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Oh, I LOVE the name.

Most people have a problem with the 'Severus' part, and I feel that Harry naming his son after Severus Snape, his bully and arguably the most grey-est character in the series, summarises Harry's character so well.

My boy is the most forgiving person in the entire series. During the last duel he even asked Voldemort, who was the literal enemy, to feel remorse so he would not die (i don't have the books on me currently to quote it verbatim)

Harry Potter is a coming of age story. There's a great reddit thread i once read which pointed out that Dumbledore and Snape have so many parallels. Both were haunted by their guilt because in their youth they took the dark part because of a girl and then later in their life worked selflessly to repent.

Since the starting of the series, Harry sees Dumbledore as the "right" figure, and Snape as an "evil" figure.

Later in the story, during DH, Harry finds stuff about Dumbledore which tarnishes his holy figure and Harry puts him off the pedestal. Similarly, Harry finds stuff about Snape which lightens his dark image.

There's a reason the epilogue was Albus' first day of school. Not James. Not Lily. But Albus.

Albus Severus shows the growth Harry had made. It shows Harry understands the world is not divided between "good" and "bad". Between professors wearing white robes and has twinkling eyes and professors wearing dark robes and has haunting eyes.

So those who say "Harry would never name his son after Severus Snape." Do not understand Harry's character at all.

What do you think?

I mean, I fall on the Manipulative Dumbledore side of the house, so, I feel like my opinion’s easily extrapolated from that.

That said, I don’t think Dumbledore thinks of himself solely as a chess master. He acknowledges he does this, yes, but he does so for what he believes are moral purposes and for the greater good of society. If you were to ask Dumbledore, he probably would say that he has a deep, personal, connection to Harry Potter and sees him as a grandson, doesn’t stop him from grooming him for suicide. He’d say that he was very fond of the Potters, was very close with them, even though their recruitment into the Order at such a young age was... not exactly kosher.

Which makes this question complicated.

Dumbledore very much uses Snape as a pawn, just as he does everyone else in his life. The difference is that Snape is a witting pawn, he gets to see the man behind the curtain more often than not. Snape to me is a bit like Dumbledore’s Dirty Harry, because he’s int he know and competent, he gets to perform the unsavory tasks that must be done.

Dumbledore also uses the life debt Snape never should have owed James Potter against him as well as his guilt and grief over Lily. He places him in a poisition that Snape actively doesn’t like and, well, pretty much condemns him to death when he has Snape kill him in Draco’s stead. Either the Order or Voldemort himself were going to kill Snape one of those days, and eventually Voldemort did.

However, I think if you asked Dumbledore, he would say that Severus is a close confidante and a friend found in surprising places. I imagine he views Snape as a complicated man, one who made poor choices fueled by rage in his youth, and now is walking the rocky path to redemption with Dumbledore’s help. Yes, Snape has to do all the awful jobs, but somebody has to do it and Dumbledore knows Snape won’t buckle under the pressure.

I doubt Dumbledore would claim he’s Snape’s found family, he might see himself as a kind of father figure for Snape but more in the sense that he’s a male, older, authority figure Snape can turn to for guidance. I think he’d be more likely to label them as friends.

Yes, Albus pretends nonchalance, but that is also another punishment tool for Snape who Albus knows desperately craves approval and affection. Here is the thing: Dumbledore is an emotionally intelligent person and hence he must be able to truly see Snape's suffering- afterall Dumbledore had gone through very similar circumstances himself. But instead of trying to forge a connection through their shared experiences, Albus chooses to remain emotionally aloof from Snape. That is what is needed for the war. Albus and Severus do not deserve/cannot afford nice things like healing and emotional intimacy if the war needs to be won.

There is a twisted sense of possessiveness in there too: I am living out this self-imposed punishment of austerity, guilt and isolation and so will you for the rest of your life/ I get to decide your moral framework and how "good" you are allowed to become/ This is our deal: I give you scraps of half-truths and you do everything I say without question. I will not give any genuine affection because this is our punishment and this is what we deserve.

but i just never drew it

uh so here we go with some sketches

I learned to ski when i was little cause my mother insisted, and I really loved it. she learned when she was a kid because she just lived around a bunch of mountains

so lets just pretend Lily and Severus grew up somewhere with diverse terrain and also learned together as children

skiing has definitely earned the reputation of being a rich people sport/activity, and modernly I think ski lodges have a lot of nerve to charge what they do, but I never really saw it as rich people exclusive because of my mother

however, James certainly does it as a rich-people-sport

Lily and Sev reap the benefits of his bank account 1000%

A first year spending the weekend in the common room. I’m sure he had a lot of free time, but it couldn’t have been entirely filled with potions, right? I liked just staring at things when I was a kid, cause what else do bored kids do?

Wip - let’s hide under the covers

cleaning out my gallery so here's some old HP doodles/wips I'll never finish:

1) snape's gang

2&3) snily

4) snape and the malfoys

5&6) snape beating avery at chess

7) baby sev

8) severus' grudge journal

9) severus and narcissa