i think despite the terrible decisions he made in his life, child severus snape would be in awe of, and be really pleased with how his adult self turned out. this was a kid who stumbled over his words, got easily flustered and was described as awkward and twitchy. severus snape as an adult is intimidating, impressive, glides about the castle in his billowing robes, and strikes fear into the hearts of anyone who tries to cross him. he's also an extremely talented wizard in his own right. contrary to popular belief, i also don't think he seemed too much bothered about what people think of him - a feature most people want or respect. for all the fandom can talk on how much his life must have sucked, it appears, at least to me, that he wasn't as downtrodden as everyone thinks. there's this persistent resoluteness and fearlessness to him. i think about his conversation with dumbledore after the yule ball often. he doesn't say much, but the way he speaks so matter-of-factly about karkaroff and the invetible return of voldemort. it clearly never occured to him to even hesitate. if anyone wants to know what kind of man he was, just look at that scene.
there are countless characters in harry potter that would never, could never do what severus snape did, let alone unflinchingly. it's very admirable, and you wonder why harry named his child after him.
