Severus Snape - Fanlore

Severus Snape is the potions master at Hogwarts and one of Harry Potter's teachers in the Harry Potter books. He has been a somewhat contentious fan-favorite since the first book was published. Although Harry was always hostile to him within the books, fan speculation on Snape's true loyalties was rampant and occasioned many theories, fanworks, and flame wars. Although Snape's attractiveness is described very negatively in the book, he was often perceived as having a certain sexual magnetism, by fans.^[1]

In later books, as Snape's difficult childhood and adolescence became canon, some fans aligned themselves against characters who were hostile to Snape in canon, like James Potter. The penultimate book left Snape's status extremely unclear, and some theorists felt that the final book did not live up to their hopes. (See also EWE.)

Shipping

The main Snape ships are somewhat controversial--Harry/Snape and Snape/Hermione, both pairings with a significant age difference. Some fans enjoy these pairings only when the younger party had graduated, or grown older, whereas other fans explored the pairing during the time-period depicted in the books. (See also chan.)

Notable Snape-centric Fanworks

Fanfiction

• Blood Magic by Gateway Girl (Gen)
• The Other Side of Darkness by Abby (Snape/Hermione)
• Snape: The Home Fries Nazi by Pir8fancier (Snape/Harry)
• The Tea Series by Telanu (Snape/Harry)
• Tyger! Tyger! by Bloodcult of Freud (Snape/Hermione)

Fanart

• Hogwart's Staff on Holiday by ildi
• More Gently the Second Time by Rex Luscus NOT WORK SAFE
• Professor Snape by BlackMe
• Severus Snape, Sex God by chicxulub

Fanvids

• In Exchange for Your Tomorrows by lim
• Maneater by jarrow, a crackalicious Snarry vid

References

1. ↑ If I put the snapewives here, is that unfair?