I wrote this the day the news broke that Alan Rickman had passed away.

There’s a great trope in Harry Potter fanfiction that calls all Slytherins Snape’s children. It’s not wrong. He taught us that we aren’t evil but interesting, he taught us that we could be ourselves, he taught us that courage was so much more than the absence of fear and our experiences were only part of our narrative and that it was our job to own and control it. Even the The Queen Herself hated us, belittled us and reviled us he showed us a better way, and he did it with a wicked sense of humor and some of he best vocal comedic timing ever.

I dunno this one i’m feeling even more than Bowie and Lemmy, because this man’s performances were my ‘Heroes’ and ‘Ace of Spades’ and his final one, a smile with grace and dignity while he battled cancer. That’s one of the most telling, iconic and flawless perfomances he ever gave.

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