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Ultra Thin Lines

refuse to portray teenage Severus as a perfect, utterly helpless victim who was left not knowing what to do against four repulsive bullies, because no, Severus Snape was not a perfect victim. Severus Snape was half-muggle and had grown up surrounded by violence and poverty in a working-class neighbourhood where he had probably seen horrible things, and he had far more street sense than people like to admit. He knew —because this is something you learn in those environments— that if someone hits you, you hit back, and if they try to push you around, you’re allowed to push back six times harder.