Fans Reaction to SNAPES MEMORIES | Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 Reaction

[@RobertShepherd-kf4oe]

JK Rowling told Alan Rickman, and only Alan, the true story and ending. Noone else knew. Just as his character, he kept this secret the whole time. He knew, always. 10,000 likes and growing! Thank you all so much!!!

[@bethmarie3112]

That's what made him stay on for all the movies as he was considering leaving

[@RenegadeSamurai]

Wasn't there also a moment when Rickman told the director after he told him how to to a scene "No, I won't do that" and when he asked why he just said. "BEcause I know how the story ends and you do not"

[@urthboundmisfit]

@@RenegadeSamuraiI think I remember hearing that somewhere, yeah

[@RobertShepherd-kf4oe]

@@RenegadeSamurai yes that happened or something close to it

[@RonLarhz]

😢 rip prof snape..... And hagrid....

[@junipermeisje6300]

The scene before, when Snape dies with his final words “look.. at.. me..” is sooo much more meaningful when you realise his dying wish is to once more look into “exactly Lilly’s eyes”.

[@gemmahamilton2565]

I never realised that and now I'm in tears 😢

[@paanovrtd]

YESSS OMG I FELT THE SAME WAY TOO! His "Always..." brought tears to my eyes, but his final request was what made me sob like a child I once was.

[@pvuccino]

Actually that was in the book. In the movie he tells him ''you have your mothers' eyes!''

[@doyouevenlift1462]

​@@pvuccino Even in the book he does says he have his mother eyes

[@IDiggPattyMayonnaise]

Except in the movies they literally didn't have the same eyes...

[@theamorris7959]

For those who didn’t read the book: Lily Potter’s patronus was the Doe. Snape loved her so much his patronus became a doe as well

[@crassusmaximus5879]

I didn't read the books but I knew that

[@JMUDoc]

It was hinted at in Book Six, when Tonks' patronous changed...

[@kenji05]

As someone who knew this, it made me tear up in the cinema the moment he cast his patronus

[@Uvvibes]

In a scene harry brought this up to Dumbledore and said isn’t that curious? (Strange?) the both have a doe, and he said no not really. Don’t judge A book by its cover, of course

[@IslamcomesfromHell]

It's a bambi

[@RowdyRuth]

Just one word “always” Alan reduced us to tears .

[@qrowing]

*Immensely* powerful acting.

[@RowdyRuth]

@@qrowing 🔥

[@WilliamJulienNkogheOlympio]

a gross understatement

[@jagdflieger2257]

It still brings me to tears when he says that. You literally can feel the sadness inside him as he says that

[@RowdyRuth]

@@jagdflieger2257 so true. He was a great actor.

[@erickchristensen746]

Voldemort was killed by Love. Lilly's love for Harry helped protect him and made the accidental Hoarcrux. Severis's love for Lilly had him secretly undermine the dark lord all this time, fooling everyone including Voldy. And even at the end, Narcissa Malfoy Lied to Voldy's Face just to have a chance at saving her son. It's just like Harry told him, "You're the weak one. You've never known love" and that is *exactly* what ended up dooming him in the end.

[@Triplebrc]

I'd say he was doomed by arrogance far more than by love. He was the strongest wizard of his time, even Dumbledore with the elder wand could barely duel him to a draw, he was worlds ahead of Harry but could not kill him due to a technicality, he assumed that he needed the treacherous elder wand, but just letting a bunch of his underlings kill Harry would have gotten rid of his biggest problem easily and allowed him to take over everything, instead he used a wand that he had no ownership over and killed himself, again, with his own curse rebounding to himself, because of his "It has to be me who does it" mentality, not to mention how much easier the horcruxes were to find because he mostly made them with prestigious objects instead just hiding them in something very inconspicuous.

[@joshspencer830]

@@Triplebrcdumbledore was equal to voldy in the movie for the sake of a more epic battle between the two However in the book dumbledore sends voldy running with his tail between his legs Dumbledore is far superior

[@cjg8763]

@@joshspencer830 Book Dumbledore vs. Voldemort was what was epic, the movie version disappointed me. It did have a few really cool effects though.

[@eclaire_x88x]

Yes absolutely the whole point of the story is Love, Voldemorts downfall was 💯 his inability to recognise and comprehend the power of love.

[@animec-dramaskpop6362]

​@@cjg8763I thought both the movie and book were epic in different ways. One wasn't necessarily better than the other, they were just different.

[@MCMNasty2]

The line delivery of “Always” is one of the best ever given onscreen. One simple word, with so much meaning, said by one of our finest actors.

[@stevencraven4897]

AND, Lily's last word to Harry, as he enters the Forbidden Forest to confront Voldemort, and asks them - Remus, Sirius, James, and Lily - to stay near him, was . . . "Always".

[@movietimeateds69]

And Alan rickman knew the entire time.

[@zuzauramek9850]

The moral of the movie is" Don't judge a book by its cover." In Grifindor we can have cowards who will betray you and in Slytherin, we can have brave and loyal people.

[@GryffindorScholar]

And to think loyalty is supposed to be a Hufflepuff quality.

[@Akihito007]

Yes, that's why Dumbledore in the book tells Snape that maybe the Sorting Hat judges too quickly on who goes to what House in one of Snape's memories, implying that He'd have actually made a good Griffendore.

[@jacobpruett9204]

I've recently re-read the books and it's interesting how the 3 Gryffindor's each represent another house so well. Harry's link with Slytherin, Hermione's obvious link with Ravenclaw, and if you look at Ron you find a lot of hufflepuff traits, loyalty, justice, and patience. It makes me wonder if JK did it on purpose or if it just kinda turned out that way.

[@Martin_Daniel]

@@jacobpruett9204 Only Harry was supposed to be a Gryffindor in Rowling initial plan. Then she realized that Harry, Ron and Hermione would have had a hard time interacting if they belonged to different houses.

[@returntosoilgumiho]

@@Akihito007 Insane that isn't it? The entire Harry Potter world is just so immersive that we forget to apply standard world principles to the story ...or at least l did . It's only now that l'm realising that the sorting hat isn't the end all and be all in terms of people because when it looks into a person what does it see? The entire life of a person to the very end including the infinite slight differences every small act could bring about? How could that possibly be set...or does it see the most major actions of the person being sorted up until the moment of sorting? Then isn't that unfair to decide based upon past actions to determine future ones? Is the sorting hat simply not influencing the so called character of the sorted person by reinforcing that they are e.g cunning and number 1 likely to be team voldy by placing them in slytherin maybe coz they had a hard past life like Snape and needed to be..how often is what we've been what we want to be in the future. Again what does the hat see? Is it what the person themselves see their character as? Who they truly want to be? How can children of 11 know how they want to be and who they truly want to be before they have lived? All the way up to the moment of death we are always changing__just what does this sorting hat do? Irregardless l think Rowling left that up in the air for the very reason that it can't be explained and so when we're in Harry's mind we see him beg the hat and beg and beg to be gryffindor...so he was. But did Snape beg and beg to be slytherine when lily went to Gryffindor? He loved her from the beginning that never changed so for him l bet he too would have begged but then did the hat use a different method for him? What about Ron? He definitely on first glance was suited to Gryffindor and he has his moments of bravery later on but surrounded by so many siblings more brilliant than him before coming to Hogwarts he probably had no moments to shine in bravery...what was used for him? So Dumbledore says the hat judges too quickly but l think the hat no matter how powerful and all seeing cannot have a true handle on human coz who really can? The hat whatever method it uses decides to see the path a person is most likely to take and decides to make that the truth of their character. Whether by reverse psychology that is indeed the path that person takes without even a slight deviation is a chance taken. But most of the characters … infact almost all the characters deviate in their final moments from the "set and decided" characteristics of their houses and just become a mix... whether it's Snape or its Regulas or Narcissa or even Dumbledor himself. 1 long paragraph later .....😅. l think Severus just made a good wizard at the end. A good balance struck between all the charactersistics of each house...coz really does bravery only exist outside of cunning or genius outside of patience? Or ambition outside of Hardwork?

[@bellemane5839]

I will never get over Alan Rickman’s death. But he played Snape beautifully! 😔

[@SleepParty30]

wait wtf he died??

[@nessus47]

He was a true master of his craft and a great man! My fave actor of all time.

[@paulmathers6059]

​@@SleepParty30he died in 2016

[@janolaful]

​@@SleepParty30 Michael Gambon who played Albus Dumbledore died the other day .

[@RonLarhz]

​@@janolaful The og dumbledore passed away after 2nd movie.

[@atexandude8303]

The “Always” barely contained by Rickmans stoic face is such an intense feeling. You can feel he wants to break but sheer will keeps him just intact. Such a crushing moment.

[@TheVoodooMaker]

True master of Occlumency baby

[@tristanwhite3472]

Just Superb brilliant.

[@seremus187]

Imagine this man's life, every time he looked at Harry he could only see James, the man he hated the most, and when he looked into his eyes he could only see Lily.

[@Roman_Adrian]

Severus was deeply loyal and loving. Enormous heart. Silently suffering for SO long.

[@captain4318]

He was a complex character. Deeply loyal..? He would've been a death eather if Lilly had been spared. Loving? Yeah, he loved his childhood crush to almost creepy extend. Movie Snape glorified his character, partly because of the amazing performance of Rickman but also because of the writing. Snape wasn't caring, loving or ever showed much of a heart to his students. He was a cruel teacher, awfully childish and downright nasty at times. Ultimately he worked for the good side and he did sacrifice plenty for it too. He was brave and did suffer in silence yes, but no the rest doesn't seem in line with his character.

[@Roman_Adrian]

@@captain4318 Hahaha true. While I am not familiar with the written character, I was responding to the featured clips.

[@Caillron]

@@captain4318 While true, you have to wonder how much of that was part of his disguise to convince other Death Eater's and spies that he was loyal to Voldemort. Did he behave childish and dickish because that was what was expected of him, or because he was actually that way? He was in a situation were he had to play the part of a double agent against the worlds most powerful evil wizard and couldn't afford to show any signs of weakness in order to gain Voldemort's trust.

[@joejackson4627]

Deeply loyal? To whom? One person. himself. Put yourself in Lily's shoes. Remember 'his Mudblood' Hope she called him Snivilus in the afterlife.

[@nango4073]

And like in real life he was friendzoned and Lilly left with the bully, for me, Jame Potter was just like Snape described him arrogant, basically a DICK!!

[@amlo_06]

Snape is literally the best and most complex character in HP universe.. he's just the best character.

[@cristophergregory8938]

J K Rowling wrote his character masterfully in the books...

[@amlo_06]

@@cristophergregory8938 Definitely!!

[@aayanagarwalla5209]

Her*​@@cristophergregory8938

[@robbieverslyppe2663]

Yes !

[@Emberchariot]

I loved that he wasn't one dimensional, he was a bit of a psychopath really, but had this true urge to protect or love someone was breathtaking to read and watch. He was almost like Jekyll and Hyde sort of character.

[@Azhalan]

Alan Rickman was an incredible actor. A phenomenal performance!

[@Дима-с5к6с]

succesfull

[@kenlee5705]

Cover to cover , one of the greatest movie performances ever. Alan Rickman. Period

[@eliasp92509]

RIP

[@tristanwhite3472]

Yes he was absolutely brilliant.

[@tristanwhite3472]

It was Phenomenal Performance!

[@bj0urne]

Snape's memories is the single most expertly crafted piece of movie making I've seen, ever.

[@mageanbradbery9029]

The first minute of the movie Up is the only one that comes close

[@chipandchap100]

Is this still your opinion? After all these months?

[@ultramystic6585]

@@chipandchap100 Always

[@jkjkjkjkjk537]

Snape cradled Lily's dead body instead of trying to console the innocent child who was bawling his eyes out, who would've been absolutely terrified with what had just occurred. This was somehow made out to be some sort of a tragic romance. Am I the only one who feel this way? 😂

[@theyluvsmkk]

@@jkjkjkjkjk537 that scene was done just for the movies which arent canon.. in the books he wasn't there that night

[@dereka5017]

There are two types of people: those who freak out about Harry being a Horcrux and having to die, and those who are more devastated at the depths of sacrifice Snape went through for the woman he loved, and by extension her son. Not saying Snape was a good person, or that his motivations were pure. Especially in the books, there was a lot more dark. He was perfectly happy to sacrifice James and Harry, if only Lily was protected. However, his primary goal was her protection, even after she had spurned him and married his bully, the man who had tormented him through seven years of school. And the memory of his love for her was enough for him to sacrifice so much to protect Harry, including putting himself in mortal danger by being a double agent, which ultimately led to his own death. He, too, had to withstand the hatred of everyone he spent 16 years bonding with after the initial downfall of Voldemort (like McGonagall). It's just incredible what he endured. He was a well written tragic hero / redeemed villain, and that twist is one of the better twists I've ever read.

[@urthboundmisfit]

She didn't "spurn" him. The way he was going ran completely against everything she believed in and held to be right. I don't know why bad men think they are entitled to a good woman's love, but that really needs to stop. Now, I don't think Snape was wholly bad, either. I think he was an abuse survivor with PTSD, and contrary to all the little Hallmark movies we love s'much, that doesn't usually bring out the best in people. But when it mattered... He dug in with the best of himself. He found his own heart.

[@dereka5017]

@@urthboundmisfit I meant from Snape's perspective, it wasn't a judgment in general. Given his past and his upbringing, when he said or did something cruel, he genuinely seemed not to understand why Lily was upset at him. So from his perspective, it must have been a knife through the heart that she would reject him and hook up with the man who tormented him through school.

[@JWar-]

@@urthboundmisfit I don't know why so many entitled women think they are the judge and jury of deciding who are "bad men" and who are "good men" but it needs to stop. Snape was the hero of the movie, even Harry named his child after him, so he was pretty much awesome. He did deserve love.

[@DeusSalis]

​@@urthboundmisfit Says the butch looking wannabe man 😂

[@anger57289]

I think the whole point is that Snape was neither good not bad, he was Snape. He was his own man. AD said that it is our choices that define us. And it fits with the overarching theme of the series that, despite being set in a world of magical ability, what ultimately wins through is the human emotional side of things (which is common to the wizarding and muggle world). With Lily. With Harry, and in the end with Snape too.

[@karenhall4645]

My boyfriend, who had read the books told me Snape had a secret. All sorts of weird scenarios were going through my mind. Never did I imagine, but Alan Rickman did the part so well. Even more so when you realize he knew the secret the whole time.

[@Rikku198]

Dude, Snape saying "Always" will always hit me in the feelings. I love this character.

[@cristophergregory8938]

Alan Rickman was the perfect cast for him. May he rest in peace.

[@tamaraandersson2532]

Don't forget, he was still a teacher who chose to bully kids.

[@brayerkh]

⁠@@tamaraandersson2532 Who exactly did he bully? Did he actually bully someone in the books and I missed it? It’s been a while since I’ve read the books so maybe I’ve forgotten. In the movies he was a strict teacher but he didn’t really bully anyone. Sometimes he was definitely hard on Harry but it was only to prepare him for what he would eventually face. And if you consider his strict teaching “bullying” (which it most definitely wasn’t in the movies) you also have to remember that Draco’s father is a death eater; so it’d be pretty hard to convince Voldemort that you’re on his side if you’re all happy, merry, and treating Voldemort’s nemesis as an actual person.

[@Plofferfish]

​@@brayerkhI think he's referring to Neville Longbottom, not sure, though.

[@brayerkh]

@@Plofferfish How did he bully Neville? I haven’t read the book or watched the movies in a while.

[@ForeverDegenerate]

RIP Alan Rickman and Sir Michael Gambon. Two True Legends that will be sorely missed.

[@ForeverDegenerate]

@TaehyungandStars I don't know who your third member of "The Golden Trio" is, but for my money, if I had to pick a "Golden Trio" from Harry Potter, I would argue all three are now deceased since Robbie Coltrane already passed, like, a year or so ago. Heck I would add Helen McCrory, Richard Griffiths, and Richard Harris to the list of "without them, Harry Potter wouldn't have been the same."

[@RadRetroDragon]

And robby Coltrane

[@jeremydixson1893]

No.. they'll never die, their in our hearts forever and we'll live to show others their greatness and sacrifice to the story... At least I will...

[@twelved4983]

And now Maggie Smith, exactly one year after Sir Michael Gambon

[@curbowbass6124]

Funny thing, is that from the first episode, my favorite character was Snape. Not sure why, but in the end, it was like….there you go. He was the true hero of the series.

[@M0rnlngstarr]

Alan Rickman effect

[@Rommel_209]

It’s the voice… the sweet, deep, velvety voice…

[@nathanjordon6950]

Because Alan Rickman gave such a captivating performance.

[@rgoodwyn]

Well he was def less of a piece of crap in the movies lol. In the books he literally tells Tom that he can kill James and Harry in exchange for letting Lilly live. True hero of the series is a stretch even in the movies.

[@shaunwhelan17]

@@M0rnlngstarr Watching this reminds me of why he's always been one of my top 5 favorite actors

[@FatLittleButterfly]

better love story in 6 words than the Twilight trilogy Lily.. After all this time? Always.

[@sineadmchugh4234]

I once hear Stephen King describe the difference between the two franchises and he said HP is about bravery, loyalty, friendship and the power of love...and Twilight was about the importance of having a boyfriend. I don't know how accurate it is but it made me LMFAO!!

[@RonLarhz]

FACTS!!!!

[@sadge2u]

Better than twilight? I thought this comment is from 10 years ago lol

[@dottzie33]

@@sadge2u1 day , 10 months , 10 years , 100 years Always a better story than twilight lol

[@bjrales]

@@sineadmchugh4234 I actually just finished the twilight saga, and to everyone's wrong POV, it wasn't about having a boyfriend.. it was the consequences of bella's selfishness. Bella wanted to be a vampire so bad he was begging Edward to turn her into one, while Jacob's family, the wolves, had an agreement of truce on the sole rule for Edward's family to not bite any human. so Jacob felt betrayed not just jealous, that bella's selfishness would put his family at war after decades or centuries of peace something like that. its actually not that bad

[@sersastark]

what i love about the books is that in the books you get to read how Dumbledore told Snape to help lead Harry to the sword without anyone knowing it was Snape. Because James' patronus was a stag, Lily's was a doe. Snape, having fully and completely fallen for Lily, changed his patronus to a doe (like Tonk's patronus changed to a wolf bc Lupin). So Harry seeing the Doe would've thought the spirit of his mother was helping him. He would've, up until his dip into the pensive, had no idea that Doe belonged to Snape, representing Snape's undying love for his mother and vow to protect him.

[@FatLittleButterfly]

for me, the significance of the Doe patronus was that the charm require you to cast it with your happiest and strongest memory. Snape's patronus being a Doe shows that his most powerful and happiest memory was the time he had spent with Lily.. After all this time.

[@dale897]

​@@FatLittleButterflyit doesn't take the form of your happiest memory though.

[@sersastark]

they didnt say that. they said Snape's patronus was a Doe bc his happiest memories were when he was growing up with Lily. when he found out Lilys patronus was a Doe, his too became a Doe.@@dale897

[@TR-tj4xm]

@@dale897 Snape is the only Death Eater able to cast a patronus...because of the time he spent with Lily.

[@sersastark]

and bc hes not truly evil. he never was. evil cant cast a patronus.@@TR-tj4xm

[@tiffymcconkey]

The fact that both actors are now gone this scene hurts different

[@ripLunarBirdCLH]

Imagine the level of mental control that it takes to side with the villain, do his bidding, never give him any reason to doubt your loyalty - while simultaneously *ABSOLUTELY HATING MOTHERFUCKER* for killing the love of your life. I can respect that kind of terrifying power. Underestimating Severus Snape was Voldemort's worst mistake. He never suspected that there can exist a man capable of lying *CONSTANTLY* to great Lord Voldemort's face without being ever suspected of treason.

[@cristophergregory8938]

That's why Snape was unique. He deceived Voldermort to the very end and he, being Voldermort never knew.

[@DariyaQulsum]

He was voldemords biggest enemy. And maybe the love to lily made it possible , how it made it possible to survive . The Power of love maybe give him the abilitys to lie so Good as it was a spell.

[@Rubrick23.]

Love she didn't respect.

[@TudorTeodoresc]

Actually, Snape never lied to Voldemort. He always told him the truth because he knew that even with a high level of Occlumancy, he couldn't stand a chance against Voldemort's Legilimancy. When Harry had to finally leave his uncle's house, Snape gave Voldemort the real date. Snape was cunning to the bone. That's his biggest quality. To tell the truth to your biggest enemy, for the exact purpose of destroying him.

[@sumthingwikked4257]

Love killed the Dark Lord. And it barely showed it's face to him.

[@shadowswithin702]

Severus was complicated and beautifully written, loyal in his own way always playing the part he needed to. Despised often, which sometimes led him down darker paths. But his love for Lilly always kept him from being swallowed by the darkness, that's the power of love.

[@Valthorian1996]

Its sad that most people that watch the movie don't know that Snape has the same patronus as Lily.

[@thebosstex1172]

What’s sad is after watching them, they still say Severus is a bad man. In The Cursed Child, at the end, he’s referred to as a good man. Even though he’s already dead, Harry and his son both go to one of the tombs, and they refer to Snape as a good man, that both Dumbledore and Snape were good men.

[@yourmother9747]

@@thebosstex1172uh I think you forgot the main thing lmao, he literally gave his son snaps name as his middle name😂

[@thebosstex1172]

@@yourmother9747still doesn’t change a thing. Snape is still a good man, who was bitter due to how broken he was. You see this in a lot of people in real life!

[@kmc7062]

If you watched the movie you learned it the same time that people watching this clip learned it. Even odder than your comment are all of these “fans” that apparently never read the books.

[@chaoticdemise4494]

The one thing that made Serverus killing Dumbledore in the half blood prince stood out was his Avada Kedavara. Throughout thr franchise, evil ppl like Voldermort and Bellatrix, theirs were a dark glowing green. But when I saw the movie, I noticed his Spell was a lighter version, nearly yellowish green. More like a pure/ merciful kill. On top of that, he respected Dumbledore for the wizard he was. Then Voldermort killing Lily only cemented more of his loyalty to Dumbledore and protecting Harry until his dying breathe. And yet, even after that death, he still helped Harry win the war

[@urthboundmisfit]

You just reminded me, that was another clue in the books that all was not what it seemed with Snape. He's described as having this look of utter loathing when he casts Avada Kedavra. It's easy to interpret that as "oh you stupid old man, I hate you, DIE," but another way to interpret it is, "I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU ARE MAKING ME DO THIS! IT WILL COMPLETELY RUIN MY LIFE!" Turns out it was the latter interpretation.

[@ductranviet3148]

The killing curse is only effective if you are really willing to kill a person with it. Although Snape cast the curse, Dumbledore died by falling from the tower. With his death, Dumbledore achieved that Malfoy did not have to bear the burden of having killed a person and at the same time made Voldemort believe that Snape was the ruler of the wand. What they showed in the film was an indication that Snape was unwilling to kill his old friend. But by casting the curse, he gave Malfoy a way out since his heart was not yet corrupted by evil. At the same time, he transferred all the hatred onto himself bym killing Dumbledore. The terrible thing here is that Snape is already done with death. And Dumbledore used all of this for his game. After Dumbledore's death, Snape was also sure that he would soon become Voldemort's target. Nevertheless, he hid the sword in the lake. Became head of the school to protect the students and make sure Harry got the message before he died.

[@denizkenger52]

@@ductranviet3148Snape did really mean it though. I disagree with the theory that the fall killed him. I think it was the Avada Kedavra that killed him, since people say the effect lifted off Harry at the same time Dumbledore hit the ground but the approximate time it’d take for Dumbledore to hit the ground compared to when the charm on Harry was lifted and the events in between (how long that would take) do not match.

[@thestevenofsuburbia8431]

Say what you will about J.K. Rowling, but the two twists of Snape being good all along and Harry being a horcrux were by far some of, if not the best twists in the history of storytelling. The fact that the foundations for both twists had been established throughout all 7 books so clearly and firmly, yet subtly enough that the twists still managed to surprise and shake us to our core, is absolutely phenomenal. Arguably the best part of the film franchise in itself was its dedication to laying the foundation for these two massive twists, before finally being brought to life in such an incredible scene, carried by Alan Rickman’s perfect depiction of Snape, god rest his soul. These twists are truly shining examples of masterclass storytelling, and in my opinion, what give the books and movies so much of their value in revisiting them multiple times to enjoy them even more, understanding the foreshadowing planted so brilliantly by J.K. Rowling and the directors of the Harry Potter film franchise.

[@urthboundmisfit]

If what "you will say" about JK Rowling is anything negative, you're a sexist, homophobic a$$hole. People can argue the point all they want and they'll just be wrong. They're being the Ministry with Harry as far as she's concerned, and one day they'll actually see Voldemort and understand how stupid they've been.

[@lightwayacoustics]

3 twists. Snape being told by dumbeldore to kill him….

[@thestevenofsuburbia8431]

@@lightwayacoustics I feel that that twist was part of the bigger twist of Snape being good all along

[@matthewbibby8921]

​@@lightwayacousticsand then the DOUBLE TWIST ontop of that (later) that Dumbledore intended for him to LIVE, and with his soul intact - but it would only work if he convinced Harry that he wouldn't.

[@Fifi-jb3yx]

oh absolutely. its these nuanced grey characters that make the series last in pop culture. characters like tom riddle, snape, even sirius and regulus black… she managed to make what should be plain villains, pitiful

[@GKFF9872]

When I read HP, I was shocked and dismayed and incredibly sad when dumbledore, Fred and Dobby died, but when Snape died and he revealed his love and suffering I just about lost it. Snot, tears, dry heaving. I had step away from the book before continuing. A decade of hating this character and in one shining and quiet moment destroyed every notion we had of him. One hell of a twist. And a masterclass in acting by Alan rickman bringing him to life in a way I can’t imagine anyone else managing to do. This moment encapsulates everything that this series is about.

[@I_Smell_Like_Beef]

😭 😭😭😭😭😭😭

[@zoebertrand2043]

I read again the half blood prince and i just noticed that at the end, when harry is running after snape, he is insulting him, saying he's a coward because of dumbledore's death. And Snape screamed at harry to not call him a coward. He was so calm everytime, however he lost control with this insult. Indeed he's not a coward.

[@Starfish0.]

It doesn't matter how many times I watch this, I cry every single time. People may say this is just a pop teen movie, but the truth is until now I have never seen any movie similar to this, with such a great plot twist like this, going off the cliches, where the actual hero is a person with a complex personality that doesn't get sympathy, and where the father of the protagonist it's charismatic but with a historic of being a bully, that's complex and that's deep and that's fantasy with tones of realistic human touches. It teaches you not to judge people for their personalities. It's just the best story ever written.

[@lucasdu7423]

👍👍👍🔥

[@Forestgravy90]

It's not a teen movie it's a movie forna variety of age groups

[@leisastalnaker3790]

As heart wrenching as this is on film. Reading it in the book is devastating. Just devastating.

[@manufran02]

Even worse ,when it's read through audible

[@Mr.Xamberss]

for my it was just so poethical that snape has the same patronus as Lily

[@heydararamju2000]

Snape memories along with Dumbledore's funeral. Those two are hearth wrenching the most in the books.

[@maximejoliet7052]

This is legit one of my favorite plot twist EVER. Everything was perfect.

[@avinashgossai]

One of the most complex, deep, and tragic love story/character ever created. The only other iconic character I could think of that fits this description is Darth Vader.

[@jhibbitt1]

i'd say that harry potter, star wars and lord of the rings make up a trinity of the most popular modern day good vs evil stories. and yes, each one has the particularly strong character. in this it's snape, in star wars it's darth vader and in lord of the rings it's gollum

[@bethmarie3112]

You are my people!

[@KiltBill2]

Vader is one of the weakest chatecters ever, whose needed to be retconned into having anything close to an interesting arc.

[@Matej_Sojka]

You cannot compare Vader to Snape. Snape did his best for the sake of woman he loved. Vader went on a genocidal and hypocritical murder spree across the galaxy for twenty years. Snape saved countless lives at risk and in the end expense of his life when he was spying on Voldemort and he did it knowing he will never be recognized by it and even tried to save James because Lily loved him. Vader murdered children because someone told him he maybe possibly could help him save someone who did not need saving and attacked his wife in jealous rage.

[@avinashgossai]

​@@Matej_Sojka So Snape never murdered anyone while he was a Death Eater? Snape murdered innocent people because he believed in Voldemort's ideology and only changed because Voldemort was going to kill Lilly. If the prophecy wasn't linked to Lily's child he would have continued to kill innocent people. Get out of here with that BS. I love Snape but I'm not gonna be oblivious to the fact that he wasn't a good person. He's killed a lot of people and only changed when his interest was gonna be harmed which is selfishness. Even being associated with a genocidal tyrant like Voldemort who has the same proclivities (killing one group of people) of a real genoicidal tyrant in world history makes him a bad person.

[@jamesmohan7301]

I believe Snape was the only member of the death eaters, current or former who could cast a patronus charm

[@tjmcfadden5137]

This was confirmed by JK. Dark wizards actually don’t need patronuses and generally if they try to make one instead the will create maggots that will attack them. This confirming that with all his knowledge Snape wasn’t a dark wizard

[@thenewavenger6650]

Where are these facts read? I keep learning tidbits here and there about things like this. I only read the first book and 4th. I get a ton of stuff gets watered down in the films but is this stuff in the books or later confirmed in some companion book or Pottermore type cliff note?

[@straypaper]

​@@tjmcfadden5137 which is weird bcs I'm pretty sure no matter how evil you are you still have happy memories? And why would Dementors only attack good happiness and not evil happy memories?

[@ellehcimbelle]

so? Umbridge can cast a patronus and she is more evil than nearly anyone in the series

[@jamesmohan7301]

@@ellehcimbelle even still she wasn't a death eater and you don't need to be one in order to be sinister. And vise versa you don't need to be sinister to be a death eater, Snape joined partly because at the time he was bullied by the marauders, Snape also joined because he actually believes in Voldemort in the beginning, same with Igor Karkaroff from Bulgaria, they followed Voldemort in the same way many followed Grindelwald. Some death eaters defected because they either grew to despise the actions of death eaters or because it was not the cause they thought they signed up for. Now in the case of Umbridge, she wasn't a death eater nor a follower of Voldemort, she was just a witch who detested muggles/muggle-borns or anyone who wasn't pure bred (despite her being a half-blood herself). She was merely the wizard version of a politician who takes nobody's side but her own in a quest for power. She wasn't one of his, she just benefited from his reign. And all that is required to cast a patronus is a happy memory or feeling. Her's, as twisted as it sounds, was torturing non-pure bloods

[@granadosvm]

For six movies they were repeating the central phrase of the franchise "The boy who lived". It took Snape only one movie to make the most remembered, "always!"

[@sus_beatz8559]

People don't mention that when harry is in the woods, ready to be killed by Voldemort, lily responds to harry with, "Always", in the exact same manner as Snape says it. That always hits me to the core xD

[@biggyls4297]

Maybe “always” was something Snape and Lily used to say to each other.

[@sus_beatz8559]

@@biggyls4297 😭😭😭😭

[@DariyaQulsum]

Now I need to rewatch the scene .

[@maraudentium2607]

Because that's a trash movie adaptation that was never in the books.

[@sus_beatz8559]

@@maraudentium2607ok we get it you read the books 🤓🤓 how's it trash it's a lovely touch

[@datdudeinred]

That "Always" is the single greatest delivery by any actor I've ever seen. 👏

[@cristophergregory8938]

The part where severus loses his composure seeing lily's dead body still kills my heart every time till this day despite watching this movie years ago. It truly is a heart breaking sense...

[@fredtott4684]

This and that violin at the same time.

[@maraudentium2607]

It makes my skin crawl. Lily ended their friendship six years prior but of course Snape is going to make her death all about his grief.

[@judithwilliams7612]

@@maraudentium2607 he still loved her.. and he believed that he had managed to have them all protected, so holding her.. he is grieving lost love and agony that he failed to protect her

[@maraudentium2607]

@@judithwilliams7612 yes but she didn't want anything to do with him. The choices Snape made and the people he allied himself with put her child's, her husband's, and her own life in danger and the latter of which ended up murdered. So as I said...it was all about his own grief, whether Lily was dead or alive it was impossible for Snape to have any respect for her.

[@antoniojrbaga1101]

these two wizards are geniuses, Dumbledore knew how to sacrifice himself to gain an upper hand and Snape sacrificed himself as the only way to tell Harry what must be done.

[@jacobk9322]

Crying over Severus Snape, now isn’t that the ultimate twist.

[@Alcagaur1]

Snape's one truly Unbreakable Vow, "Always."

[@HKAMILAH]

Ah man

[@PoolPartyPapi]

Harry's bravery after finding this information out and going straight to the forest gets me choked up every time, especially when Hermione hugs him because she's known too but hoped she'd be wrong about him being the last pseudo horcrux. Thankfully he doesn't actually die, but he couldn't have known that going out there to face him

[@dmvjjvmd]

Yeah, I’m basically barely holding it together at the point Harry starts down the stairs. Hermione grasps the situation instantly, while Ron is confused, and she starts crying and says plaintively, “I’ll go with you.” She would’ve gone to die with him just so he didn’t have to face it alone. That is where I completely and totally lost it. Ugly cry territory. Of course, it also turned out that he wasn’t alone, either, although neither of them knew it just then.

[@Doberman-z1o]

that part when snape showed his patronus to dumbledore, I always get emotion.

[@manufran02]

Snape and Lily weren't meant to be , they both had doe two does cannot protect each other . Only a Stag and Doe can be ,only a Stag can protect the doe .

[@IRatchetI]

@@manufran02 That makes zero sense... Patronus' have absolutely nothing to do with compatibility. They weren't meant to be because Snape ended up becoming a Death Eater and working for Voldemort, so Lilly gravitated towards James when he calmed down a bit with his bullying.

[@danika9411]

​@@manufran02 If a person truly loves another their patronus change to whatever the others patronus is. Snape might have had a different patronus once, but he loved her so much he took on hers.

[@isaiahhernandez144]

After this and you go back and you can see how many times Snape kept Harry safe

[@cristophergregory8938]

Too many. Especially in the first movie in the quidditch game where he was murmuring the counter curse to prevent Harry from falling off his broom.

[@maraudentium2607]

Kept Harry safe physically....but as far as Harry's emotional well being? He was a bully, just like James.

[@nickyahn1949]

I wish they had explained in the movies that the doe was Lily's patronus, and that Snape's took that form after her death. Makes that scene all the more impactful.

[@Monkey_D_Ryou]

Snape teaches us what love is, it doesn't have to be owned but always in the heart😢

[@DK-vw1of]

One of the best moments that shows the duality of good and evil inside a character. Nowadays the mainstream movie characters are either good or bad and the hero just fights the bad, so boring.

[@MearnieToon]

😑 🙄

[@tataportal]

Thanos was pretty complex tbf. Most ppl supported his purpose.

[@meganega123]

How do you even say this with a straight face when the villain of this series is pure evil

[@ФедорСвинарев-м7у]

@@tataportal Thanos was no more complex than Volan de Morte - both of them are murderers

[@ФедорСвинарев-м7у]

Marvel's Loki is not boring, from my point of view. In TV series too.

[@b.b.4031]

Never before the word "Always" was so powerfull. Realy epic and legendary line.

[@dustinjackson2383]

This is what changed Harry Potter from a good series to an all time great

[@thenexus7070]

Can like or dislike HP... but the display of Alan Rickman's Snape and the sentiment he puts in this scenes... specially with the "Always" line... makes everyone cry

[@roserose-be2wq]

One of the best characters out there if not top one so far in this type of genre of movies and books , Someone trying to overcome the revenge will created by bullies is surly not easy , specially the one created by harry’s father (James ) but still risked his life for Harry because of his love for Lilly even tho she didn’t choose him either . everyone of us have bad and good side , but the one we act on mostly is what matters and the degree of it as well , when it comes to snape at the end of the day he chose to act right on his own without being forced and that’s not easy with someone with his past . That’s why he will always be the best complex character I have seen so far .

[@MsAppassionata]

I think you meant genre, not gender.

[@roserose-be2wq]

@@MsAppassionata yes thank you I corrected it , English Is my third language ~

[@Ice-Cold-14]

Snape is at the level of charcters creation as zuko, who is easily the best character ever written in all of time, and thats saying somehing.

[@jessedellross3245]

We miss you Alan. Thank you Thank you for bringing this extraordinary character to life. We love you..........always

[@MENVCEZING]

Now Snape and Dumbledore are together again. Always

[@JediPhoenix1976]

I had read the book before I saw the movies, and when I got to this part, I couldn't wait to see how Rickman would play this. And by God, he did not disappoint.

[@emmanuelannorbah-sarpei6855]

The sad part is…”I shall never reveal the best part of yourself” Dumbledore to Snape 😢

[@richardgwilliam2039]

That “always” hits me right in the chest.

[@cristophergregory8938]

Always mate...

[@chrisdevaney1283]

Snapes character arc is IMO one of the best pieces of story telling ever told

[@mjfreaklove]

That "Always" gets me everytime...I will ALWAYS love Alan!!!

[@TheHolyTrident]

Most people don't put two and two together and realize that Snape and Lily's Patronus charms are both doe's while James had a stag. Snape's patronus didn't change the entire time he knew Lily even 17 years after she died showing how strong his love was for Lily. A Patronus is supposed to signify the animal that the wizard has the deepest affinity with, although they can change over time due to many factors including grief and loss. Snape's didn't though. He gave up everything, and sacrificed it all for her. It is truly heartbreaking and Alan Rickman was and will always be the only person who could possibly play Snape.

[@maraudentium2607]

I guess we will see how another actor can pull it off with the upcoming HBO series.

[@Wanderingartemis]

When my girlfriend and I first started dating I was a Harry Potter fan and she hadn't seen any of the movies yet. And anytime she would say something along the lines of "do you love me?" I would respond "always." And she thought it was just a thing that I did. Watching the movies with her and seeing it click in her head why I responded that way to her was literally the best feeling ever 🥰

[@HKAMILAH]

This is so beautiful, can only dream of a love like this

[@cristobalsandoval2412]

When I’d read the book, I was just like all of them. Even in the sixth book, I knew Snape wasn’t the traitor everyone thought he was. But I never could imagine all was because his greatest love was Lilly. And I can’t believe Alan Rickman read the end of the saga so long before it was published. He really developed a great character, he was such a great actor

[@Ellis_Hugh]

Together Rowling and Rickman made Snape one of the greatest tragic characters in fiction.

[@anwar5888]

been 12yrs and still this scene bring tears to my eyes

[@datdudeinred]

The greatest actor to ever grace this earth. YOU ARE MISSED DEARLY ALAN ❤️❤️❤️

[@JanineTillema]

I love it that these kinds of videos exist, I mean I sometimes try to remember my first reaction to watching it, and the fact we can watch other peoples first reaction is just amazing.

[@LegendaryAL-93]

When I saw that seen I'd always thought "damn dude, Dumbledore is a dick!" only now have I realized, he's not really, I think he was purposely acting that way towards snape so that when the time comes snape would be able to kill him, because in order for Avada Kedavra to work you need to mean it, and you need to have hate in your heart towards whoever you're using it on. SOB Dumbledore is a genius.

[@stephanievazquez4384]

There’s a theory that Snape still didn’t mean the AK when he casts it and the fall from the tower was what killed Dumbledore. Don’t know if it’s true but it kinda makes sense because of the lack of meaning of the spell.

[@itzjorsh]

" don't tell me now that you have grown to care for the boy ?" Answer: " always"

[@maraudentium2607]

Nope, you're omitting some of the lines that give the conversation an entirely different meaning. Snape did NOT care about Harry, him producing the patronus was him outright denying that.

[@mudriderfx4]

The swing in emotions is so wild my god. The red explained so well. That snape spent his whole being hated by everyone only to be the best of that good the world.

[@handlerone5172]

Out of all the impactful moments throughout the books and movies THIS tops them all. This was a fantastic bit of story-telling and they did a wonderful job in the movie to reveal it.

[@christopherpetty3320]

Voldemort - the man who died drunk with power Snape - the man who died for love long lost Harry - the man who greeted death like an old friend Each represents 1 of the three Peverell brothers from the Deathly Hallows

[@colozus_tv]

Very very interesting that makes sense

[@Emsev100]

Yes. I love all these connections in the books

[@MHZNOMISS]

i'va never thought of this before

[@dragonpokemonlover237]

Dumbledore represents death

[@samChakravartiSamrat]

The conclusion that you have written here is mind-boggling my friend. You have summarised the entire Harry Potter series epic into just 3 lines...Amazing my friend!!! ❤

[@Violet0110-b4z]

Snape is literally the best and most complex character in the entire HP franchise imo.

[@maraudentium2607]

Which isn't saying much given the depth of the other characters.

[@user-lb9xw4xf2q]

People tend to believe Snape was always cruel to Harry because he hated James, but it was because he still loved Lily - in that, Snape hated himself for failing to save Lily, so couldn't bear having her son think kindly of him.

[@pelusam79]

0:27 i just love the change on her expression when she hears “severus” she went from 🙂 to 😦

[@Bon-Gi]

I'll never forget watching this scene in theaters. The audible crying from the crowd is something i'll remember my entire life.

[@DeadpoolTesla]

"Always" the single most perfect scene of the whole story! 😭

[@amporu]

Its just recently tht i realized why severus cast the patronus. Its an ultimate proof that he was an ally, not just bc his patronus was like lily’s but also the fact that he can cast a patronus. After many years, im stupid lol 😅

[@cristophergregory8938]

He loved lily more than anything despite never being loved in return from her.

[@moniquevalencia5427]

His memories were so heartbreaking but genuine he was the most loyal and loved character all along and his memories make me cry and to have to wait til the end to see everything be revealed….

[@vieraeugigerZyklop]

This "Always". So calm and yet so powerful and emotional.

[@maniacal1870]

The way Rickman delivered that 'Always' is insane. He was so fucking talented, just one word to say so much, his face emotionless but his voice practically dripping with conviction. Nobody else could have delivered that performance, I don't care what anyone says.

[@stevehalling816]

If you listen really carefully just before Harry sees the deer in the forest Snape says trust me, it's so quiet but it's there like a breath on the wind

[@urthboundmisfit]

I was on LiveJournal when Half-Blood Prince the book came out. There was TREMENDOUS controversy after we learned Snape kills Dumbledore. I was one of the members sporting an I Trust Severus Snape icon because... well, there were clues. The one that sticks out to me now was Petunia talking with Vernon about how Lily hung around "that nasty boy" and I thought, James was a pureblood. Why would Petunia find him nasty? His family would have been big on appearances.

[@maraudentium2607]

Petunia would find any magic user nasty.

[@zombiemombie666]

I noticed that too! I remember reading about “that nasty boy” and was like I bet that’s Snape! I was always routing for him.

[@BrutusMaximusAurelius]

I dreaded this bit after having read the books several times before the movie came out. I hoped they’d do it justice, and they did, especially Alan Rickman did.

[@LordFrobozz]

Watching this after having just lost Michael Gambon makes me appreciate the on screen relationship he and Rickman had in their respective roles. Both relished and crushed their parts and they are so terribly missed.

[@saskia_]

There is no one in this world who could've played him better than Alan Rickman.

[@guywood4955]

I'll never comprehend how people never knew Harry was a horcrux and still manage to not get it after Snape's memories xD Some people need to talk a little less and watch a little more xD

[@vonb2792]

Yeah, book 1 does point it, book 2 hint it, book 3 shadow it, by book 4 you have no more doubts

[@jatilq]

I read that Alan Rickman was the only person to know this before the series start filming.

[@Anglo-Saxon-96]

👍🏻

[@cristophergregory8938]

Yes because his character was unique.

[@suryanshshukla0777]

Alan Rickman alone made the word "ALWAYS" so much better😇😇

[@DivineKnight_115]

In the books their relationship breaking down was horrible to read. Snape was bullied relentlessly by James and eventually he joined the death eaters with Lucious malfoy. Lilly didn’t like that snape was Waugh them and the last time they spoke, James had embarrassed snape in public and snape snapped at Lilly for defending James and called her a mud blood, then Lilly joined in with James bullying him. It was a heartbreaking moment cause it showed how other people tore their personal friendship apart.

[@manufran02]

Why ? Because he was always trying to get them in trouble, the difference James actually grew up out of that phase in his life ,Snape never did .James and Snape were like Harry and Draco , yet Snape always sided with Draco in every opportunity. Snape didn't care that Harry and James died, all he cared about was what he wanted

[@shihoblade]

Thats a onesided look. As Sirius mentioned, Snape was already a dark wizard when he got to Hogwarts and he had no issue attacking people either. And James wasnt bullying him for no reason, Snape was already hanging with the death eaters and dreaming about joining Voldemort after school. Snape isnt some innocent victim. Even as an adult he cant hide his fascination with dark magic. He isnt pretending to like the death eaters more, he is such a great mole because he ACTUALLY likes the dark side. No one ever really doubts him because he is true blue dark.

[@LoveYourself-my9nz]

@@manufran02 yeah it's easy for James to grew out of it because he was the bully! He was not the one who got picked up and humiliated in front of others. Lily even being his friend sided with his bully. No one said that he was an angel but he was not that bad or even had a good side about him. He wanted to save Harry because he was the son of his lover but at the same time looking at Harry makes him angry because he was also the son of his bully. There's nothing wrong with him not loving Harry because he just wanted to protect him for his lover. But he even put himself to death just to save Harry and that was more than enough!! He didn't like others because they treated him badly and the way he has grown up is lonely and mistreated... Yes he was apathetic but a good lover and good friend.

[@gPrussia11]

She defended snap and snap in his humiliation used a racial slur at Lilly. Lilly never never bullied snap

[@tjmcfadden5137]

@@manufran02great find the person who treated you the worst in life and tell them you miss them

[@senshai1267]

Snape is definitely the hero for lonely ones

[@andersonviana245]

and regulus black too

[@melvinpaul4063]

That 4 minutes of scene cam make any man cry. Hats off Alan Ricknman... Always ❤❤❤

[@attakrus]

“It’s enough to make a grown man cry.” No, really, it made the last guy cry.

[@Josh-bf7wd]

This was the moment that made snape my favorite. Hands down the best wizard

[@jaemyrick5277]

R.I.P. Michael Gambon aka Professor Dumbledore 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@FLQueerLiberal1982]

"Always." The saddest thing ever uttered, in context to Snape.

[@Trinabiss97]

The image of Snape cradling Lily while baby Harry cries in his crib in the background causes a visceral reaction in me. Like physical pain in my chest and stomach drops. And now that I have kids….like fuck, dude. I haven’t watched HP in several years and completely forgot about that scene 💔💔💔

[@David-cb1ct]

"Albus Severus Potter, you where named for 2 headmasters of Hogwarts, one was a Slytherin and he was the Bravest man I ever knew".

[@lofvee]

even as a 13 y old when i saw this i cried even if this movie was in a different language and i understood little i felt it and i cried inside and out , my precious snape was always a favorite

[@chrisgriffin2579]

This is one of those scenes that drop kicks you in the feels and made you realize how wrong you were about Snape.. I know I felt rough realizing how wrong I was.

[@jonebert7716]

Alan was a true actor he took the art to its full potential when he played snape rip alan rickman u were one of the few great actors that truly acted for his fans and not the money....

[@BuffPomsky]

Movie portrayed him in a better light than the books tbh. To put it bluntly, Snape had a one-sided love he could never get over and only liked Lily. In the books, even during the memory scene, he blatantly admits his distaste for Harry. Ppl forget he was a death eater who detested lilys family (both married and before). Alan Rickman does a marvelous job and I believe that if someone else was cast for Snape, he may have been thoroughly disliked