Snape/Lily
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| Pairing | |
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| Pairing: | Severus Snape/Lily Potter, née Evans |
| Alternative name(s): | Snily, Snevans, Snape/Lily, Severus/Lily, SS/LE, S.S. Clichéd, S.S. Always |
| Gender category: | m/f, het |
| Fandom: | Harry Potter |
| Canonical?: | semi-canon (unrequited feelings on Snape's side) |
| Prevalence: | common |
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Snape/Lily is the Harry Potter pairing involving Severus Snape and Lily Evans, Harry's mother.
It was revealed in Deathly Hallows that Snape had been in love with Lily since childhood, and that she was the reason he became a spy against Voldemort.
Canon Relationship
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Ship History
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Fanworks
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Fanfiction
Doujinshi
- Spacewalk (2002)
Fanart
- Darkside by acidbetta
- In the morning light by acidbetta
- The Prince's Tale by acidbetta
- HP: Severus and Lily by anamoar
- Snape and Lily by andrahilde
- Lily and Severus by auroreblackcat
- love in the corridors by deeterhi
- Best friends? - DeathlyHallows by ellaine
- I wish... by ellaine
- The Winner...-Deathly Hallows by ellaine
- Oh cheer up, Snapey. by Elf-in-mirror
- Always by ereya
- Don't You Ever Smile? by ereya
- Snape and Lily BFF by greendesire
- herbology by hammysaurus
- Lily Snape by henny-ann
- You're My Best Friend by hilarity
- Orange Crush by inkvine
- Always by irisclaymore
- KIRIBAN can't lose you again by irisclaymore
- Severus and Lily by irisclaymore
- The first snow by j-vidanova
- Falling between the cracks by Jula9669
- In your dreams, somewhere by kabukiaku
- **Shipping intensifies by kabukiaku
- Heeeeeeey by KatArtIllustrations
- Sev and Lily by KatArtIllustrations
- After all this time? by KhamomealTea
- Best friends -HP SPOILERS- by kyla79
- Severus and Lily by kyla79
- Snape and Lily by kyla79
- Unrequited Love -HP7 SPOILER- by kyla79
- IF by ligea
- The Note +Lily and Snape+ by Linnpuzzle
- Severus and Lily by MarinaMichkina
- Immortal love by MINI-GEMINI
- Summer break by MINI-GEMINI
- Bewitched - Snape-Lily by miraxterrik
- Always by NaNinna
- Severus and Lily by nena211
- It's been a while by Ostrze
- Potions Class by pearlippe
- A Love of Reading by philotic-net
- Sunlight by Pojypojy
- Always by rawenna
- Heaven by rawenna
- Fire in the Night by rawenna
- snow by rawenna
- Trick or treat by rawenna
- Wedding of a dream by rawenna
- His Reason To Live by sarumanka
- Lily and Severus by Sbi96
- Always by Shiroiyuki3
- Dawn of a New Day by Shiroiyuki3
- First Kiss by Shiroiyuki3
- Haunted, unfinished by Shiroiyuki3
- Torn by Shiroiyuki3
- The Way We Were by Shiroiyuki3
- What Could Have Been by Shiroiyuki3
- fanart100: If experimental by STracyArt
- If things had gone differently toerning
- Snily by TrollGirl
- Birthday Present by Tsuki-Yue
- His Happiness by Tsuki-Yue
- Maybe in Another Life...(finished) by Tsuki-Yue
- Snily by Tsuki-Yue
- Snily II Finished by Tsuki-Yue
- Snily IV by Tsuki-Yue
- That's beautiful, Severus...(finished) by Tsuki-Yue
- You are my Best Friend, Severus (finished) by Tsuki-Yue
- Beautiful memory with you by violetleegee
- Sev and lily by violetleegee
- The Accolade by Vizen
- A stolen moment by Zwerg
Multimedia
- By Any Other Name, fic and art by Didodikali (2002)
Meta
- Rose Among the Briar by amberdiceless at ship_manifesto (Oct 2004)
Art Gallery
Snape and Lily by alfalyr (2011) – Snape seeing Lily alive in the Mirror of Erised, a common theme in Snape/Lily fanart
The Deathly Hallows by Artemissia-G (2007)
Snape and Lily Artemissia-G (2007)
Snily equals ALWAYS by blackpassionninja101 (2011)
Lily and Snape by Paola Cabrera (2013)
Lily Evans and Severus Snape by Ebsie (2011)
Just try me by frodobolson72 (2007) - fanart of the fic "By Any Other Name" by Didodikali
Lily and the Odd Boy Next Door by INGGO (2016)
Severus and Lily by IrenHorrors (2015)
Snape and Lily by JattGoi (2023)
Severus and Lily by KarlaFrazetty (2010)
Snape and Lily by laizzerysnape (2019)
L for LOVE! by Laviko (2018)
L is for Lily II by Laviko (2019) – fanart for a Russian fanfic
Leave him alone! by Laviko (2019) - Lily defending Snape from James Potter's bullying
Mistletoe by Laviko (2019)
The Ship in the Woods by Laviko (2019)
Sometimes it's so hard to confess love by Laviko (2019)
Lantern light by Lily-fox, 2011. "Snape and Lily Evans smoochin' in some courtyard."
Snape and Lily by Lucy—chan (2007)
"Snape Lily Snitch" by Marquise, 2008 or earlier. (This is commonly shared as Snape/Hermione art, as Hermione and Lily are commonly confused in art with Snape.)
SnapexLili by MushiMorrison (2017)
Casual Farewell by RandomMumble (2011)
Snape Mourns by ShatteredSwords (2009) – Snape holding a lily, an allusion to his enduring love
What Might Have Been... by ShatteredSwords (2008)
Snape and Lily by soulfinder90 (2019)
Separate Lives by snapesnogger (2005) - Early fanart made before the release of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows
Snape/Lily Communities
- A Very Horrible Idea, a Snape/Lily fansite (2003–present)
- Ephemeral, a LiveJournal community and fanlisting
- snevans on LiveJournal (founded Aug 2005)
- Dark Flowers (Severus/Remus/Lily and combinations thereof)
- Silverdoe Fic Fest (2011)
- S.S. Cliched, later S.S. Always at FictionAlley Park
Links & Resources
- Lily Evans Potter/Severus Snape tag at Archive of Our Own
- [Severus S., Lily Evans P.] pairing filter at FanFiction.Net
- p: lily evans/severus snape tag at crack_broom