Harry Potter explainer only second to J.K. Rowling herself.
Naa he’s way better
Well at least he doesnt tell us random facts about it that make the story weird and worse
@@thescootsbear3318 cause he doesnt add random crap to it for the sake of woketovists lol
No he’s better then R*wling
JK lost her title
Seriously, if just one teacher bothered to actually look at their students and see how much Severus was struggling and provide just a little bit of help, this whole situation could have been avoided.
Just one teacher
That's so right
If that art school would have been a little kinder to Hitler smh
@@raldenvcs tru
Um no Snape is a 40 year old man, its not his colleagues job to hold his hand through his emotional problem. McGonnagall lost one of her brothers during the war, and she managed to be a good teacher who was strict but fair while Snape helped Slytherins bully other students.
But if Snape didn´t tell the Order that Harry is in the Department of Mysteries, Harry and his friends would probably be dead. I can´t see why Snape should be responsible for Sirius´s death because if Snape didn´t tell the Order, most likely some of the children would die. Yes, he told Sirius that he is a coward, but it was nothing important because Sirius insulted Snape every time (calling him Snivellus for example) just like Snape insulted Sirius. They just hated each other and in my opinion, Snape had a bigger reason to hate Sirius for bullying him at school, but Snape definitely didn´t want anyone to die, neither Sirius, and he wasn´t responsible for his death.
as a person who likes snape's character (he is my second fav hp character), i highly disagree because if snape had gotten over their horrible past and if he never insulted sirius for staying in one place knowing sirius hated that (it is basically guilt tripping too), maybe sirius wouldnt have gone to the department of mysteries and even tho I am not defending sirius's bullying, it was when he was a child, and we also know that sirius (And james) stopped bullying and became better... i do believe that snape wouldnt have thought his words would have this much of an effect but it unfortunately did
@@kanishkar1089 I think Sirius would have gone to the Department of Mysteries anyway, because he would want to save Harry... just my opinion
In the first place, Dumbledore should have told Harry where Voldemort was going to lure him to avoid the whole thing.
Harry certainly blamed him for it, but this was a case of projection on his part. Harry already hated Snape anyway, the alternative was blaming Dumbledore or himself and it was easier to rationalise his existing hatred by blaming him for Sirius's death as well.
"We all have light and dark inside of us. But the side that matters is the one we choose to act on"
-Sirius Black the Order of the Pheniox
Oops forgot that
When Hermione got her teeth enlarged and he said he saw no difference that made me really hate him
Honestly it depends which characters you like I know people who find hermione irritating in the books and this moment was funny for them 🤷♀️
@@varianmetcalf8220 That’s true ig I just don’t see people hate on Hermione
i never got why from all the things he did/said that is a thing that upset people. I liked book Hermione (I think we all agree movie Hermione is a joke) but I never saw that comment as particularly bad.
I always felt harry or Ron should have cursed snape out at that point in the book. Mostly harry since his life was at risk cause the triwizard tournament anyway.
@@varianmetcalf8220 well whomever you fancy, as a teacher telling that to a 14 year old at that time was so insensitive. He didn't even suggest a remedy rather he mocked her appearance
We all might hate him but when he died we all cried..
Sooooo true
nope .😂✋
loved him
didnt know if he was good or bad
loved him still
he's bad
he's dead
I cried
now he's good again?
Nobody hates Snape
Nope lol
He is a complicated, but I think she really loved Lily and we know what Snape told Lily at the memory of 7th book about his father "He doesn't like anything." He didn't really see love from him but being a agent takes a lot of guts and I think he is good, even his dark arts love.
He's a frenemy!
Thank you Pothead-I mean Potter.
@@GiGoNeGro ..
lol
Severoud: Detention, Mr.Potter!
ous*
Snape is undeniably my favorite HP character. He s not a bad person, he's a good man filled with bitterness and resentment. And yet, he still protected hogwarts and harry himself
BUT i know he gets very rude at times, especially when he puts the blame on Harry for what his father did to him, and on other gryffindor students
Ive been bullied too, but i d never take revenge on my bullies kids.
His treatment towards students makes him a bad, he is brave but bad
Yep, well to me, Snape is my favorite character and I really think Snape is the real anti-hero to be honest in the Harry Potter franchise.
he’s a terrible person that did some good things. that’s it
The Good-
2:00 He Saved Harry From Quirell
3:28 He introduced Lily to The Wizarding World
4:45 He tried to save the Potters
7:05 He risked his life to be a triple agent
9:36 His unwavering love for Lily
The Bad-
0:51 He Tortured Neville
2:55 He Called Lily a Mudblood
4:01 He told Voldemort The Prophecy
5:29 He sent Sirius to his death
8:37 He had an unfair prejudice against Harry
1:00 Snape was cruel to Neville for this reason: if Voldemort had chosen to go after Neville rather than Harry, Lily would still be alive. To Snape, Neville was a living reminder and representation of his guilt from revealing the prophecy to Voldemort and the potential alternative for what could've happened, and as a result, from Snape's point of view, Neville embodied all of this and that made him detest and bully him.
Thats not a good justification at all, Snape was the one who told Voldemort about the prophecy first of all and none of that was Neville's fault. If that is true Snape is a horrid person who deserved to die.
@@JohnCena-ew1mf Yeah I know. When Snape soon heard about Neville's boggart he treated him even worse than he usually did
Snape said, "Life isn't fair." Right, Snape, right. And Harry and Neville know absolutely NOTHING about life being unfair, now would they? They both lost their parents, because of Voldemort, and have been relentlessly bullied and taunted not just by you, Snape, but also your little band of sniveling snakes! Harry had to live with people who cared NOTHING about him, and Neville's parents didn't even know anymore who their own son was!
So, yeah, Snape. These two boys know nothing about life being unfair. I rest my case.
5:29 if snape had never told the order about the deparment of mysteries and that harry said sirius was in danger harry, ron hermione luna,neville and ginny would have all died. sirius never had to go to the department of mysteries
Snape is all gray man... HE IS SO CONFUSING OMG
Friend : Lupin is so well written he’s my favorite by a landslide. Who’s yours?
Me: snape
Friend: after all this time
Me: always
"He tried to save the Potters"
He tried to save ✨Lily✨
He didn't care if Harry and James died, only that Lily lived.
Does "hide them hide them all" mean nothing to you?
@@rubenmanukyan9337 He only cared about Lily, yes in the movies he said hide them all, but in the books he only said to hide Lily, which disgusted Dumbledore.
@@maggied363 Dumbledore even said: You disgut me, leave
Then he protected ALL them with Fidellius
exactly
So? Why he should care a scumbag that bullied him for no reason and stole the love of his life?!
What ya’ll say, you can’t deny that his backstory is one of the most heartbreaking yet heartwarming in this series’s.
A guy is sad that his crush doesn't want to be with him, because he hangs out with people who discriminate her. He later calls her a racial slur and joins a group that actively wants her dead. Only changes sides when, because of his actions, she is put on a personal kill list of his leader.
Truly heartwarming.
@@mibo250401 apart from being his crush, she was his only friend remember, and he had a lot of backstory apart from that shit lmao
I agree but there was so much more character who had really really heartbreaking back stories but they still manage not to be horrible people, like Minerva McGonagall, Remus Lupin, Sirius Black, Luna who's mother died in front of her (AND HARRY POTTER WHOLE ENTIRE LIFE IS HEARTBREAKING FOR GOD'S SAKE)
@@notshubhransh It’s true about Lily being his best friend.
But everything else about his backstory was done better with other characters and so disqualifies (for me) from being “the most heartwarming and heartbreaking”.
You want a character that didn’t have a great home and managed not to be a terrible human being, you’ve got Harry and Neville (Grandma Longbottom was a badass but she played a big role in Neville’s insecurities) and even another Slytherin, Regulus Black.
You want a character that was bullied throughout school and managed not to be a terrible human being? Again, Neville and Harry.
I’m not invalidating his backstory, but those elements he shares with others were done better, and his individual (that I listed) are not great.
Not saying it’s not sad, but definitely not “the most heartwarming and heartbreaking”.
i deny
Loved this vid... even though I just began watching it.
Just wanted to make a point. I think one of his worst things was bullying Neville. Some people defend this saying he is doing it because Neville could have been the chosen therefore lily wouldn’t die. I think this is no argument as there is no reason for bullying a child and this could mean he would never have switch sides. Last thing could we have a studio tour.
Snape is my favorite character but I agree the bullying of Neville was pretty hard to read, bc he unfairly targeted him I think even more then Harry. And then when Neville performed better when Snape wasn’t there rly shows how much Snape destroyed his confidence
I'm not really sure about my argument but I think Snape treat all the student the same as he treat Neville except Slytherin students. But Neville took it harder than every student therefore he is really scary of Snape that make him his bogart. I mean in school we have at least one teacher that we really scary of, as why his bogart not Bellatrix but Snape it was because he still a baby when his parents got tortured and probably he couldn't remember clearly.
@@user-tv8qo7mv8g Disagreed. Snape clearly targeted Neville more than any student.
Is it possible he was just trying to make Neville grow a pair for his own good? Especially if he knows there's a war coming with lots of evil people about to do much worse things.
Imo Sirius literally almost killing snape by sending him to a werewolf lupin is worse than what snape did to Sirius leading up to his death as the intentions were totally different. Sirius never even apologized to snape as he couldn’t have cared less whether he survived or didn’t. I can understand why snape continued his hatred for Sirius into adulthood, he almost lost his life because of him
exactly, the fact than ppl forget about snape's past which lead him to become the bad person. that past also included james and sirius bullying him. not everyone overcomes their past without having scars and traces of that.
@@vidushisharma4875 and on top of that, in the books James dies at a very young age of 21. In the movies James, lily, and snape look MUCH older than they would be in the books. So the likeliness of James learning from his mistakes and changing his messed up ways are pretty slim. Also because of this, Snape wasn’t given a ton of time to grow up and forgive James and Sirius like you would think if you only watched the movies
@@mori4532 true I just have problem with him bullying Harry.. i know it's all the grudge against James. But i wish both Harry and Snape had some connection at the end in book.
@@vidushisharma4875 i completely agree with you. Bullying fucks you up. Sometimes its not only about forgetting and forgiving. I love how Snape is so perfectly human in the books. He’s one of my favorites.
@@cerealandbeer exactly. also i feel like snape would have be much different if only he had someone who would love and listen to his feelings. lily was the only one he really cared about cuz she was the only one who actually was nice to him in the past
Snape is the perfect grey character and also possibly the most relatable character in the entire series .... His true and deep love for Lily made him risk so much that he basically had to become a highly skilled wizard almost on par with the levels of Dumbledore and Voldemort .... yet he was not above petty human emotions such as jealousy and hatred ..... His conflicting treatments of Harry reflects that as Harry reminded him of both his love for Lily and his hatred for James at the same time ..... Such a great character played superbly by the great Alan Rickman .... For us Potterheads, Alan Rickman will "Always" be Severus Snape .....
I actually think Snape is good. Regardless of all the bad stuff he did he always ensured Harry’s safety and we all know why that was important.
He’s a good hero but a bad person.
Like say a guy cures cancer then punches a puppy. You owe him a respect but he also punched a puppy. Add ten extra good points then you have Snape.
Yeah
I think he’s more bad, he’s on the good side when it’s comes to Dumbledore vs Voldemort, but he’s a bad teacher and shouldn’t bully Harry and Neville.
@@rainbow_slayz someone commented earlier saying that he’s just had a crappy childhood and made bad decisions. I don’t know this just my opinion.
Because he was obsessed with Lily. Just because he did ONE good thing doesn’t mean he’s good at all
Honestly I thought of Snape as a good guy because I saw the movies first before being able to get the books and yeah there is quite a difference between them.
Movie: I was fascinated by Alan Rickman's portrayal of Snape
Books: Not really a good or bad person more like an immature adult who can't let go of the past. especially grudges....
Yes same, I watched the movies first and was able to forgive Snape and feel bad for him and even thought that James was the villian but then I started reading the books (I am halfway through the fourth currently) and honestly he's too horrible in his ways of bullying Harry and Neville while James actually matured and stopped his bullying in the end
Literally how I feel.
@BTB designZ I don't see how him joining the death eater makes him a bad person? He was an abused and traumatized child that also got bullied in school (hell Sirius nearly killed him). He is the "perfect victim" to join a sect.
@@damonle7221 See I always saw it more as seeking revenge than being a good person.
Snape really didn't have anything to live for by the time the books started.
He had few if any friends, he was in a gray area where no one was sure if he was Death Eater or spy. He lead Slytherin House and very obviously favoured them.
And Lily, the woman he obsessed over, was killed by his boss.
He finds out Voldemort is still alive and that Harry is the only one who can kill the noseless bastard.
Snape could have been doing things for good reasons, he truly could have, but considering how much disdain and anger he held towards Harry I see it more as if Harry survives then Voldemort dies. i.e. the guy who killed Lily dies.
Which is if anything, an act of selfishness than an act of good. It just so happens that it helps a lot of people too.
as a person who both watch and read the books I agree with you.there is a lot of difference
So technically Snape sent Sirius to his death was kinda a revenge. When they were in their school days, Sirius sent Snape to his death at the Shrieking shack (to get killed by fully transformed werewolf, that is Lupin) which James later saves him.
I don’t think he anticipated Sirius getting himself killed, to be fair.
@@MrSean24601 nor did Sirius!
Siruis was a stupid kid who probably figured Snape wouldn't even make it past the whomping willow. Snape was an adult man who let a comrade die because of ancient history from high school.
As Dumbledore said Sirius should not have taken the mocking seriously.
@@JohnCena-ew1mf by this logic it’s also his fault tonks and moody got hurt. They also went to the department of mysteries on his info and ended up getting hurt as a result. If he didn’t then they would have been fine, but Harry and all the kids would likely be dead. His actions ultimately saved them.
Besides these are fully grown adults, they all signed up to fight, and knew the risks. He didn’t force any of them to go. It’s not like he lured any of them into a trap. He didn’t know anymore than they did what was going to happen.
Frankly Harry is more responsible for what happened to Sirius. If he had never gone to the department of mysteries in the first place then nobody would have needed to come and rescue him.
Just because Harry, in part due to his existing prejudice against Snape, was willing to blame him for it does not mean he was right to.
"A good act does not wash out the bad, nor a bad act the good. Each should have its own reward" -Stannis Baratheon
Life of Fred and George
"You have your mother's eyes"
Stop it...my eyes got water-y
Literally though...
@HQ Don't ruin the sadness!!
@HQ ikr, that was probably one of the best quotes in the books, but They dont Even have the same eyes in the movies.
@HQ It's Okay, just never try making me happy lol
@HQ OOOOWWWW THAT HURT
guys biggest ever harry potter plothole:
*lilys eyes are brown*
😂
FUUUUUUUU-
the movies aren’t canon
Basically, Daniel Radcliffe didn't have Lily's eyes, so he had to wear contacts. Found out that Daniel was allergic, but technically they have the same eyes
Tbh I wouldn't really call it a "petty childhood rivalry" James sirius tormented snape his whole time at hogwarts. Shit like that leaves wounds that never heal
They bullied him because he was a creep who was obsessed with the dark arts and hung out with death eaters. I would bully someone too if they were a nazi. Not to mention he was the one who started it all by insulting James for wanting to be in Gryffindor.
@@JohnCena-ew1mf No, it was james who said he would better return instead of being put in Slytherin or something along those lines when he heard snape telling lily that he would like her to be in Slytherin too in the train. James started it all first
@@irai_nesanOfThamizhOrigin That wasn't a personal insult unlike Snape who said James would rather be brawny then brainey, he basically called him stupid. So no, Snape started it.
@@JohnCena-ew1mf Again, no. Snape didn't said james rather be brawny than brainy. He said Gryffindor had brawns while Slytherin had brains (of course that isn't totally true as Ravenclaw excels in brains than any other house) so that isn't a personal insult either. Also I don't know how james didn't started it first while he was the one to interrupt the conversation snape and lily were having without being invited and talk down on the house snape was saying he would like to be in
Still doesn't justify his actions. He probably knew sirius was innocent but still kept silent about it and instead he was going to send him to dementors.
Snape will "always" be our favorite character........rest in peace Alan Rickman
not me lol
@@ninjaroblox7454 I bet you think Petunia had an excuse of what she did to Harry 🤡
@@hashimhussain5566 nope i dont
@@ninjaroblox7454 ok
first statment is incorrct but ur second one was correct
I just finished Harry Potter deathly hallows part 2 for like the 7th time since the start of this year AND I CRIED AT HIS DEATH AGAIN 😭😭😭😭
Sameee
@@tedkajtalli5392 lol same here im planning to read them until i die
Whether you hate or love him, you have to admit. Snape did not deserve to die the way he did. He deserved redemption fully than the redemption he got. He also deserved to live longer. Rest in peace to both Severus Snape and Alan Rickman who acted Snape's character so perfectly no one could outdo it. ❤
Two scenes I’ve always found very interesting to show the difference between umbridge and snape are the scene in Prisoner where snape puts his students behind him to protect them, and the other scene being in order where umbridge puts her students in front of her using them as shields. These two scenes really demonstrated to me Snapes true character.
Only in the movies tho, the one in Prisoner I mean
Yes. To clarify, Snape didn't save the kids in POA (the book) because he was still unconscious from the force of the expelliarmus which, again in the book, was cast simultaneously by all three children and not just Harry. Snape was a far nastier character in the book than in the movies. There were several incidents either played down or completely omitted. One notable one, for me, was the gratuitous insult to Hermione Granger in fourth year. Harry and Draco were fighting, their stray hexes hit Goyle and Hermione respectively. While Snape sent Goyle straight to the hospital wing, his response to Harry's enquiry about Hermione (whose teeth had grown down to her collarbone by this point) was that he could see no difference. At this point Hermione had done nothing wrong. While it is human to be petty and selfish (as another commentor has pointed out) perhaps he should not have been in charge of children.
@@kyleethekelt Very much so! I couldn't stand how he treated the kids, I believe that was where he did NOT know when or how to draw the line.
I think Snape is a mean good guy he's not evil just a bully
He acts like a bully.
He himself asks dumbledore not to tell anyone
He may have been one of the good guys but he was not a good person
@@dennisdebro5444 true but IMO he wasn't really bad either
The comments get more cancerous the more I scroll
I'm on Chapter 14 of The Goblet of Fire, and Snape just made Neville butcher dozens of boxes full of live horned toads, so Hermione has to teach Neville a scrubbing spell to get the guts out from under his fingernails. Fuck that shit.
this is why snape is my favourite character, he has so much character development, and has so many details and sides to him that we dont immediately see.
Personally, Snape is my favourite character, his story is so deep and interesting.
The Prince's tale just changed him for me.
Here's what I think-
I used to hate Snape, with a burning passion. I hated the way he was so biased with the students- especially with Harry and Neville. I thought it was creepy how he loved Lily that long, even after she got married to James. After watching this though- I'm not sure. The way he was a spy for Dumbledore was amazing- it would take a very skilled wizard to do that- which he was. However, the way you said he was driven by his love for his childhood friend- who is *dead*- rubbed off in the wrong way or me. I feel very undecided at the moment. I used to just hate him, and that was that, but I suppose you really do have to look at both sides. I will call myself a neutral Snape person for the moment.
I'm confused that you think the moment people die you stop loving them. Did you never lose someone in you life? I mean good for you but that is just not how feelings work.
cool nice cool nice.
@@ducklingscap897 She didn't say that she said that it was a little creepy that he still loved Lily even after she got married and died.
@@riajace2517 I think so too
@Carmen L. OMg We have the same name!
Plzz do life of Fred and George
CAUSE I LOVE THEM
PLZZ.. 🙏🙏
@@izzakashif1023 Really.. Ok
But life of Fred and George
@@izzakashif1023 I want him to do a video on it badly..
@@izzakashif1023 but fred and George are better than draco
@@SigmundOrthodoxy true
Excellent video, it proves that shape was grey and that he wasn’t obsessed with lily in a bad way.
i love your videos, and the amount of work you put into them is truly amazing. thank you for the phenominal content.
Are you a bad person
Snape:Well yes but acually no
He’s half and half his dad’s a muggle mam’s a witch bit of an nasty shock for he’s dad when he found out
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I read this in an Irish accent 😂
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I'll never understand why Voldemort wasn't mad at Snape for stopping him getting the stone at Halloween
It was explained in the books, Snape lied and said that he didn’t know that Voldemort was possessing quirrel
@@shabeinabanu7153 didn't remember that part.
@@SimonaShine the first chapter of half blood prince
It’s explained in the books (half blood prince). Severus said that he didn’t know Voldemort was possessing him. He said he thought that Quirrell wanted to get the stone for himself.
I’m now rereading HP for the third time. To me the book version of Snape I have neutral feelings for because while the truth of his actions were revealed and redeemed, there were things that were unnecessary that he did that’s to me is almost straight up unforgivable. Yes I agree, he’s better than Umbridge HANDS DOWN. I don’t hate him but not the biggest fan of him. However, when I was Alan Rickman play him, I actually enjoy and care for Snape to better understand his character. Tbh Snape is both bad and good and constantly fights both sides of himself
It also helps that movie Snape is a better person.
This can be seen where he tries to protect the kids from Werewolf Lupin.
Movie Snape is a significantly better person than book Snape.
Harry: Can you stop?
Snape: Sir!
Harry: There is no need to call me sir, Snape.
I choked on my fucking tea 🤣
Ikr
It was "theres no need to call me sir, PROFESSOR"
I’m 8 don’t say bad words
Snape is the most interesting character in Harry Potter imo.
But personally I think hes good
No that honour goes to Tom the barman, the true hero
@@ghgn776 Same.
People who like Snape are blinded by nostalgia and love for Alan Rickman, which isn't a bad thing.
But the movie version of Snape is very different from the book version of Snape and I feel like people don't realize that.
Yeah book snape and movie snape are two different people. Book snape is absolutely awful and nothing will ever make me like him. Movie snape on the other hand wasn’t nearly as terrible as book snape
@@jaydas8976 I prefer book snape tbh
@@jaydas8976 Books snape a freaking incel
Snape was a good person who made all the wrong choices. He can be immature, acting like a child at points, but deep down he did this for love
The first sentence fits for all the bad guys, even Noseless Voldy...
@@hanantkm Not... really. This is what I remember: Voldemort was concieved on a love potion and is incapable of love. He tortured children at his orphanage when he was a child. When Dumbledore met him; he immediately sensed something was wrong with him.
Snape is more complex than that, i don't think the terms "good" or "bad" are enough to describe him. His love for Lily (which verges on creepy obsession) was really the only reason he decided to defect from the Death eaters.
He didn’t bully kids for love
Snape didnt love lily he was obssesed with her since they were little kids lily never loved snape and did he care about that? He was a creep watching her play with a hungry expression on his face called her a mudblood the single most pffensive thing you can say to a muggleborn even after she got married and had A CHILD!
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may god bless you always
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I understand that Snape loved Lily and that's why he was "good," but he still had absolutely no reason to be terrible to Harry, and other students, as a teacher.
Dumbledore should NOT have indulged him when his was unkind to students. If he were flat out told that bullying would not be tolerated and he knew Dumbledore ment business his behavior would have improved.
Know one can no
@@moodyzah5368 Dude was a grown adult.
If he can't handle his mental illness enough to not bully children under his care then he shouldn't be near children.
@@fairystail1 exactly
@@johnjohnsten4158
Supposedly, Dumbledore did it because some lessons need to be learned the hard way, like dealing with a bad teacher. It also probably made Snape's role as a Deatheater--which was vital to the war effort--that much more believable, but I agree Snape took it way too far, especially rubbing Sirius and James' past detentions in Harry's face when Harry was more than likely still mourning Sirius. I understand he was upset that Harry almost killed Draco, but he should have told Harry the truth about the book and told him to never use Sectumsempra again, maybe even forced Harry to destroy the book and tell the truth to Slughorn, anything but psychological abuse.
I personally think that snape thought that since he was “saving” harry potter and his student gave him the right to bully them, it honestly sounds like a snape thing to do
Snape, Snape, Severus Snape
He is a legendary man
His role was played perfectly by none other
Than Alan Rickman!
He has such a complex story
But his lovely memory
Made us all understand, that the legendary character, Snape
Was stronger and braver, that sellotape!
I am very poetic :)
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hey, have you read the fanfiction “all the young dudes”? Its about the marauders, its amazing I really recommend!
Does it include Severus being treated like shit?
If so, then I'll pass and burn it.
@@GiGoNeGro not really, i mean Severus is bullied by james and sirius. But its bearable. Im a big fan of snape and the marauders. The story is amazing. I really reccomend to just start reading and then see if you like it. Severus is a side character, the whole thing is about the marauders+lily, marlene and mary, from lupins perspective
@@ameliabzdel7616 i wanted to ask who is marlene??
I read harry potter 2 3 years ago so i forgot if its mentioned in it or not!
@@ameliabzdel7616 I read a book like that, but a different one.
Nevertheless, I'll pass just not burn.
Even a small mention of Severus being treated like shit will hurt me.
Yes I have and I also recommend reading a fanfic called ‘the marauders’ by pengiwen on wattpad. In my opinion it’s so good that it beats all the young dudes. In this one snape is more of a main character and it has pov’s for basically everyone from lily, Remus, Sirius, James, Peter, snape, regulus and some other fan favourites. The plot is amazing and the characters are written so accurately and obviously WOLFSTAR 🥰🥰! It’s a lot longer than all the young dudes but it is so worth it and interesting. The character of snape is done really well in it too and they don’t paint any character a simple black and white instead everyone falls somewhere in the grey spectrum
I can't think of anybody except Alan Rickman playing severus snape
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Snape: Turn to page three hundred and N I N E T Y F O U R
Yes, it's pretty much standard Harry Potter knowledge that that's the number Snape is often associated with! 😅🤣
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The Debate I and my bestie always have. She believe snape was the Worst, I say he was bad but there have been worse characters in HP.
lmao who's her favorite character, lemme guess Dumbledore ? Ha
@@notshubhransh not really. I think she likes Harry? But I don’t really know. ( we don’t really agree on much when it comes to Harry Potter, except the fact that Ginny and Harry made the worst decision while naming their children) Maybe the twins. Definitely not hermione. But what about you?
@@whimsical7003 agreed, they shouldn't have named their children like after someone, like they could have used their beloved one's names as a middle name or some shit,
I don't have a favorite
@@adyashamohanty5753 see. I thought so.
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