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- thread proving that Severus Snape actually cared about Harry throughout the whole series because I’m tired of Snape slander -
1. When Professor Quirrell jinxed Harry’s broom Snape tried to counter curse it and when his robe is lit on fire he pushes the guy behind him into Quirrell
2. Snape threatened Quirrell afterwards
3. In Chamber of Secrets when Harry was accused of petrifying Filches cat, Snape stands up for him and the others
4. In Prisoner of Azkaban Snape teaches a lesson on werewolves, which leads hermione to figure out what Lupin is
5. In Prisoner of Azkaban Snape sees on the m map that Harry is in the womping willow with Sirius and Lupin who hadn’t taken his potion and comes to rescue them, he also uses himself to protect them from Lupin and after carried Harry and Sirius back to hogwarts on stretchers :)
6. Teaches Harry Occlumency to fight against Voldemort, and I know this is a big scene proving snape hated Harry because of James, but I think he was using James as a means to rile Harry up like Voldemort would have done, teaching him to clear his head in all situations
7. Protects Harry when he’s hiding in Dumbledores office so the death eaters don’t find him and kill him
8. “you risk your life everyday to protect the boy” PERIODT.
9. knocked out the death eaters behind him so they wouldn’t attack the students, McGonagall and Harry
10. he got angry at Dumbledore when he found out Harry has to die
11. He sent his patronus to Harry in the forest which led him to the sword of Gryffindor
12. Snape knew that the Elder wand didn’t belong to him, that was was Dracos because Draco disarmed Dumbledore, but because the wand rejecting Voldemort could save Harry’s life when they battled, he died protecting that secret
OK NOW I HAVE A THEORY HEAR ME OUT obvious Snape was like ... a whole horrible person to Harry majority of the time. But my theory is Snape wasn’t stupid, he would’ve realized that the body was missing when Voldemort was “killed” by Harry, and Dumbledore himself told Snape
that the dark lord would return. I believe that in order to protect Harry Snape channeled all his hatred for James into him. So if or when Voldemort returned and Snape went to his side as a spy, when Voldemort used legilimency on him all he would see was hatred and Snape being
a bad person.... it was so much easier to hate Harry and protect both snapes mind and Harrys existence then get all up and personal, lovey dovey with him. Snape was an essential part of penetrating the death eaters. He couldn’t be close with the boy who lived..
BUTTTTTT when Snape was dying, the last thing he does is tell Harry to look at him. It’s because he doesn’t have to continue to see the James in Harry and hate him. Instead he lets himself finally see Lily’s eyes, and lets the hatred go, because he has nothing to hide and protect
and all of you hating Snape literally just proves he did everything right, because when Snape agrees to protect Harry he says “no one can know” and Dumbledore dead ass says “so I can never reveal the best of you Severus, when you risk your life everyday to protect the boy?”
