oh lord, here we go.
first of all, i have never in my life defended severus’ actions towards his students. what he said was absolutely unacceptable, and by all accounts he should have been punished for it.
however, i daresay that cruel comments are on a completely fuckin different level than, you know, stripping someone in front of half the school?
potter had absolutely no reason to treat severus the way he did. he said it himself- it’s “because he exists”.
i would go as far to say that potter is, in part, responsible for severus’ adult personality. now again, this is by no means me defending severus. explainations are not excuses.
that said! having been bullied myself, and having known many people who were also bullied, i can say from personal experience that such experiences change someone.
severus came from an unhealthy home to begin with. he was never taught how to properly handle anger and negative emotions. potter, on the other hand, was said to be raised by loving, wonderful parents. see where i’m going with this?
now then, severus came to hogwarts. he thought he would be safe there, and he was thrilled to finally be amongst people like himself. instead of being accepted, however, he found himself the target (or one of many) of “”””pranks”””” (as your fandom likes to call them) that could be argued as sexual assault and attempted murder. so i think it’s pretty fuckin fair to see why severus became the bitter person he was as an adult.
oh, and speaking of adult!severus…what of adult actions?
as an adult, severus spent half his life protecting the wizarding world. he himself would admit that he grew to genuinely care for other people. while he was cruel to his students, he did not permanently scar them, and without him riddle may not have been defeated.
it’s harder to compare potter as an adult since he’s, you know, dead, but what we DO know is that he continued hexing severus behind lily’s back, and that the only evidence for his so-called maturity comes from black, who still acts like a fucking child. yes, potter died for his wife and son, and of course he gets points for that, but i would personally expect that sort of behaviour from any father.
oh- and as a side note? potter’s actions towards severus aren’t the only reason i hate him. if you recall, he treated lily as a prize to be won, used her best friend as leverage to get a date when she refused to go out with him, and if i recall, he threatened to hex her when she stood up for severus. potter was just a shitty fucking person.
now get out of my inbox and have a nice fucking day.
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