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they are one of the smallest birds on this planet and coincidentally their scientific name is Regulus.

Hey Anon!

Thank you so much for this ask ❤️ I really enjoyed writing these and I'm shocked how many Snapes I've had as teachers 😅

Hope you like them!

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• Snape is one of those teachers who should have gone into research or the "industry" rather than teaching students basic potions

• He expects students to prepare the material and classes before hand

• He never uses a book and doesn't follow a curriculum each year (does anyone at Hogwarts?)

• He prefers quiet students in class as long as they can follow his instructions

• Likes to randomly test the student's knowledge... Like the classic "If I wake you up at 3 AM, will you be able to tell me where to find a bezoar?"

• Enjoys picking students he knows won't be able to give the correct answer

• Refuses to let students go to the bathroom during class simply because he can

• Explains the theory once and then expects students to understand it

• Says he encourages students to ask questions, but if they do, he mocks them

• Is an absolute d**k as a teacher because he would never admit that some students are actually good (no one is as good as him)

• The majority of his lessons are hands on

• Has a bit of a Jekyll and Hyde thing going on once he enters the class room (I once met a teacher who was the sweetest lady in the teacher's lounge but the meanest old hag when she was around children, that  kind of reminds me of Snape)

• Doesn't actually have favorite students

• Is awkward around students that actually like his lessons (doesn't know how to take compliments)

• Never greets any students in the hallway, even if they say hi first

• Some students called him by his first name on a dare and all of them got detention for a week (don't ask what happened to the student who accidentally called him mum)

• Likes his NEWT classes most and actually does really cool high-level potions stuff with them

• Actually always gives a helping hand to his colleagues and is respected for his craft

• Is a night owl. Spends hours after work studying different areas of magic

What do you think would happen if james went to snape and apologised

I know it wouldn't happen but would snape accept it? ✨✨

Hey Anon! 

Sorry for the late reply. I think I reworked my answer more than three times by now because it drifted off into endless theories. 

I re-read Snape’s Worst Memory and The Prince’s Tale a couple of times, and the more I come to think about it, I lean towards saying that the only point in time where an apology could possibly have made the slightest difference is literally on their first train ride to Hogwarts. 

The scene in the compartment already shows why their rivalry turns out the way it turns out. In my opinion, the dialogue provides us with the essence of their characters and the dynamics at play. They have this innocent little argument about which house they want to be sorted into. 

Severus and James come from the opposite ends of the spectrum, and Severus lets out some opinions you would have thought to hear from a member of a Sacred Twenty Eight. James is a proud Gryffindor; he only joins the conversation when he overhears Snape ‘coax’ Lily into joining Slytherin. 

He says, "Who wants to be in Slytherin? I think I'd leave, wouldn't you?" 

In my opinion, this translates to 'I couldn’t be friends with a Slytherin'. Also, I think this is a pretty cute move to convince Lily to join them as she seems undecided. 

Sirius is in an awkward situation here. He could have easily defended his family’s house and said something like not all Slytherins are bad people, but instead, he offers James the possibility that they could stay friends and that he may be sorted into a different house. Severus, on the other hand, continues to mock Gryffindors and calls them brawny. 

What happens now is important for the course of the story. The battle lines are drawn, and then an interesting dynamic comes into play in which James and Sirius egg  each other on and focus all their energy on Severus. They form a sort of unit, like a pack. 

I think Sirius is actually a key factor in Severus' and James' severed relationship and one of the reasons why it is almost impossible for Snape to take an apology from James alone. Because Sirius and James fuse like a family in the years to come, their actions become so interlocked until it all culminates in 'the Prank'. 

Right there in the compartment, when Sirius says, "Where're you hoping to go, seeing as you're neither?", James could have intervened and apologised (also on Sirius’ behalf) and maybe they could have agreed to disagree right there and then and it would have 'smoothed things out'. 

Because, I think, for Snape, later in time, it wouldn’t be enough to just utter an apology; even if it came from all of the marauders. I think he wants actions to follow words, and for that to happen, they would somehow have to show him they meant it. Lupin is a prime example in PoA for why this is nearly impossible. 

U r loved btw 💙

Hey Anon! 

Aww, how do I deserve this?! This ask made me super happy 😊 Please feel free to always come back and chat/discuss/rant about HP! 

Remus is one of my favorite characters and I have sooo many headcanons. So here’s how I read him... *I'm sorry if this is very long and incoherent*

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With Remus it always struck me just how embarrassed he seems of his condition. He hid it when he was a child, inventing all sorts of excuses why he was absent a few days of the month and continued to hide it when he was an adult. When he’s older he blames society for the shame he feels, but as a child unless he experience rejection from other kids before, I believe this is learned behavior or something he’s been taught by his parents. 

I headcanon that his father was the biggest factor for Remus’ shame. I feel Lyall loved his son, but was probably embarrassed of the fact that his child was a werewolf and/or that he often had cuts and bruises he felt the need to excuse in front of others. And I think that his father’s shame subconsciously transferred onto Remus. 

After Hogwarts, Remus moved out of his parents’ home knowing that it would be harder to support himself than for any of his friends. I headcanon he just wanted to be away to not feel like a burden to his family anymore. Not only does he leave his parents, but he’s also away from his friends, who always supported him. Left without any support system, Remus became volatile and his disease became his best friend. 

In these moments he’s a danger to himself. He just sees himself as unlovable, unwanted, a monster. I headcanon he never leads a steady life. Unsteady homes, unsteady relationships, unsteady mind. He just goes from “Life is good and I like human relationships” to “I need to cut all ties and deserve to live in solitude forever” from one day to the next. And then he can literally just “vanish”. 

I think he always tries to not let people close enough to actually care about them because if he does care, he desperately wants to be liked by them. This shows in his relationship with Tonks. She’s the first one he actually let close enough to care and it’s all good until Tonks hints at a committed relationship. 

Remus unambiguously told her in HBP that he doesn’t want to a relationship (his arguments aside) and he probably told her before but in that moment while everyone was watching and encouraging him, he didn’t want to be the bad man and upset her in front of all those people.

He could have talked to her once they were alone, but instead they just seemed to follow through and he went on to marry her shortly after. He has trouble doing the right thing when it's uncomfortable to do so. Funnily, he's very aware of that because he said that he didn't hold back James and Sirius as much as he should have.

I think he desperately wants to be the good guy and show the world that despite the disease he deserves some humanity. But he feels this pressure to appear "functioning" all the time like there is nothing wrong with him in order to be a valid member of society.

I'm absolutely unhappy about the allegory of lycanthropy and stigmatized diseases like HIV because it creates this predator parallel. Actually, I always thought lycanthropy works kind of like rabies, s.t. it is a magical virus that spreats only through bites and breaks out in flare ups, i.e. every fullmoon and it programs the brain of the host to bite as many people as possible in order to propagate.

So it's important to separate the person from the disease because when he's not turned Remus is literally a normal person. Then again when he's turned he IS dangerous and should be kept in a safe place.

I think Remus carries a lot of responsibility to always ensure he takes his medicine and/or is save during the fullmoon. But I'm not sure if this can always be expected from him. Because people do forget and maybe lycanthropy comes with a certain "phobia" of medicines or a reckless behavioral pattern towards fullmoon. And I think that if you let him around other people during the fullmoon you also have to double check if all precautions are in place.

The werewolf incident during POA shows that pretty clearly. Why does no one check he took the potion and why does nobody check he's locked up in his office?

Anyway, I think the incident shook Remus and I think he would have resigned even if Snape hadn't spilled his secret. But it's wrong to blame the incident solely on him.

I headcanon that Remus developed an alcohol problem to cope with his transformations because he doesn't have access to medication outside of Hogwarts and uses it to drown any pain and kind of "shoot the lights out" before he transforms.

I think this combination makes him absolutely impossible to handle at times because it combines the worst of the diseases.

The scene where he attacks Harry at Grimmauld Place scared me. And I think Remus knows he has this lethal anger in him which is where the lines between man and werewolf blur in his mind and he cannot distinguish between himself and his disease.

What do they talk about and I cant help but

wonder if sirius and snape argues

Hi Anon!

Thank you for asking. I really liked your question ❤️

I would have loved to get a canonical glimpse into one of their meetings, but then again I already have a ton of headcanons myself.

I'll split this ask into two parts: my order meetings headcanons and then Sirius'  and Severus' relationship

This will be a long one, so read below the cut.

Hi Anon,

Oh yes!  I'm so here for that!

I mean not just charms but why not modify the wand in any way they want? Not just girls obviously.

The wand is already such a personal item. Not because you carry it with you all the time but because it chose you and was fashioned to suit your abilities.

• Make special wand pockets or straps

• Plaster it with stickers

• Craft a special handle for it

• Attach a "key chain" to it

• Integrate a wand into a walking stick like lucius or an umbrella like Hagrid

Seriously, wizards don't do enough adaptions to their wands!

(non romantic)

Hey Anon!

Thank you so much for this ask ❤️.

For this prompt I've decided to imagine a student whose favorite subject is potions but who is shy in class and has trouble speaking publicly or presenting their ideas.

Because let's face it, he's a socially awkward mess and really no good to anyone struggling with this themselves.

I hope you enjoy these 😊

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• Despite never raising their hand or presenting their solutions, Snape is sufficiently skilled at legilimency to know that they are always coming up with the right answer

• He does not understand why someone who is otherwise skilled at a subject might not want to share their ideas

• He tried to get them to present to the class in an attempt to help them build up their confidence, but cannot see how that has the opposite effect

• Since potions is their favorite subject, they work very hard nonetheless and even practice to present their homework although they know they might never overcome their anxiety

• Snape can never show praise or affection, but rewards their efforts with points and marks accordingly so they know Snape acknowledged their effort and it makes them feel validated

• Being one of Snape's favorite students means more to them than the recognition from any other teacher because he only values those who can excel in class

• They get to occasionally borrow books from Snape's private collection, which they treat like the apple of their eye

• This is Snape's love language. They may never hear that they mean a lot to him, but he'll go "here's a resource or a piece of information that I think you need. I won't tell you the answer to your problem, but with this you'll get there eventually."

• Snape only takes those he deems "worthy enough" under their wing and it makes you feel appreciated

• Despite being rather quiet in his adult years, Snape was never a shy teenager himself (quite the contrary)  but he prefers a shy Slytherin over a bragging Gryffindor

• They take great pride in their house and Snape will give them extra points if they perform well in extracurricula activities

• Snape sometimes mirrors his father's unhealthy relationship with fatherhood and leaves those he cares about struggling for validation as he did as a child

• He's not very good at finding the right words to say and sometimes the truth comes out way too harsh

• Snape knows them well and will prove it to them from time to time. He remembers the smallest of details about them, because he felt his father never cared about him

• This is also his greatest weapon against them should they fall out of his favor

• It's hard to get in his favor and building a relationship feels like one step forward and two steps back

• Most of the time he realises he's hurt someone when it's much too late and the damage is done

• Nevertheless, he'll always try to guide those he wants to protect into the right direction (as subtle as possible)

• He'll make them feel confident without feeling the need to become more extroverted or changing the way they are but still encourages them to improve their skills

Hi Anon,

Thank you for the ask!

I really love this kind of questions because it leaves so much room for missing moments and headcanons ❤️

We don't actually have evidence that any student ever stayed at Hogwarts over the summer break, so I kind of filled the void with my own headcanons.

I have this headcanon that Hogwarts has a type of "rule" that all the students need to return home or at least leave the castle for the summer break in order to "recharge" or "maintain" the magic of the castle (both literally and metaphorically).

I think the summer break is where "adult" stuff happens at Hogwarts and where it's most unglamorous.

• The houses elves come out to clean every corner of the castle

• There will be no feasts or food conjured onto the house tables but a small table in the middle of the room

• The teachers just hang out on the grounds in their comfortable clothes

• Some shops at Hogdmeade close for the summer break

• Some teachers go on holiday, do research, go on missions, do a hobby or just whatever they cannot do while teaching or while children are around (make of that what you will)

• Everything is just quiet and calmer than usual and most villagers and teachers enjoy time alone in the castle

That is why I think that Dumbledore wouldn't want any child to stay at Hogwarts over the summer because it would be like "ruining" the magic for them. Plus, he probably needs the summer breaks to pull some strings and/or hunt horcruxes, hire new DADA teachers, found secret societies, and all the ominous Dumbledore stuff.

But I think that he'd make sure the child has somewhere to stay, even if it's the most distantly related person somewhere in the Outer Hebrides.