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@Harry Potter Theory I have a request. Would you do a comparison video comparing the wizards of Middle Earth to the wizards of harry potter plz? Which is better? Like strengths and power levels. It be a good video theory to try out.
@banu prakash also wasn't it the school teacher who created the prophecy? you could say it was because of her that they targeted harry, i dont think its fair to say its because of snape just because he got it, any other death eater would've taken that place.
From the moment Snape turned spy for Dumbledore, he was never loyal to Voldemort. Even Harry admitted it. Snape did not turn double agent just because of Lily and Harry. He found out that Harry would have to die over a year before The Battle of Hogwarts, and he still remained loyal to Dumbledore. In the words of Rowling herself, “he died to save the wizarding world.” You can’t label a person who would do that as evil. Sure he may not have been a golden boy, but he wasn’t all bad. People can be more than one thing at different times, and people can also change. Snape was a death eater, but he changed. He turned spy, and the important thing to remember is that he turned spy *before* Voldemort fell. The great thing about Snape’s character is that he was human. He wasn’t 100% good, but he also wasn’t 100% bad. Very few people are all good or all bad. As Sirius said, “we’ve all got both light and dark inside of us. What matters is the part we choose to act on.” For the last 16 years of his life, Snape chose to act on the good more than the bad.
Severus Snape is one of the most redeemable characters in all of literature. I've never known another character who was despised so much by so many but who turned out to be so good and so loved in the end. And Alan Rickman played him marvelously!
You have to keep in mind that a lot of people didn’t read the books and only watched the movies. So yes, a lot of people didn’t truly understood the meaning. 😊
@@blslunita i only watched the movies and got it perfectly fine people just need to open there ears if we are being honest the scene itself before he says it makes it pretty obvisous
@@karanparmar4754 But they do, like how james wouldn't have wanted Peter Pettigrew to be killed. How even though he hated Snape he saved him from death. His character had flaws like any character with depth and he grew out of them. That's why Lily fell for him.
@@karanparmar4754 well to be fair he kinda was an asshole, him and snape represent a classic highschool bully and a nerd scenario where the bully becomes very successful and gets the girl in the end
@@vdj18.64 except in the classic bully and nerd story, the bully doesn’t change to get the girl and the nerd typically doesn’t fight back. Whereas both are untrue in this version.
I think another reason why Dumbledore was both shocked and moved to tears, is because this shows that not only Snape still loves Lily, he still hasn't accepted her death. It became clear at that moment that Snape would never be able to proces it and would never be able to move on. In a way, it weren't just the Potter's lifes that were ended that day, Snape died as well, though his body and mind kept going on.
Best thing that happened in HP... being it in the series or in the movies. This scene, this one right here managed to sum up one of the most complex and intricate characters in all of the entertainment industry. Truly beautiful!
I really agree. This scene was phenomenal, both in the book and the film. It made Dumbledore more human and gave Snape a soul. I always thought it was fitting that we found out Dumbledore was not the saint that Harry had turned him into in his mind and that Snape was more than the demon Harry saw him as at the same time.
@@sailorscorpio27 of course great character development because you hate him for 6 books in a row especially after he killed Dumbledore and then in one chapter your believes turn upside down. You find that Severus was loyal to Dumbledore, all he did they were parts of a plan and he truly loved Lily
Did anyone else realize that Lily parroted that word in the next scene as Harry uses the Stone of Resurrection to recall his loved ones? Harry: "will you stay with me?" Lily: "Always."
I have a silly headcanon where Severus and Lily may have hooked up a few times, so he thought he still had a chance with her. Especially when Voldemort told Lily to stand aside (probably Snape's request). He probably still thought they could have a relationship.
@@akchanneltv4084 yeah, typically it's rather obvious that characters say words if you have the sense of hearing, thank you for the sarcasm. I meant more the implication and implicit intention of the statement, the plot oddity it addresses that she's married to James and he is physically standing right next to her yet still mirroring the undying love of Severus, and the very short yet very definable ambiguity that was thrown into the absolution about her choice to marry James instead of reconciling her differences with Severus. I figured as an active listener, those questions might have jumped out at others, too, but (obviously) not everyone has the processing power to put meaning beyond the spoken word.
@@emilycurtis4398 It makes me wonder how the series would have changed if Voldemort had spared Lilly. After all he could easily have pushed her aside with a spell, but instead he chose to kill her. What would Snape have done if Voldemort had presented him with the unconscious body of the woman he loved?
I feel like people are confusing the fact that Dumbledore already knew that Snape loved Lily. The commentator brought up the point that there is a controversy with the fact that Dumbledore wouldn't have entrusted Snape if he had doubted his love for Lily. Dumbledore wasn't shocked by the mere fact that Snape loved Lily, but by the fact that he still loved Lily at that moment with a depth that shouldn't exist for the amount of time Snape was separated from her. It was at that moment Dumbledore truly understood that he wasn't protecting Harry out of obligation to a past lover, but out of a much more powerful, deep love for Lily that has never wavered in strength.
This. People say in the comments "I of course knew that he meant his love for Lily". Well duh, but why should he question that? You provide the most accurate and concise explanation, kudos.
Yes, exactly! Unlike most people in this comment section, you're keen and quick in understanding things on many angles. The most logical and accurate explanation. Salute🎉
I feel badly for Snape. Loving somebody so deeply and knowing they Don't Love you back is the most horrible feeling. And having that person die knowing they loved someone else is horrible. And carrying that love throughout the years. Snape was a broken man. A flawed man. If anybody in this world can relate to one character in the movie it has to be Snape. He's a normal vulnerable and flawed man. No matter how masculine we want to be we can't hide the fact that we are all vulnerable and flawed. We'd be lying to ourselves to say anything different.
That "always" is mi favorite single word that a character has said, i can literally feel a lifetime of unrecognize sacrifice for love in his voice. One word, but is so deep.
Does anyone notice that he has that Snape voice. I know he doesn't sound like Alan Rickman. However, it has that same vibe. If you get what I mean. RIP Alan Rickman
Exactly. He wasn’t surprised he still loved Lilly. He was surprised that after all this time his love was still strong enough to produce the doe. It hadn’t faded an ounce.
The fact that Snape loved Lily even before he caught wind of what love was is... beyond description. His simpleness shapes his complexity, his complexity honors his soul.
It still hits me so hard - again and again - what Snape secretly did for all these years. In which danger he lived, how much energy it must have taken him. And how he stepped in, over and over again, over the course of all those years, to do what Lily did and lost her life for: Protect Harry.
I am alone ane lost in life today, but I re-watch it over and over again and it moves something in me, the power of true love no matter if it is fictional!!!
I agree fully. But not alone the danger he lived in, also the role of the bad one, the despised one he had to play. He was so lonely. This breaks my heart.
Easier when you don't try to love someone else because whatever memories you have magnify with each year. Unless you try to love again, that love won't go anywhere.
I can kinda feel Snape. Got that kind of special someone as well, 15 years since we last met. Never forgot, never stopped caring. Wrote her a letter when that corona sh!t proved to be here for the long run. Never got a response, can't be certain if the adress is even still correct, but still. Never will forget, never will stop caring. Some people simply can't be replaced, anybody else would feel like second choice to me. The one or none.
Every time I see Snape holding Lily like that, I just lose it and bawl... He always came across as so cold and unfeeling that when you see him have emotion and feel, it hits you hard. 🥺
Its gross...she didn't want to be friends with him because he wanted to join Voldemort and the Death Eaters who wanted to kill her and then she went into hiding from Voldemort and the Death Eaters because they wanted to kill her son. Then when she is killed and her son is almost killed sicko Snape enters her home where he would not be welcome to fondle her corpse. How is this okay? Any other day would Lily even let Snape touch her? How is okay now that she is dead?
@@maraudentium2607 Snape’s decision to join V and his followers was because like Peter Petegrew (he joined because he’d have protection by someone stronger. As he was an outcast and bullied. Until he met up with James and the other guys. After he betrayed James, Lily, and the Order.) Snape was bullied mercilessly by James, thankfully James matured over time. For Lily to fall for him. Had Snape not called her a filthy Mudblood, they’d probably still be friends. Snape hurt Lily deeply emotionally. He loved her. Said something stupid as we all do sometimes but he loved her. No excuse for his ongoing mistreatment to Harry. Yet his behavior makes sense.
Snape became a spy for Dumbledore the night he warned him the Potter family was being targeted, NOT after Lily's death. By "way forward" Dumbledore meant "way forward through grief" not "come to the Light Side and leave the cookies." In fact, Harry sees in Dumbledore's office the memory of Dumbledore telling the court that Snape turned before Voldemort's defeat and spied on him.
Not to be that guy...I saw it as him (snape) still in love with lily...my surprise is mr love (Dumbledore) not believing in eternal never changing love
Yeah but thats the point, even Dumbledore who already is completly convinced by the power of love still is impresses to the point of tears when he witnesses its full potential first hand. Snape was a true supporter of the dark lord, a full blood deatheater. And love was the reason he betrayed him and became one of the most loyal, important and selfless fighters against Voldemord. And after 17 years he still is completely driven by his love to Lilly, full heardedly supporting the complete opposit of what he used to believe in. Thats what Dumbledore is so amazed by.
Im sure that everyone can see by the way snape acts to Harry..lilys sons. A woman whom he loved..but in a way despised her son...one could say that his hate for James was that euqal ...maybe to his love for lily..its possible
@@monkeyboy275bobo8 Yes. Dumbledore was disgusted by snape at first because he asked the dark lord to spare her life for himself and he did not really think that his love for lily was truly pure. That's why he was so surprised and moved!
I took it to mean that Snape never stopped thinking about Lily. He's "always" thinking about her. She's "Always" been his happiest moment. Dumbledore is crying because he understands his friend is still grieving or at the very least hasn't moved on. At least, that's how I feel about this exchange.
When you consider this scene showing the depth of Snape's love for Lily, it really hits hard seeing his expression of anguish seeing Harry shouting at his "betrayal" of Dumbledore. It hurt him so much seeing "Lily's eyes" glare at him so accusingly.
He switched sides because he realized that Voldemort was going to kill the Potters, not simply because he had a bold change of heart. He couldn't have cared less for the well-being of James and Harry, all he wanted was to save Lily for his own, rather selfish, reasons. I think its important to also note that Snape was the one to inform Voldemort of the prophecy and was the reason Lily died in the first place. That isn't to say that he didn't redeem himself, but its really hard for me to truly forgive him because, after all, he only gave up being a real Death Eater once the life of the person HE cared about was in jeopardy and he also bullied Harry for years in his time at Hogwarts for what seems like no reason at all besides the fact that he's rather selfish. Still love his character though
@@busterman2731 True, but he did try to save other lives as well. When Duumbledore asks him how many people he has watched die he replies lately only the ones he couldn't save. When he was young he only did it for selfish reasons but he may have regretted the things he has done as a Death Eater when he grew older. He still is very vindictive and a bully but what surprises me is that he gets away with how he treats his students, neither his colleagues (headmaster + other heads of house) nor his students' parents complain directly about his behavior. So I guess bullying students is an acceptable practice.
Yes but he only did so because he knew Voldemort wouldn't honor his promise to snuff the hubby and the kid and leave Lilly alive. That's not brave that's psychopathic
I never interpreted Snape’s words other than how he still loved Lily. It was a pure, lasting love that one never loses for another, brilliantly portrayed by Alan Rickman.
This made me cry. We're still here. After all this time? Always. Potterheads after all this time? Always. That's our language. Every like is a wand raised for the prince in disguise The real hero of the story, Severus Snape. Edit: Thanks so much I've gotten like 2 likes in my life.
I loved that scene because it showed that Dumbledore, the great champion of love, could still be surprised by the depths of it. Dumbledore clearly assumed that Snape's love for Lily had waned, much like his own love for Grindelwald had. He underestimated the depth of Snape's unrequited love for Lily.
I swear this is the only time I can remember Dumbledore being brought to tears, for once not being the all-knowing wizard he is seen as and is in genuine shock at the commitment Snape had to Lily. Snape and Dumbledore have some of the greatest scenes in the series.
He also had tears in his eyes when he found out about Harry’s conversation with Scrimgeour. The latter accuses Harry of being “Dumbledore's man through and through”, which Harry confirms.
You made 1 mistake: Snape switched sides when Lily was in danger. He went to Dumbledore to beg him to hide her and (reluctantly) her husband and Harry. Then when the Potters were killed he stayed in the order of the phoenix to protect Harry in memory of Lily Potter.
he didnt go to ask Dumbledore. he went to beg him on his knees to save her from voldemort. he was in love with her since he was a kid and never stoped even when she married, had kid and a family. the fact that she died only made Snape what he is. Angry with Dumbledore cause he "failed" to protect her even when it wasnt Dumbledores fault but Peters betrayal... And he stayed in the order of the phoenix to protect harry (the kid of Lily). Did you even read the books my friend?
Eh...he betrayed Voldemort when he went to Dumbledore but Snape didn’t really switch sides until after Lily’s death...if Lily had lived or if Voldemort targeted Neville then Snape is still a Death Eater.
That was an EXTREMELY touching video. You have no idea how much this meant to me. To US. I’m sure we’re all glad you exist to bring us this beautiful content, @HarryPotterTheory. Never EVER stop.
I dont think Lily herself ever recognised the depth of Snape's love to her. She got carried away by superfluous external factors like Snape calling her mudblood. But she never considered the pain James and his friends bestowed on Snape or their bullying him. This makes Lily an easily influencable character.
Mallika Balu and Snape calling other muggleborns the same slur he used on her, and defending his friends’ bullying of a muggleborn with dark magic, and wanting to join the Death Eaters...Lily talks about how her friends didn’t understand her friendship with Snape but Lily stuck through until Snape crossed a line.
No, Lily was understanding and caring. She was a real friend. Snape was the influenced one by ditching their strong friendship for power by wanting to be a death eater. He knew Lily would never support that but he took her for granted. I think he was always getting away with asking her forgiveness when he erred. He knew she loved him at least in her own way. I think he pushed her away to James with all the dark arts nonsense. Snape had more than ordinary friendship as advantage. She disliked James. But unlike Snape, James amended his ways to please Lily but Snape kept going down the rabbit hole.
Snape calling her names when she was sticking up for him against the bullies was not superfluous external factors. They were friends and he betrayed that friendship first. James changed and became a better person and won Lily's love. Snape became a Deatheater and lost his friendship with her. Yes Snaped loved Lilly. She is the only person he has ever loved. And she is the only person that treated him with kindness.
I believe Dumbledore was surprised because the *guilt* over Ariana's death is what made Dumbledore the man who he is. Dumbledore saw parallels between himself and Snape and assumed that it is Snape's guilt over Lily's death rather than his love for Lily that is driving him to protect Harry. Unlike Dumbledore, Snape never sought a redemption.
Yes. I find it impossible to find a post about Severus Snape that doesn't have a comment about saying " it's obsession, not love". I find that really annoying.
@@morridin7766 Exactly. Everyone says that Tonk's patronus changed into a wolf, thats so sweet.. And when it comes to Severus " Nah, he is obsessed" 😏.
@@hiyori1999 Considering the fact that Lily really wasn't Snape's to love and the fact that she didn't have those feelings for him and then married someone else is the reason why Snape's feelings for her aren't viewed in a positive light. Imagine your friend is in love with a girl and she is all all he thinks about for years and years and it grows to the point where he can't love anyone other than her. He continues to love her even when she gets married and has kids with another man. Also, this girl doesn't even want to associate with your friend. In fact, she even joins an order dedicated to fighting against the group your friend is in. I think you would come to the reasonable conclusion that your friend has some unhealthy feelings for this girl. I dare think you would even say he has a bit of an obsession for her despite her constant signs that she doesn't want his love. Tonks's patronus changing to a wolf is sweet because Remus is in love with her. Snape's patronus is a doe even though Lily doesn't really want anything to do with Snape. I don't doubt that Snape was truly in love with Lily nor do I think that he was a horrible person deep down, however I do not believe he is a pleasant person by any means and its hard to forgive him for the things he has done. But what I'm really trying to say is, is it really love if its not mutual? I still really like Snape's character and think he became a better person as a whole after he decided to become driven by Love rather than Anger. But he was not a good person and his feelings for Lily weren't healthy.
Last month when I read that part in deathly hallows, somehow, I found a new meaning, which was that Snape did care for Harry, but he hid it because he didn't want to accept it, thus why he was so mean to Harry yet, he protected despite their loathing for each other when it really counted it. Not for something he was angry when Dumbledore reveled to him that Voldemort was to kill Harry, and why, when Snape had enough of Dumbledore, he continued to aid him. Sure. He loved Lily like the first day he met her, but he cared for Harry as he could see her in him.
In HBP, Lupin explains to Harry how a patronus can change after a great shock, so I think dumbledore is surprised by the fact that Snape's patronus hasn't changed after his shock. Even the world's greatest wizard who had seen everything would definitely be surprised at this.
After all his efforts for saving Harry from Lord Voldemort, at the place where the resurrection stone has revealed the dead fellows, i think Severus should be there too.
Following your logic, Dumbledore should have been there as well. But no, Harry held the memories of James, Lily, Sirius, and Remus dearly, the last two due to their close friendship with Harry's dad (and the fact that Sirius was Harry's godfather). Harry was surprised that the whole time Snape was there to keep an eye out for him, but Harry surely felt the hatred Snape had for James through his actions towards Harry.
@@miguelchristopher7234 Yeah but Harry DOES see Albus post death at King's Cross. They have their final talk. Harry never really gets the chance to speak with Snape or thank him post Snape's death.
@@miguelchristopher7234 Harry named his son Severus, he screamed at Voldemort that Snape was a good man and he made sure everybody knew and hang his portrait in head office. He also said Snape is the bravest man he'd ever known. I don't understand why he wasn't revealed there. But some say that resurrection stone chooses who shows.
@@l.n.3372 Remember that Snape had disdain for Potter, For James and for Harry. He is protecting the boy because of his love for Lily. Even if Harry wanted to speak to Snape, I doubt whatever remains of Snape in the afterlife would have wanted anything to do with Potter.
@@Yuri_xx most likely, since the original story (from the "Tale of the Three Brothers) of the resurrection stone was that it brings back anyone who you wished to meet again. Harry, at the time he confronted Voldemort at the Forbidden Forest, was still grasping the fact that Snape had worked undercover for Dumbledore. Remember, Harry had years of agony under the presence of Snape. Snape also had liked whatever torture he could do with Potter, as Snape saw James in Harry.
the man devoted his life to protect lily's son even after 17 yrs of her death, hell he died while helping harry, and still some people come and call him selfish, he wouldn't gain anything from protecting harry except risking his life, but he remained loyal to her
Yeah because lily is not there to complete snape so all he can do is just mirroring her in hopes that she would be there for him. And all lilys and james happy memories would probably be about being with each other so thats why their patronus match while snapes happy memories with lily is one sided :'(
Ouch yeah 😔😔 and some people think his patronus is a doe because he's 'obsessed'. How irritating. Even Psychology would state that Snape was someone truly in love with Lily.
I know Snape’s main reason for turning was Lily, but I like to think that he was always a good person. Regardless of his love for Lily, I never took him as the kind to be a cold blooded killer.
Not a cold blooded killer but also not a good person. He sold out an innocent baby to Voldemort, he didn't ask Dumbledore to help Lily and Harry, and he wouldn't have switched sides if Voldemort has chosen Neville over Harry.
I think when lilly choose Harry's dad it hurt Snape so bad he shut his feelings of and became a dead eater but he never stopped loving her, when Voldemort targeted lilly his feelings came back and he instantly moved to try to save her,but when a person is hurt like that they might shut down out of self-preservation
It was implied that Snape had killed before switching sides. When Dumbledore asks Snape to kill him and when Snape said he had ‘only let those die who he could not save’ … such as the muggle studies teacher.
Because Dumbledore underestimated Snape's feelings for Lily. Dumbledore was shocked and moved to tears to realize that Snape TRULY loved Lily, whereas he always thought Snape being incapable of it and saw it more like an obsession, because...prejudice against Slytherin. Dumbledore finally realized he took someones REAL feelings and played around with it all this time.
@@CM-pf1xc Unfortunately, Snape never understood or felt the unconditional love of a parent, since his own parents neglected and ignored him. It doesn't excuse him of course, but it helps understanding his mindset when it comes to the love for family at least some.
Honestly, about the first 5 times I watched this scene I thought "After all this time" was about the spirit of Lily somehow be surviving or connected to both Snape and being the guide for Harry for that sword. Like that patronus was the visual representation of the love between Snap and Lily. I figured it then out to be indeed Snape true loyalties and the patronus confirms it but I did not know every minute detail until now. And that is why I love both Harry Potter movies as well as the Fantastic Beasts. There is so much more deeper meanings than the regular big movies these days.
Snape has always been a favorite of mine - if Vaati hadn't coined it already, you could've called this "Prepare to Cry". Really felt for Snape. Good video.
Rowling told us a very unique and great way of how to show love of one character to another. Without kissing, hugging and other physical actions. But through magic. We only saw a few minutes of Snape and Lily relationships and despite this the love Snape had for her feels so natural, that you actually believe it. This is truly impressive
Everytime I see a video of Snape and his character it shows me that snape is truly the best written one in harry potter. We didnt like till the last book/movie but now everyone who knows harry potter lore sees him as a fantastic character
When you truly love someone, the feeling does not weekend or become smaller or less important with time. It doesn’t fade, the grief of loosing that someone doesn’t feel less dreadful. It stays all and the same. You just don’t think about it as often. But it never, never goes away. Not even a slight bit of it.
Looking back at this scene after knowing Alan Rickman died, make this even more sad. He played the character so well and portrayed him perfectly. The sadness in his eyes when he shows he cares about Harry because of his love for Lily is so touching. I felt that deep inside, he always couldn’t help himself but love Harry too because of Lily, even though outside he showed he hated him because of his father James. The half blood Prince was truly in love with her…
Tbh you can even get that from the film if you are really into it, sadly i am one of the many who watched the films before reading the books, but i got that from the film no problem.
They added lily before the line "after all this time" so it's extremely clear in the movie what's it about. You don't need the books to figure this out, maybe for the details about his patronum still not having changed but we could already learn this in the third movie as well if we payed attention.
I think that some people haven't read the books because there are to expensive. Even though I know why, for some people it is hard to buy a book that is at least 40€ (I don't know how much is in America or other countries) and we must not forget that there are 7 books so..... yeah
That line, I remember reading for the first time. Breathless by the Corrs was playing in the background, I was laying in my twin bed as a kid, and it was the first and only time I ever teared up from a book
Thanks for taking the time to make this video. For some people it might be obvious but it’s really touched my heart that his happiest memory is still with lily even 17 years later and that’s why it’s still a Doe.
Even though Snape could block someone reading his mind, one can still feel the energy around him....one doesn't need brain to do that, that is done by the soul.... I felt his energy being sad.... R.I.P.
I loved book Snape as a character because he is so wonderfully written but I never liked him as a person, still don't. But the patronus for Lily made me emotional ngl. Not even just about the fact that he still loved her so much after so much time had passed but the fact that clearly nothing in his life other than Lily had given him the happiness to be able to conjure the patronus in the first place.
as for me, i believe snape changed his allegiance not just because voldemort killed lily and he wanted to protect her son, i think it kind of awakened him and made him realize which side he was on
The Tragedy and Irony is that, no one will get the one whom they care the most . Severus and Lily like as but that's the magic of life, there is something called innocence.
I just bawled watching this video. That one word, and the way he says it, always hits me so hard. From the beginning I always understood why Dumbledore was shocked in this scene which is precisely why it hits even harder when Snape shows him his patronus. To love so deeply and so fervently after so long, knowing that person is forever gone. That sadness and pain is too much. My goodness, I cannot seem to contain myself right now. 😥💔
That’s the truth of it. He didn’t realise that Snape loved her so deeply after all this time. Like Voldemort he failed to realise the subtleties of love on this one occasion. He also I feel didn’t fully realise how much Snape loved Harry too.
You should really consider making a podcast…you certainly have the voice for it and it would be nice to enjoy your content over audio only (great for when someone is at work and can’t really play RUclips)
Snape is the most relatable character to us men. There will always be that one woman we never get over. It hurts knowing that she is intimate with someone else 💔 We dream about her and undergo a heartache for years. We are broken and never recover. Please pray for me 🙏
I came too the comments too troll and say " running out of video ideas huh?" And then i see nothing but comments like " ive always wondered that"... So, guess im just a nerd. Sorry.
I’m with you. Thought this was blatantly obvious, but whatever. People are always gonna eat up HP shit to some degree, so it doesn’t necessarily have to be hard hitting
Good video but I honestly thought it was pretty obvious that Dumbledore was asking Snape about still being in love with Lily after all this time. 🤷🏻♀️
Yeah, It was obvious but it gets even a deeper meaning when you realized that the patronus takes the shape of the one you really love (patronus). Because, some people say that Severus was obsessed with Lily, that he didn't love her, but you can't "fool" a spell like that. It was really true love and it didn't fade away with the years. It was what I realized with this video. And im crying again. Puss...
That’s the same thing that happens when you loose the person closest to you. It never heals or goes away like people tell you it will, don’t be upset with them, they’re just trying to help when in reality it doesn’t lol. It does get better but not the way you think. You will carry this hole in your diaphragm or soul suppressing the pain via choking it down until the day you die. RIP Michael my 1 year older brother, 2 days after the best Christmas 2008.
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What's the name of the background music in the video please call u tell?
After voldemort killed harry could harry still hear snakes a the horcrux connecting them disappeared
@Harry Potter Theory I have a request. Would you do a comparison video comparing the wizards of Middle Earth to the wizards of harry potter plz? Which is better? Like strengths and power levels. It be a good video theory to try out.
@@shadowcloudspher harry potter will win
@@eaftop10s20 nah Middle Earth lol
People always talk about how Harry was saved by two mother's love, but forget that Snape's love for Lily also protected him
Lily's love was protecting harry through blood and also through snape
So true....
@banu prakash wasn't it because of snape that they were in hiding in the first place?
@banu prakash also wasn't it the school teacher who created the prophecy? you could say it was because of her that they targeted harry, i dont think its fair to say its because of snape just because he got it, any other death eater would've taken that place.
From the moment Snape turned spy for Dumbledore, he was never loyal to Voldemort. Even Harry admitted it. Snape did not turn double agent just because of Lily and Harry. He found out that Harry would have to die over a year before The Battle of Hogwarts, and he still remained loyal to Dumbledore. In the words of Rowling herself, “he died to save the wizarding world.” You can’t label a person who would do that as evil. Sure he may not have been a golden boy, but he wasn’t all bad. People can be more than one thing at different times, and people can also change. Snape was a death eater, but he changed. He turned spy, and the important thing to remember is that he turned spy *before* Voldemort fell. The great thing about Snape’s character is that he was human. He wasn’t 100% good, but he also wasn’t 100% bad. Very few people are all good or all bad. As Sirius said, “we’ve all got both light and dark inside of us. What matters is the part we choose to act on.” For the last 16 years of his life, Snape chose to act on the good more than the bad.
Severus Snape is one of the most redeemable characters in all of literature. I've never known another character who was despised so much by so many but who turned out to be so good and so loved in the end. And Alan Rickman played him marvelously!
Itachi from naruto
@@gabriel7932 my thoughts exactly
Darth Vader’s redemption
Snape doesn't have a redemption arc. If Lily had never been killed by Voldemort, Snape would have remained a death eater.
@@robertbradford4579 dude, this IS a redemption arc. what are you talking about.
I am surprised anyone would be confused over this scene. It is so clear, at least to me, that Dumbledore is speaking about Snape’s love for Lily.
I was 5 when i watched the movie and i know this thought it was common knowledge he was speaking about his love for lily
Seriously. Idk why there needs to be a whole video explaining it lol, I never felt confused
You have to keep in mind that a lot of people didn’t read the books and only watched the movies. So yes, a lot of people didn’t truly understood the meaning. 😊
Betty , totally get that. 💚
@@blslunita i only watched the movies and got it perfectly fine people just need to open there ears if we are being honest the scene itself before he says it makes it pretty obvisous
Funny how harry never realized that snape only talked bad about his father not his mother?
More funnier is how everyone else only talked about Lily's goodness and not James's..
@@karanparmar4754 But they do, like how james wouldn't have wanted Peter Pettigrew to be killed. How even though he hated Snape he saved him from death. His character had flaws like any character with depth and he grew out of them. That's why Lily fell for him.
@@karanparmar4754 well to be fair he kinda was an asshole, him and snape represent a classic highschool bully and a nerd scenario where the bully becomes very successful and gets the girl in the end
@@vdj18.64 except in the classic bully and nerd story, the bully doesn’t change to get the girl and the nerd typically doesn’t fight back. Whereas both are untrue in this version.
@@anitanoterajes not wanting someone to die doesnt make you a good person. its like the absolute minimum requirement to not be considered evil.
I think another reason why Dumbledore was both shocked and moved to tears, is because this shows that not only Snape still loves Lily, he still hasn't accepted her death. It became clear at that moment that Snape would never be able to proces it and would never be able to move on. In a way, it weren't just the Potter's lifes that were ended that day, Snape died as well, though his body and mind kept going on.
@@NaClO could you not?
Confirmed by the line he said to Dumbledore after discovering Lily's death and acutely feeling his own culpabiity: "I wish I were dead."
Poor Severus.
CVK Calm down its a joke i’m not being serious jesus. i love harry potter too but y’all act like i just disrespected ur mommas or sum bs
CVK Also i don’t think YOU know what being a simp means. It means LOVING SOMEONE who will never love you back 😭💀
@@NaClO thats exactly not what simping means
and with such a serious thematic joking around is not wanted
Best thing that happened in HP... being it in the series or in the movies. This scene, this one right here managed to sum up one of the most complex and intricate characters in all of the entertainment industry. Truly beautiful!
I really agree. This scene was phenomenal, both in the book and the film. It made Dumbledore more human and gave Snape a soul. I always thought it was fitting that we found out Dumbledore was not the saint that Harry had turned him into in his mind and that Snape was more than the demon Harry saw him as at the same time.
Yes! My favorite scene out of the entirety of the eight movies! No greater character development 💖
Agreed. Great scene in both the book and movie. It really made you reflect back on Snape's character throughout the entire series.
Lol
@@sailorscorpio27 of course great character development because you hate him for 6 books in a row especially after he killed Dumbledore and then in one chapter your believes turn upside down. You find that Severus was loyal to Dumbledore, all he did they were parts of a plan and he truly loved Lily
Did anyone else realize that Lily parroted that word in the next scene as Harry uses the Stone of Resurrection to recall his loved ones?
Harry: "will you stay with me?"
Lily: "Always."
Yes, it was rather obvious if you are an active listener while watching movies.....
I have a silly headcanon where Severus and Lily may have hooked up a few times, so he thought he still had a chance with her. Especially when Voldemort told Lily to stand aside (probably Snape's request). He probably still thought they could have a relationship.
yeah it really annoyed me that she said this not only because she was married to james but he was also standing right there
@@akchanneltv4084 yeah, typically it's rather obvious that characters say words if you have the sense of hearing, thank you for the sarcasm.
I meant more the implication and implicit intention of the statement, the plot oddity it addresses that she's married to James and he is physically standing right next to her yet still mirroring the undying love of Severus, and the very short yet very definable ambiguity that was thrown into the absolution about her choice to marry James instead of reconciling her differences with Severus.
I figured as an active listener, those questions might have jumped out at others, too, but (obviously) not everyone has the processing power to put meaning beyond the spoken word.
@@emilycurtis4398 It makes me wonder how the series would have changed if Voldemort had spared Lilly. After all he could easily have pushed her aside with a spell, but instead he chose to kill her.
What would Snape have done if Voldemort had presented him with the unconscious body of the woman he loved?
I feel like people are confusing the fact that Dumbledore already knew that Snape loved Lily. The commentator brought up the point that there is a controversy with the fact that Dumbledore wouldn't have entrusted Snape if he had doubted his love for Lily. Dumbledore wasn't shocked by the mere fact that Snape loved Lily, but by the fact that he still loved Lily at that moment with a depth that shouldn't exist for the amount of time Snape was separated from her. It was at that moment Dumbledore truly understood that he wasn't protecting Harry out of obligation to a past lover, but out of a much more powerful, deep love for Lily that has never wavered in strength.
Nice interpretation
This. People say in the comments "I of course knew that he meant his love for Lily". Well duh, but why should he question that? You provide the most accurate and concise explanation, kudos.
Yes, exactly! Unlike most people in this comment section, you're keen and quick in understanding things on many angles. The most logical and accurate explanation. Salute🎉
Incredibly accurate!
Best comment here. Very insightful
I feel badly for Snape. Loving somebody so deeply and knowing they Don't Love you back is the most horrible feeling. And having that person die knowing they loved someone else is horrible. And carrying that love throughout the years. Snape was a broken man. A flawed man. If anybody in this world can relate to one character in the movie it has to be Snape. He's a normal vulnerable and flawed man. No matter how masculine we want to be we can't hide the fact that we are all vulnerable and flawed. We'd be lying to ourselves to say anything different.
In other terms : he was and we are human before all
That "always" is mi favorite single word that a character has said, i can literally feel a lifetime of unrecognize sacrifice for love in his voice. One word, but is so deep.
I Could feel His Pain...
Your voice is so calming and you have great content
And u gotta love the outro 😂
Yes, his voice is very calm.....
Except at the end when he says, "You're a wizard, Harry!"
😜
Image he'd read one of the books as an audiobook. Would be amazing!
True
Does anyone notice that he has that Snape voice. I know he doesn't sound like Alan Rickman. However, it has that same vibe. If you get what I mean.
RIP Alan Rickman
Snape and Dumbledore are two men that will never forget.
You can't remember anything if you're dead, so...
They mean that THEY as well as YOU will remember HIM, and not HIM remembering YOU.
They are two men who gave up everything to protect others.
Dumbledore is manipulative and Snape bullied children.
never forget what?
Exactly. He wasn’t surprised he still loved Lilly. He was surprised that after all this time his love was still strong enough to produce the doe. It hadn’t faded an ounce.
The fact that Snape loved Lily even before he caught wind of what love was is... beyond description. His simpleness shapes his complexity, his complexity honors his soul.
Yes
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It still hits me so hard - again and again - what Snape secretly did for all these years. In which danger he lived, how much energy it must have taken him. And how he stepped in, over and over again, over the course of all those years, to do what Lily did and lost her life for: Protect Harry.
He loved lily dats y he saved harry otherwise when he think of james he hated harry
I am alone ane lost in life today, but I re-watch it over and over again and it moves something in me, the power of true love no matter if it is fictional!!!
I agree fully. But not alone the danger he lived in, also the role of the bad one, the despised one he had to play. He was so lonely. This breaks my heart.
Only highly emotional people will understand how he could love her even if she was never his... even after 17 years.
Try 20 years
I don't
I can relate,I've loved the same girl for the past 5 years
@@polenarrow2080 It’s easier when it’s reciprocated.
Easier when you don't try to love someone else because whatever memories you have magnify with each year. Unless you try to love again, that love won't go anywhere.
Snape’s unrequited love for Lily Potter is the most tragic I’ve ever known.
I can kinda feel Snape. Got that kind of special someone as well, 15 years since we last met. Never forgot, never stopped caring. Wrote her a letter when that corona sh!t proved to be here for the long run. Never got a response, can't be certain if the adress is even still correct, but still. Never will forget, never will stop caring. Some people simply can't be replaced, anybody else would feel like second choice to me. The one or none.
@@Quasihamster Are you winning son?
Unrequited love is tough and beautiful.
Every time I see Snape holding Lily like that, I just lose it and bawl... He always came across as so cold and unfeeling that when you see him have emotion and feel, it hits you hard. 🥺
I think he was cold and unfeeling because the night lily dies Snape died inside. Only his body lived on, his soul perished that night.
@@the-kilted-trucker59 Very well said!
Its gross...she didn't want to be friends with him because he wanted to join Voldemort and the Death Eaters who wanted to kill her and then she went into hiding from Voldemort and the Death Eaters because they wanted to kill her son. Then when she is killed and her son is almost killed sicko Snape enters her home where he would not be welcome to fondle her corpse.
How is this okay? Any other day would Lily even let Snape touch her? How is okay now that she is dead?
@@maraudentium2607 Snape’s decision to join V and his followers was because like Peter Petegrew (he joined because he’d have protection by someone stronger. As he was an outcast and bullied. Until he met up with James and the other guys.
After he betrayed James, Lily, and the Order.)
Snape was bullied mercilessly by James, thankfully James matured over time. For Lily to fall for him. Had Snape not called her a filthy Mudblood, they’d probably still be friends. Snape hurt Lily deeply emotionally. He loved her. Said something stupid as we all do sometimes but he loved her.
No excuse for his ongoing mistreatment to Harry. Yet his behavior makes sense.
@Elphiestra Avoschia Grandes can't defend Snape's behavior so you attack mine...maybe yntcd.
Snape became a spy for Dumbledore the night he warned him the Potter family was being targeted, NOT after Lily's death. By "way forward" Dumbledore meant "way forward through grief" not "come to the Light Side and leave the cookies." In fact, Harry sees in Dumbledore's office the memory of Dumbledore telling the court that Snape turned before Voldemort's defeat and spied on him.
Exactly. Even before he went to Dumbledore … he knew by doing so was an act of betrayal so he made his choice prior to seeking Dumbledore out.
It was SO obvious when reading this passage that dumbledore was talking about snape's love for lily
I understood this right away
I understood after all this time means that his patronus was changed
Exactly what I thought too. Learned nothing new from this video, but it was nice still.
Exactly....I thought everyone knew this
Then why are you here?
SOMEBODY GIVE THIS GUY A COOKIE!
Not to be that guy...I saw it as him (snape) still in love with lily...my surprise is mr love (Dumbledore) not believing in eternal never changing love
Yeah but thats the point, even Dumbledore who already is completly convinced by the power of love still is impresses to the point of tears when he witnesses its full potential first hand. Snape was a true supporter of the dark lord, a full blood deatheater. And love was the reason he betrayed him and became one of the most loyal, important and selfless fighters against Voldemord. And after 17 years he still is completely driven by his love to Lilly, full heardedly supporting the complete opposit of what he used to believe in.
Thats what Dumbledore is so amazed by.
Im sure that everyone can see by the way snape acts to Harry..lilys sons. A woman whom he loved..but in a way despised her son...one could say that his hate for James was that euqal ...maybe to his love for lily..its possible
@@monkeyboy275bobo8 a half blood not full blood. get a grip.
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Yes. Dumbledore was disgusted by snape at first because he asked the dark lord to spare her life for himself and he did not really think that his love for lily was truly pure. That's why he was so surprised and moved!
It’s kind of hard for mortals to understand that if love is unrequited...
I took it to mean that Snape never stopped thinking about Lily. He's "always" thinking about her. She's "Always" been his happiest moment. Dumbledore is crying because he understands his friend is still grieving or at the very least hasn't moved on. At least, that's how I feel about this exchange.
When you consider this scene showing the depth of Snape's love for Lily, it really hits hard seeing his expression of anguish seeing Harry shouting at his "betrayal" of Dumbledore. It hurt him so much seeing "Lily's eyes" glare at him so accusingly.
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Actually, Snape switched sides before Lily died, this is important as it shows how brave he truly was
He switched sides because he realized that Voldemort was going to kill the Potters, not simply because he had a bold change of heart. He couldn't have cared less for the well-being of James and Harry, all he wanted was to save Lily for his own, rather selfish, reasons. I think its important to also note that Snape was the one to inform Voldemort of the prophecy and was the reason Lily died in the first place. That isn't to say that he didn't redeem himself, but its really hard for me to truly forgive him because, after all, he only gave up being a real Death Eater once the life of the person HE cared about was in jeopardy and he also bullied Harry for years in his time at Hogwarts for what seems like no reason at all besides the fact that he's rather selfish.
Still love his character though
@Buster Man Same! I completely agree with you, that’s exactly what I was thinking.
@@busterman2731 True, but he did try to save other lives as well. When Duumbledore asks him how many people he has watched die he replies lately only the ones he couldn't save. When he was young he only did it for selfish reasons but he may have regretted the things he has done as a Death Eater when he grew older. He still is very vindictive and a bully but what surprises me is that he gets away with how he treats his students, neither his colleagues (headmaster + other heads of house) nor his students' parents complain directly about his behavior. So I guess bullying students is an acceptable practice.
Yes but he only did so because he knew Voldemort wouldn't honor his promise to snuff the hubby and the kid and leave Lilly alive. That's not brave that's psychopathic
I never interpreted Snape’s words other than how he still loved Lily. It was a pure, lasting love that one never loses for another, brilliantly portrayed by Alan Rickman.
This made me cry.
We're still here. After all this time?
Always.
Potterheads after all this time?
Always.
That's our language.
Every like is a wand raised for the prince in disguise
The real hero of the story,
Severus Snape.
Edit: Thanks so much I've gotten like 2 likes in my life.
Same
@@lavenderflowersfall280 that makes no sense according to my calculations
@Jacob Perry Thanks ❤
*raises wand, tears in her eyes*
He never was the hero they wanted, but the one they needed.
@@AnastasiaCooper I spent 6 books hating him straight. I feel terrible. Same scenario here
I loved that scene because it showed that Dumbledore, the great champion of love, could still be surprised by the depths of it. Dumbledore clearly assumed that Snape's love for Lily had waned, much like his own love for Grindelwald had. He underestimated the depth of Snape's unrequited love for Lily.
I swear this is the only time I can remember Dumbledore being brought to tears, for once not being the all-knowing wizard he is seen as and is in genuine shock at the commitment Snape had to Lily. Snape and Dumbledore have some of the greatest scenes in the series.
He also had tears in his eyes when he found out about Harry’s conversation with Scrimgeour.
The latter accuses Harry of being “Dumbledore's man through and through”, which Harry confirms.
And he cried about Sirius too
And his sister
Mean while, in an alternate universe:
Snape: Harry, look into my eyes
...
I'm your father....
You made 1 mistake: Snape switched sides when Lily was in danger. He went to Dumbledore to beg him to hide her and (reluctantly) her husband and Harry. Then when the Potters were killed he stayed in the order of the phoenix to protect Harry in memory of Lily Potter.
he didnt go to ask Dumbledore. he went to beg him on his knees to save her from voldemort. he was in love with her since he was a kid and never stoped even when she married, had kid and a family. the fact that she died only made Snape what he is. Angry with Dumbledore cause he "failed" to protect her even when it wasnt Dumbledores fault but Peters betrayal...
And he stayed in the order of the phoenix to protect harry (the kid of Lily). Did you even read the books my friend?
Eh...he betrayed Voldemort when he went to Dumbledore but Snape didn’t really switch sides until after Lily’s death...if Lily had lived or if Voldemort targeted Neville then Snape is still a Death Eater.
@@maraudentium2607 he started spying for Dumbledore after he begged for him to hide Lily and James. He said he'd do anything in return.
@@maraudentium2607 if... if.... that didn't happen so your comment doesn't make sense he switched sides
I still don't know why the potters were targeted by Voldemort
That was an EXTREMELY touching video. You have no idea how much this meant to me. To US. I’m sure we’re all glad you exist to bring us this beautiful content, @HarryPotterTheory. Never EVER stop.
Thank-you for the kind words!
Ya @ harrypottertheory
I dont think Lily herself ever recognised the depth of Snape's love to her. She got carried away by superfluous external factors like Snape calling her mudblood. But she never considered the pain James and his friends bestowed on Snape or their bullying him. This makes Lily an easily influencable character.
Mallika Balu and Snape calling other muggleborns the same slur he used on her, and defending his friends’ bullying of a muggleborn with dark magic, and wanting to join the Death Eaters...Lily talks about how her friends didn’t understand her friendship with Snape but Lily stuck through until Snape crossed a line.
No, Lily was understanding and caring. She was a real friend. Snape was the influenced one by ditching their strong friendship for power by wanting to be a death eater. He knew Lily would never support that but he took her for granted. I think he was always getting away with asking her forgiveness when he erred. He knew she loved him at least in her own way. I think he pushed her away to James with all the dark arts nonsense. Snape had more than ordinary friendship as advantage. She disliked James. But unlike Snape, James amended his ways to please Lily but Snape kept going down the rabbit hole.
Snape calling her names when she was sticking up for him against the bullies was not superfluous external factors. They were friends and he betrayed that friendship first. James changed and became a better person and won Lily's love. Snape became a Deatheater and lost his friendship with her. Yes Snaped loved Lilly. She is the only person he has ever loved. And she is the only person that treated him with kindness.
Thank you for this explanation. His love for Lily was timeless and true. For her, he did everything to protect her son.
😭😭😭😭 snape was too good man. My boy loved hard and cared hard. Never let appearances fool u. He was an emo lil angel
I believe Dumbledore was surprised because the *guilt* over Ariana's death is what made Dumbledore the man who he is. Dumbledore saw parallels between himself and Snape and assumed that it is Snape's guilt over Lily's death rather than his love for Lily that is driving him to protect Harry. Unlike Dumbledore, Snape never sought a redemption.
Casually naming such acts of intense love as just "friendzoned" in our modern society, feels a bit dissapointing if you ask me..
Yes. I find it impossible to find a post about Severus Snape that doesn't have a comment about saying " it's obsession, not love". I find that really annoying.
He totally got friendzoned by his crush and cucked by his worst enemy lmao
Hridya Jayakumar I know it’s so annoying and if it was obsession his patronas wouldn’t change.
@@morridin7766 Exactly. Everyone says that Tonk's patronus changed into a wolf, thats so sweet.. And when it comes to Severus " Nah, he is obsessed" 😏.
@@hiyori1999 Considering the fact that Lily really wasn't Snape's to love and the fact that she didn't have those feelings for him and then married someone else is the reason why Snape's feelings for her aren't viewed in a positive light.
Imagine your friend is in love with a girl and she is all all he thinks about for years and years and it grows to the point where he can't love anyone other than her. He continues to love her even when she gets married and has kids with another man. Also, this girl doesn't even want to associate with your friend. In fact, she even joins an order dedicated to fighting against the group your friend is in. I think you would come to the reasonable conclusion that your friend has some unhealthy feelings for this girl. I dare think you would even say he has a bit of an obsession for her despite her constant signs that she doesn't want his love.
Tonks's patronus changing to a wolf is sweet because Remus is in love with her.
Snape's patronus is a doe even though Lily doesn't really want anything to do with Snape.
I don't doubt that Snape was truly in love with Lily nor do I think that he was a horrible person deep down, however I do not believe he is a pleasant person by any means and its hard to forgive him for the things he has done. But what I'm really trying to say is, is it really love if its not mutual?
I still really like Snape's character and think he became a better person as a whole after he decided to become driven by Love rather than Anger. But he was not a good person and his feelings for Lily weren't healthy.
When you really love a woman time stands still and it never goes away. Even when she is gone. I am broken.
That particular scene makes me cry and hurt for Snape as a love like that is so rare!
Last month when I read that part in deathly hallows, somehow, I found a new meaning, which was that Snape did care for Harry, but he hid it because he didn't want to accept it, thus why he was so mean to Harry yet, he protected despite their loathing for each other when it really counted it. Not for something he was angry when Dumbledore reveled to him that Voldemort was to kill Harry, and why, when Snape had enough of Dumbledore, he continued to aid him. Sure. He loved Lily like the first day he met her, but he cared for Harry as he could see her in him.
Wow. That is very touching. And probably one of the saddest scene i ever saw on film. Great video!
your voice is literally the most relaxing thing ever 😩
Snapes life was always tragedy but found pockets of smiles.
In HBP, Lupin explains to Harry how a patronus can change after a great shock, so I think dumbledore is surprised by the fact that Snape's patronus hasn't changed after his shock. Even the world's greatest wizard who had seen everything would definitely be surprised at this.
After all his efforts for saving Harry from Lord Voldemort, at the place where the resurrection stone has revealed the dead fellows, i think Severus should be there too.
Following your logic, Dumbledore should have been there as well. But no, Harry held the memories of James, Lily, Sirius, and Remus dearly, the last two due to their close friendship with Harry's dad (and the fact that Sirius was Harry's godfather). Harry was surprised that the whole time Snape was there to keep an eye out for him, but Harry surely felt the hatred Snape had for James through his actions towards Harry.
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Yeah but Harry DOES see Albus post death at King's Cross. They have their final talk. Harry never really gets the chance to speak with Snape or thank him post Snape's death.
@@miguelchristopher7234 Harry named his son Severus, he screamed at Voldemort that Snape was a good man and he made sure everybody knew and hang his portrait in head office. He also said Snape is the bravest man he'd ever known. I don't understand why he wasn't revealed there. But some say that resurrection stone chooses who shows.
@@l.n.3372 Remember that Snape had disdain for Potter, For James and for Harry. He is protecting the boy because of his love for Lily. Even if Harry wanted to speak to Snape, I doubt whatever remains of Snape in the afterlife would have wanted anything to do with Potter.
@@Yuri_xx most likely, since the original story (from the "Tale of the Three Brothers) of the resurrection stone was that it brings back anyone who you wished to meet again. Harry, at the time he confronted Voldemort at the Forbidden Forest, was still grasping the fact that Snape had worked undercover for Dumbledore. Remember, Harry had years of agony under the presence of Snape. Snape also had liked whatever torture he could do with Potter, as Snape saw James in Harry.
My friends : Are you still watching Harry Potter series
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Snape was/is a masterpiece and the revelation of his past and present motivations are the reason the stories are worth reading over and over again.
the man devoted his life to protect lily's son even after 17 yrs of her death, hell he died while helping harry, and still some people come and call him selfish, he wouldn't gain anything from protecting harry except risking his life, but he remained loyal to her
Each and every time I remember this moment I end up crying 😭😭
No matter how many times I watch that scene I still get emotional. Thank you for the great content and insight.
I just realized that Lily and James, even through their patronous forms, completed each other, while Snape's is just... mirroring her.
Yeah because lily is not there to complete snape so all he can do is just mirroring her in hopes that she would be there for him. And all lilys and james happy memories would probably be about being with each other so thats why their patronus match while snapes happy memories with lily is one sided :'(
Ouch yeah 😔😔 and some people think his patronus is a doe because he's 'obsessed'. How irritating. Even Psychology would state that Snape was someone truly in love with Lily.
I know Snape’s main reason for turning was Lily, but I like to think that he was always a good person. Regardless of his love for Lily, I never took him as the kind to be a cold blooded killer.
Yes dude
Not a cold blooded killer but also not a good person. He sold out an innocent baby to Voldemort, he didn't ask Dumbledore to help Lily and Harry, and he wouldn't have switched sides if Voldemort has chosen Neville over Harry.
I think when lilly choose Harry's dad it hurt Snape so bad he shut his feelings of and became a dead eater but he never stopped loving her, when Voldemort targeted lilly his feelings came back and he instantly moved to try to save her,but when a person is hurt like that they might shut down out of self-preservation
It was implied that Snape had killed before switching sides. When Dumbledore asks Snape to kill him and when Snape said he had ‘only let those die who he could not save’ … such as the muggle studies teacher.
Snape’s beauty was that he not black to white, he was grey. Not bad but certainly not good either.
Because Dumbledore underestimated Snape's feelings for Lily.
Dumbledore was shocked and moved to tears to realize that Snape TRULY loved Lily, whereas he always thought Snape being incapable of it and saw it more like an obsession, because...prejudice against Slytherin.
Dumbledore finally realized he took someones REAL feelings and played around with it all this time.
Granted, Purity of snapes love is still ish, because he would have been fine if just Lily’s son died, which is not really loving.
@@CM-pf1xc Unfortunately, Snape never understood or felt the unconditional love of a parent, since his own parents neglected and ignored him.
It doesn't excuse him of course, but it helps understanding his mindset when it comes to the love for family at least some.
Honestly, about the first 5 times I watched this scene I thought "After all this time" was about the spirit of Lily somehow be surviving or connected to both Snape and being the guide for Harry for that sword. Like that patronus was the visual representation of the love between Snap and Lily.
I figured it then out to be indeed Snape true loyalties and the patronus confirms it but I did not know every minute detail until now. And that is why I love both Harry Potter movies as well as the Fantastic Beasts. There is so much more deeper meanings than the regular big movies these days.
Wdomino Wow! I wasn’t expecting to see you here! I thought I was the only one liking Harry Potter and dominoes... xD
And yet so much is left out or changed in the films. Read the books. You'll love them.
Makes you wonder if Snape had given up the dark arts back during his school years would Lily have chosen him
This scene was so well put together! I cried and it touches your heart
Love that you're straight to the point, and not dragging on to get to 10min. Subbed
I cried when snape said always I could feel his pain
Me: *sees ‘Always’ in the thumbnail*
Me: *clicks*
'Always' isn't in the title..
Angel Denman opps thumbnail I’ll fix that!
That scene is still the sadest and the most beautiful thing I have seen/felt in my life ❤️
Snape has always been a favorite of mine - if Vaati hadn't coined it already, you could've called this "Prepare to Cry". Really felt for Snape. Good video.
I didn't need this explained but had to watch this video cause of how much I love that part❤"always".
Rowling told us a very unique and great way of how to show love of one character to another. Without kissing, hugging and other physical actions. But through magic. We only saw a few minutes of Snape and Lily relationships and despite this the love Snape had for her feels so natural, that you actually believe it. This is truly impressive
Everytime I see a video of Snape and his character it shows me that snape is truly the best written one in harry potter. We didnt like till the last book/movie but now everyone who knows harry potter lore sees him as a fantastic character
Anyone who doesn't understand this scene............has never truly loved. This is all.
You have such a soothing voice that I would love to hear random bedtime stories from you before going to sleep!
When you truly love someone, the feeling does not weekend or become smaller or less important with time. It doesn’t fade, the grief of loosing that someone doesn’t feel less dreadful. It stays all and the same. You just don’t think about it as often. But it never, never goes away. Not even a slight bit of it.
Looking back at this scene after knowing Alan Rickman died, make this even more sad. He played the character so well and portrayed him perfectly. The sadness in his eyes when he shows he cares about Harry because of his love for Lily is so touching. I felt that deep inside, he always couldn’t help himself but love Harry too because of Lily, even though outside he showed he hated him because of his father James. The half blood Prince was truly in love with her…
I keep imagining Snape turning around and shouting 'TO THIS DAY' like Deontay Wilder
The number of people that hasnt read the books is too damn high...
Tbh you can even get that from the film if you are really into it, sadly i am one of the many who watched the films before reading the books, but i got that from the film no problem.
I love the books but not everyone is into reading a long story with 7 books 4 of which are probably too long for them to want to read through.
They added lily before the line "after all this time" so it's extremely clear in the movie what's it about. You don't need the books to figure this out, maybe for the details about his patronum still not having changed but we could already learn this in the third movie as well if we payed attention.
I read all the books some more than once but I dont remember anything in them lol
I think that some people haven't read the books because there are to expensive. Even though I know why, for some people it is hard to buy a book that is at least 40€ (I don't know how much is in America or other countries) and we must not forget that there are 7 books so..... yeah
That line, I remember reading for the first time. Breathless by the Corrs was playing in the background, I was laying in my twin bed as a kid, and it was the first and only time I ever teared up from a book
Thanks for taking the time to make this video. For some people it might be obvious but it’s really touched my heart that his happiest memory is still with lily even 17 years later and that’s why it’s still a Doe.
Even though Snape could block someone reading his mind, one can still feel the energy around him....one doesn't need brain to do that, that is done by the soul....
I felt his energy being sad....
R.I.P.
i clicked as soon as i saw “after all this time”
Same
YESSSS me to
I always wondered about this. Thank you for doing this video and all the others. Keep em coming!!
The dialog from the whole scene was the best of all the films
I loved book Snape as a character because he is so wonderfully written but I never liked him as a person, still don't. But the patronus for Lily made me emotional ngl. Not even just about the fact that he still loved her so much after so much time had passed but the fact that clearly nothing in his life other than Lily had given him the happiness to be able to conjure the patronus in the first place.
Have people really been misinterprating this? It seemed always clear to me that it was about his love for Lily.
No I believe people couldn’t understand why Dumbledore asked, because he knew already that he loved her ...... so why ask “ after all this time”
I want a theory on why Hagrid said "You're a wizard, Harry."
Thanks for making me cry even more about this scene.
IM LITERALLY CRYING THIS IS THE MOST AMAZING THING
as for me, i believe snape changed his allegiance not just because voldemort killed lily and he wanted to protect her son, i think it kind of awakened him and made him realize which side he was on
Huh... That's how I always interpreted the scene, Snape loved her after all that time. I honestly don't know how else it would be taken.
The Tragedy and Irony is that, no one will get the one whom they care the most . Severus and Lily like as but that's the magic of life, there is something called innocence.
I just bawled watching this video. That one word, and the way he says it, always hits me so hard. From the beginning I always understood why Dumbledore was shocked in this scene which is precisely why it hits even harder when Snape shows him his patronus. To love so deeply and so fervently after so long, knowing that person is forever gone. That sadness and pain is too much. My goodness, I cannot seem to contain myself right now. 😥💔
I've read and re-read the Harry Potter series over and over again, but never cried this much.
That’s the truth of it. He didn’t realise that Snape loved her so deeply after all this time. Like Voldemort he failed to realise the subtleties of love on this one occasion. He also I feel didn’t fully realise how much Snape loved Harry too.
Snape didn't Love Harry but he did grow to care for him
Snape didn't love Harry....he's literally denying when he casts the patronus. He might as well have said "not Harry. Lily."
@@anushkaauddy2126 nope
@@maraudentium2607 Yeee whatever
Just got my always tattoo and I'm sobbing from watching this. I always knew it but it is such a beautiful story that I had to hear it again. Always 🖤
don't get tattoos in corona time!
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Because he was secretly still shipping severus and lily!! ❤️❤️❤️❤️😊😊
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Lol
Snape is one of my favourite characters, the way he is written in the books, his story and whole personality is just amazing
Oh I can see Dumbledore having self written fanfic diary between his knitting magazines😂
Best comment 😂❣️
Snape's story is so good.
Like Shen Jiu, I can't help but love them.
You should really consider making a podcast…you certainly have the voice for it and it would be nice to enjoy your content over audio only (great for when someone is at work and can’t really play RUclips)
Snape is the most relatable character to us men. There will always be that one woman we never get over. It hurts knowing that she is intimate with someone else 💔 We dream about her and undergo a heartache for years. We are broken and never recover.
Please pray for me 🙏
Snape didn't respect Lily and that's why he lost her, if you can relate to Snape on his lost love then you need to do better.
I came too the comments too troll and say " running out of video ideas huh?" And then i see nothing but comments like " ive always wondered that"... So, guess im just a nerd. Sorry.
Me too I was like dumbstruck when he said people asked him to do a video on this from comments I thought he made that up.
Movie fans often miss things like this
I’m with you. Thought this was blatantly obvious, but whatever. People are always gonna eat up HP shit to some degree, so it doesn’t necessarily have to be hard hitting
lol, no one one wondered why at all. You have just used this as a platform to try and sound smarter than everyone else......
@@keithtrivett1906 I watched the movies before the books and I clearly knows what dumbledore means, so maybe it related to people's intellegency
I just discovered this channel an hour ago, now I can't even go back to studying!
This scene still gives me the chills years after the first time I saw it
why am i tearing up, this is too beautiful
Why would anyone think that Snape saying “Always” about his Patronus, be anything other than his love for Lily?
Good video but I honestly thought it was pretty obvious that Dumbledore was asking Snape about still being in love with Lily after all this time. 🤷🏻♀️
Yeah, It was obvious but it gets even a deeper meaning when you realized that the patronus takes the shape of the one you really love (patronus). Because, some people say that Severus was obsessed with Lily, that he didn't love her, but you can't "fool" a spell like that. It was really true love and it didn't fade away with the years. It was what I realized with this video. And im crying again. Puss...
Samsun Nahar I’m not sure snape was that powerful. He was good yes and best at Potions but James and serious were extremely powerful.
@@danielmuscarella8239 they weren't as powerful as Snape specially after he joined death eaters
Wow... I would've never gone so deep as this, but as to just go to Rowlings words, without a thought.
I'm a HP fan, and ALWAYS will be
That’s the same thing that happens when you loose the person closest to you. It never heals or goes away like people tell you it will, don’t be upset with them, they’re just trying to help when in reality it doesn’t lol. It does get better but not the way you think. You will carry this hole in your diaphragm or soul suppressing the pain via choking it down until the day you die. RIP Michael my 1 year older brother, 2 days after the best Christmas 2008.
Another reason why these books (and movies) were one of the best series ever. So many layers...... Thanks for posting!