Severus Snape's Father.

Severus Snape's father.

Tobias Snape was likely a veteran.

Tobias Snape was born early 1920s and was probably 14-19 years old when ww2 started in 1939.

The war lasted from 1939 to 1945, in which time Tobias definitely made it into the 18 to 41 age range at which british men were conscripted.

He spent at least 2 years as a soldier.

He came back and 15 years later he had Severus Snape.

Tobias might've dealt with PTSD and possibly drank quite a lot. He was definitely not a very pleasant man as it was hinted that he abused his wife and was neglectful towards Severus.

In my mind, Snape grew up with a extremely toxic masculine influence in his father and it made him afraid to show vulnerability and be himself openly.

Snape probably hates being called just Snape because that's what his dad was called and that's why he insists on be called Professor Snape.

Snape likely doesn't like the smell of muggle alcohol and doesn't like to drink too much. If he ever struggled with alcoholism he probably beat himself up all the time with 'i am just like my abusive father' thinking.

He dislikes violence and avoids raising his voice because it reminds him of his father. He never wants to be like his father.

I think Tobias likely had a 'you will never be worth anything' sort of thing towards Severus and that's what gave him the determination to prove himself to get back at his father. His father might be one of the reasons why Severus Snape is a Slytherin.

Can someone recommend me a Snape fic where he has a kid?

I like to imagine that Snape comes homes, flings his teaching robes across the room and pulls on an oodie. 😂

@potion-daddy You inspired this.

Snep.

Please reblog this it took me 10+ hours

But before he could finish this jinx, excruciating pain hit Harry; he keeled over in the grass. Someone was screaming, he would surely die of this agony, Snape was going to torture him to death or madness —

“No!” roared Snape’s voice and the pain stopped as suddenly as it had started; Harry lay curled on the dark grass, clutching his wand and panting; somewhere overhead Snape was shouting, “Have you forgotten our orders? Potter belongs to the Dark Lord — we are to leave him! Go! Go!”

But this is a very visceral reaction. Harry starts howling in excruciating pain, and Snape reacts instinctively: he roars "No!" immediately. And there he was telling Dumbledore that he didn’t care for Harry?

me: hey it kind of sucks that snape got brutally murdered via snake and i don’t think he deserved to have the most vicious and painful death of the series

some bozo the clown crawling out of the gutter: ACTUALLY brutal murder is fine as long as it’s happening to a character i don’t like. how dare you be have any sympathy for snape at all. he deserved to be drawn and quartered for having the gall to *checks hand* be a mean teacher and make terrible life decisions as a young adult.