Harry Potter Challenge: Day 16

Your favourite professor

Professor Snape. Of course, he wouldn't be any fun as a teacher if I was Harry or Neville, but I'm not either of them, and, really, he's hilarious and an excelent potions maker. Actually, when you think about it, he really wasn't that bad to Harry. When you reread the books with his perspective, you realize that most of the mean things he did were to protect the children. For example, in book 3, when he went to face a werewolf and a - supposedly - Death Eater because he thought they were in danger. He is, as Harry puts it, "the bravest man I've ever known".

Snape did not live a happy life: he lived in an abusive household and had no friends besides Lilly. He joined Slytherin and embraced those who would later become the Death Eaters - all because he wanted to feel accepted. He, and only he, was responsible for the loss of Lily, and he could never live with that -  but he had to live, to protect an irresponsible boy who's the spitting image of his father.

'After all this time?'

'Always,' said Snape.

Random unrequited fact: I have the lyrics of Always by Bon Jovi tatooed on my left shoulder. This is not only to show how much I love Bon Jovi, but also Harry Potter. As it turns out, the lyrics of the song fit perfectly for Snape, as if it had been written for him.

Like the Romeo from the song, Snape bleeds on the inside; since Lilly left, he's been drowning in a (metaphorical) flood - he's always been a fighter, but without Lilly he can't live. He will always love Lilly, forever and a day, always. Snape's memories in the pensieve show something that made them laugh, something that made them cry, and something that made her say goodbye. Of course, he respects Lily's decision, but he wants her to understand that he made mistakes because  he's just a man. When he sees James holding Lilly, he wishes it was him, for he will always love her. He's able to cry for her - he would die for her - or her son, in this case. There's no price he wouldn't pay to tell her that he'll love her 'till the stars don't shine, 'till the heavens burst and the words don't rhyme... and when he dies, she's the last thought on his mind.