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i love the idea of rodolphus wanting sirius, not bellatrix. he was so beautiful, could almost be mistaken for a girl in certain lights... but alas, he was clearly a man with that behavior of his, and rodolphus had respect for men. he would watch, leave a comment perhaps, but no more.

And I wanted to ask you something about Voldemort's dynamic with Snape. Because he obviously does not actually want to kill Snape and even discusses it with Nagini. He also tried sparing lily 3 times only because snape asked, which is VERY different from the voldemort we all know.

So, my question is, why do you think voldemort cared so much for snape in a certain way (we never really see him act this way with other DE's) ? Like, even his most loyal and high ranking DE's (Bellatrix and Lucius) are made fun of in front of the other DE (and they all laugh at them), but Voldemort is never condescending toward him like that. Also, when Bellatrix tried to make Snape seem untrustworthy to Voldemort, he would have none of it and didn't buy into Bellatrix's (true) suspicions.

Also, the link I put in this ask shows Nagini sort of caring about Snape, and Nagini has Voldemort's soul inside her.

Honestly, I think this is a difficult question to answer because we actually don’t know anything truly personal about Snape and Voldemort’s relationship. We don’t know why Voldemort regarded Snape so highly — only that he did, because the text shows us again and again that he did. That lack of information leaves a lot of room for interpretation.

Something I’ve always wondered about is the fact that, in the books, the only wizards known to fly unaided are Snape and Voldemort. Why only them? This would have been an incredibly useful ability for the other Death Eaters to possess, so why wasn’t it shared? The implication seems to be that this kind of magic is either extraordinarily difficult, deeply personal, or intentionally reserved — and that Voldemort trusted or respected Snape enough to allow him access to it.

There is also the matter of intellectual equality. Voldemort does not seek companionship, but he does recognise competence. Snape’s mastery of Occlumency alone places him in a category almost entirely separate from other Death Eaters. We don’t know if any of the other death eaters are able to perform occlumency. The fact that Snape can block Voldemort’s mind — even partially — without Voldemort realising suggests a level of magical sophistication that Voldemort cannot dismiss, even if he thinks Snape is using it against Dumbledore rather than him. Teaching Snape flight, or allowing him access to similarly advanced magic, may have been less about generosity and more about acknowledgement: Voldemort recognising that Snape is capable of understanding and executing magic at his level.

Your point about Voldemort confiding in Nagini and justifying his decision to kill Snape is especially interesting. Voldemort almost never has to justify his actions to anyone, yet here he does — and not only that, he explicitly states that he regrets having to kill Snape. That alone suggests that whatever Voldemort felt toward Snape, those feelings were unusually strong. This wasn’t just the disposal of a servant; it was the loss of something valuable.

There are so many unanswered questions. Why did Snape join the Death Eaters in the first place? Was it one defining factor, or a culmination of many smaller ones? How did he come into contact with Voldemort? What were the circumstances that led to that first meeting? And what exactly was their relationship like during the First Wizarding War? Voldemort was willing to spare Lily at Snape’s request — something he would almost never do — which suggests that Snape was already highly regarded long before the events of the series.

My personal opinion — and I’d genuinely love to hear other interpretations — is that Snape reminded Voldemort of himself. Both were half-bloods sorted into Slytherin, both were raised in the Muggle world, both resented Dumbledore at that point in their lives, and both were exceptionally clever — often more so than the pure-bloods who believed themselves superior.

Snape was inventing spells and improving potions while he was still a student at Hogwarts. His knowledge of the Dark Arts was extensive, and he never shied away from it. He defended himself, refused to back down, and consistently proved that blood status had nothing to do with ability. These are all traits Voldemort would have recognised immediately, because they were the same traits he valued in himself. Snape proved himself valuable.

This may also explain why Voldemort treats Snape less as a disposable servant and more as an investment. He protects him when others fall out of favour. He listens to him. He regrets killing him. Voldemort is not capable of affection in the conventional sense, but he is capable of valuation. Snape is valuable not only because he is useful, but because he confirms Voldemort’s self-image as exceptional, justified, and right.

Snape met Voldemort’s expectations — and then exceeded them. Someone like that is not easy to come by, especially within a group built on inherited status rather than earned power. In Snape, Voldemort found a half-blood who outperformed the pure-bloods, challenged him intellectually, and validated his own belief that greatness was something you proved, not something you were born into. And for someone like Voldemort, that kind of reflection — that kind of success — would have been impossible to ignore.

This anon is so desperate to make them closer than they actually were. Snape delivered a prophecy that Voldemort thought was life-saving, and he didn't even need to do it. He voluntarily did it! He wasn't tasked or anything. The least Voldemort could have done was to try to spare Lily, who was a Muggleborn, yes, but also very young and not particularly important. It would have cost him nothing to spare her, and he still killed her! He didn't keep his word. He could have stunned her but his promise to Snape (who had saved his life, remember?) mattered so little to him he still killed her for no reason at all.

Do they not realise how demotivating it would be for a Death Eater to deliver something so significant involuntarily and for the Dark Lord to not even fulfill a simple request? Voldemort always talks about how he rewards his followers but he humoured Snape, nothing more. The fact that he agreed to spare Lily for about five seconds before killing her anyway just shows how meaningless Snape's plea was to him.

Snape gave Voldemort something extraordinary and he did it voluntarily, devotion on a silver platter! Snape's one request, the smallest, most impersonal request imaginable, was ignored. Voldemort couldn't even keep a simple promise that would have cost him nothing, and to someone like Snape, who was already rejected and humiliated by everyone and found belonging among the Death Eaters, that moment would have been shattering. It would have made him realise he didn't belong there either. He must have realised, right then, that he could pour his soul into serving Voldemort, risk everything, and still be discarded like rubbish, and he was right.

Years later, at his death, Voldemort does it again. In his eyes, Snape spent decades collecting information and proving more useful than every other Death Eater, but he still kills him for the Elder Wand despite knowing murder wasn't necessary to win its allegiance. He knew Dumbledore won it without ever killing Grindelwald, but he still kills Snape on a whim, not even trying to spare him, and why?

it seemed more prudent to finish them all.

Full circle.

we never really see him act this way with other DE's

He rescued Bellatrix from the Ministry and squandered two years of careful planning to remain secret, for no reason but to save her from temporary imprisonment even though he didn't need her for anything until he freed everyone else who was captured. Not to mention that the Dementors were under his control at that time and he deliberately prolonged rescuing everyone else, probably just to punish them. What made Bellatrix so special that Voldemort didn't lift a finger to grant Snape's request for sparing Lily, a tiny, harmless mercy after he delivered a lifesaving prophecy, but destroyed two years of planning to rescue one woman?

Why does nobody ever question Voldemort's murder of Snape when he knew Dumbledore didn't have to kill Grindelwald to win the wand? Voldemort knew Grindelwald was once the master of the Elder Wand. He knew Dumbledore defeated him and locked him in a prison. He was also fully aware that the Wand was now Dumbledore's. Voldemort never thought murder was the only way to win the allegiance of the Elder Wand and he had two expert wandmakers as his prisoners who would have confirmed this.

Voldemort knew he didn't need to kill Snape to win the allegiance of the Elder Wand but he did it anyway because he never trusted him. This thread is woven subtly but intricately through the books. Even after he killed Dumbledore, Voldemort used Legilimency on Snape when he was giving him information:

'Saturday... at nightfall, repeated Voldemort. His red eyes fastened upon Snape's black ones with such intensity that some of the watchers looked away, apparently fearful that they themselves would be scorched by the ferocity of the gaze. Snape, however, looked calmly back into Voldemort's face and, after a moment or two, Voldemort's lipless mouth curved into something like a smile.

Bellatrix in Spinner's End had information that only Voldemort, Snape, and Harry knew (the Philosopher's Stone and Snape becoming an obstacle) as LV didn't mention it in the graveyard, which clearly indicates they had a discussion about him where he shared his mistrust of him with her but they both reached different conclusions. Since Bellatrix escaped Azkaban six months after Snape rejoined Voldemort, it's obvious he was still not sure of his loyalty.

'A hundred reasons!" she said loudly, striding out from behind the sofa to slam her glass upon the table. Where to start! Where were you when the Dark Lord fell? Why did you never make any attempt to find him when he vanished? What have you been doing all these years that you've lived in Dumbledore's pocket? Why did you stop the Dark Lord procuring the Philosopher's Stone? Why did you not return at once when the Dark Lord was reborn? Where were you a few weeks ago, when we battled to retrieve the prophecy for the Dark Lord? And why, Snape, is Harry Potter still alive, when you have had him at your mercy for five years?'

LV also sent Wormtail to Snape's house, who according to Snape liked to eavesdrop all the time. He was clearly sent as a spy by Voldemort to keep an eye on Snape.

'Really? I was under the impression that the Dark Lord placed you here to assist me.

'My apologies, said Snape. 'He has lately taken to listening at doors, I don't know what he means by it... you were saying, Narcissa?'

Voldemort clearly saw the Elder Wand as an opportunity to finally get rid of Snape. He even told him that although he is talented, he is no longer that valuable to him.

my Lord, their resistance is crumbling -'

- and it is doing so without your help, said Voldemort, in his high, clear voice. 'Skilled wizard though you are, Severus, I do not think you will make much difference now. We are almost there... almost.'

He was seeing it as a gamble from the start. Snape, if truly loyal, could prove very valuable and useful to Voldemort with his talents and inside information. Yet, if not (i.e canon) he could risk a lot, but he probably underestimated the damage Snape could cause if he wasn't loyal.

There's also a very strange claim going around, usually perpetrated by some Snape fans, that Voldemort was fond of Snape when the books never imply such a thing. His murder of Snape leaves that completely unambiguous.

'I regret it,' said Voldemort coldly.

He turned away; there was no sadness in him, no remorse. It was time to leave this shack and take charge, with a wand that would now do his full bidding. He pointed it at the starry cage holding the snake, which drifted upwards, off Snape, who fell sideways on to the floor, blood gushing from the wounds in his neck. Voldemort swept from the room without a backwards glance, and the great serpent floated after him in its huge protective sphere.

He's really twisting the knife here with the cold 'I regret it', followed immediately by his own declaration of his true feelings in his own mind: there was no sadness in him, no remorse.

Imagine being Bellatrix and watching that same half blood arrive late to their meeting and yet still get the exclusive spot right next to Voldemort, be forgiven for your disloyalty and work for Dumbledore AND has the smug and the audacity to know they can't do shit without angering Voldy. Holy fuck, no wonder she didn't like the guy — I wouldn't either!

Also, Severus didn't have to get his hands dirty because that was never his job! His job was to be a spy and he "grinded" a lot for it. I wish anon would read Spinner's End because it's obvious Severus has provided extremely useful information to Voldemort. That's even before he kills Dumbledore and tells Voldemort when they'd transfer Harry. He was easily the most useful of the bunch in Voldemort's eyes. Also, he wasn't "late" but nearly late. Yaxley was late too.

I wouldn't be surprised if Lucius never killed anyone either. Even Bellatrix herself wasn't sent on the kinds of missions that required taking people out despite being a soldier. She wasn't there when Dumbledore died and she wasn't involved in the series of crimes that happened in HBP. Speaking of Dumbledore, Severus literally killed Dumbledore in the eyes of the DEs, so I'm once again wondering what this anon is even talking about?

This is for archival purposes. Block, report, don't harass, all that.

Omg yes!! Honestly, we're all misogynists deep down. At least people like us own up to it instead of pretending otherwise lmao. It's so freeing to no longer care about being labeled a misogynist.

Women are just such so weird. They only exist to ruin all our ships when we just want to see boys kissssss.

Omg yes!! Honestly, we're all misogynists deep down. At least people like us own up to it instead of pretending otherwise lmao. It's so freeing to no longer care about being labeled a misogynist.