Snape's SECRET Message to Harry - Harry Potter Theory

Welcome to Harry Potter theory. In today’s video, we’re going to be discussing Severus Snape, Harry Potter, and one of their first encounters in Snape’s first year potions class. More specifically, we’re going to be discussing a theory involving a secret message that Snape may have relayed to Harry when they first met. The moment occurred right at the beginning of the series, in Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone, when Harry first sits down in Snape’s potions class. Already suspicious of Snape, Snape makes it very clear right away that he does not like Harry- mocking him as Hogwarts’ ‘new celebrity’ right before quizzing him on the spot about different magical herbs. In spite of his fame, Harry had known nothing of the wizarding world until very recently, and this meant that he had no chance of being able to answer Snape’s questions. This is something that Snape undoubtedly knew, hoping to make Harry look foolish.
“There will be no foolish wand-waving or silly incantations in this class. As such, I don't expect many of you to appreciate the subtle science and exact art that is potion-making. However, for those select few who possess the predisposition, I can teach you how to bewitch the mind and ensnare the senses. I can tell you how to bottle fame, brew glory, and even put a stopper in death. Then again, maybe some of you have come to Hogwarts in possession of abilities so formidable that you feel confident enough to not pay attention! Mr. Potter. Our new celebrity. Tell me, what would I get if I added powdered root of asphodel to an infusion of wormwood? You don't know? Well, let's try again. Where, Mr. Potter, would you look if I asked you to find me a bezoar?...And what is the difference between monkshood and wolfsbane?...Pity. Clearly, fame isn't everything, is it, Mr. Potter?”
At first glance, all this dialogue shows us is that Snape wants to bully Harry a bit- he’s purposely asking Harry questions to which he does not know the answer. However, the theory that I want to discuss suggests that Snape’s questions are actually relaying a secret message to Harry. However, it’s not a message that he ever expected Harry to understand. Snape is a complex individual, and the message in question was simply for himself. Let’s dissect Snape’s ‘secret’ message.
His first question to Harry is:
"What would I get if I added powdered root of asphodel to an infusion of wormwood?"
And what’s curious about this is that according to the Victorian Flower Language, ‘Asphodel’ is actually a type of Lily. This lily means ‘my regrets follow you to the grave’ and the second part of Snape’s question - ‘wormwood’ means ‘absence’- which is symbolized by sorrow.
Combined this could be interpreted as 'I bitterly regret Lily's death'."- and this is of course significant because Lily is Harry’s mother, the only woman that Snape ever loved.
Deep, right?
To add to this even further, Snape’s question even contains an allusion to his own death- as asphodel was once believed to be a cure for ‘snake bites’ which of course Snape eventually dies from.
Did you guys know about this theory already? It’s been around on the internet for a while, but I wanted to relay it to you all and see what you thought. Do you think that this ‘hidden’ message was legitimately and purposely integrated by Rowling? Or is this just the result of a little too much overanalyzing by fans.
Let me know in the comment section below
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[@ikonik7780]

*Cries in herbal language*

[@population-_-420]

Always...... 😔😭

[@ikonik7780]

@@population-_-420 ✋🏽🤧✨

[@Alex-pm4tq]

🌵

[@hunterkiller1440]

And Snape's last words to Harry was "Look at me", he was staring into Lily's eyes before he died.

[@Calum0]

Nope it was: ‘You have ur mother’s eyes’

[@HawkLeer]

@@Calum0 Not in the book.

[@Calum0]

@@HawkLeer I know in the book there was standing: The green eyes crossed the black or something

[@SagaciousNihilist]

Kinda pedo and weird to be honest, because those eyes aren't technically his mother's they're his and this is coming from someone who also has his mother's eyes. After hearing that quote in the movie, I can't help but become self-conscious every time I watch the movie series and rewatch the scenes where snape purposely gets close to Harry's face and makes eye contact with him. The first being the scene described in this video. Can't help but to feel uncomfortable knowing what he's fantasizing about, while he's looking at Harry.

[@barbarazirger7732]

@@SagaciousNihilist Snape's love for Lily was pure and unconditional. He would not look at Harry in a pedo or creepy way!

[@Localicu]

I think it's J.K. Rowlings secret message to the reader, its more an easter egg than to be relevant for the story

[@spookyryu]

I feel this too

[@Rachel31509]

Mhm definitely

[@seadawg93]

Agree

[@LamaKING21]

Not relevant? “I deeply regret lily’s death” literally explains how much he loved lily and how all of his actions since her demise have been to not only avenge her but protect her only child. Everything snape ever did was out of revenge and love for lily.

[@demonprince2646]

@@LamaKING21 Severus did do many things because of his love for Lily and the protection of her son, yes. But you also have to remember that Lily wasn’t the only reason he made decisions or actions. He spent over 14 years of his life making up for a mistake he made in the past. It wasn’t all just for Lily, it was also to make his own wrongs right again, for himself. His love for Lily was always there, but he fought for others as well, the entire Wizarding World in fact, and of course, he fought for himself and made choices for himself. His life doesn’t revolve around this one person, though it may have started that way, it’s not all about her, but himself and his inner strength and bravery.

[@msrainbowbrite]

..... Haha, you were desperately trying NOT to do the "Alan Rickman voice" lol

[@JariDawnchild]

It would have been done well.

[@seren9613]

I've been a huge fan of Snape. I always felt even before I knew the end of the story there was a softer deeper side to him. When all was said and done I cried when I went back to this 💔 He really was a complex character. I believe it was a message of condolence whether it was to himself or Harry its beautifully painfully sad. RIP Alan/Severus 🖤🙏🙋‍♀️

[@shaantanunema3073]

Man, it's 'Severus' not 'Severous' which means 'severe' in Latin

[@seren9613]

@@shaantanunema3073 ummmm that's how I spelt it. Damn you seem like your a bit salty 🤷‍♀️ spell check.

[@snowysobsessed]

This is seriously the best channel on youtube. I come back to it everyday and have so much fun learning new theories being a huge potterhead. I wish I too was a big harry potter channel like Harry Potter Theory but I am just a small one😅 But I really love all the videos of this channel for they are AMAZING from start to end. 😀

[@snowysobsessed]

Hey thanks for the heart😃😄

[@paranihiaanaru4414]

Snape indulging in double-talk that only he understands and using this to bully Harry. JK Rowling never wrote things by accident

[@theradgegadgie6352]

Except possibly certain parts of her Twitter feed.

[@youdontknowme2235]

@@theradgegadgie6352 I feel like someone else wrote Harry Potter tbh

[@koma7778]

Just Kidding Rowling

[@lenanana8]

I hope that some part of him wanted Harry to decipher it.

[@BobBob-qh2bv]

I always figured the fact that asphodel and wormwood make the Drought of Living Death was a reference to Romeo and Juliet. In it, one of them drinks a magic sleep potion so powerful that the heart stops beating, and it appears to anyone who sees them that they are dead. Snape and Lily are in different and warring Houses, like in Romeo and Juliet.

[@Warlanda]

great observation!

[@zinzolin14]

I like this, the fact that they're ingredients for a death-like sleeping potions suggests how much Lily's death impacted him.

[@morpheuslordofoneiroi3293]

I think it was intentional. On the set of the first movie, she told Alan Rickman about Snape's directions, so that he can offer the proper performance for the role. And he carried those secrets up until it was revealed when the 7th book was released.

[@mahadlodhi]

"you know, I sometimes think we sort too soon."

[@jdartistry90]

This quote 👏🥺🥰

[@l.n.3372]

I hate this quote tbh. It's a pretty awful quote. It implies Slytherin can't also be brave which is dumb. Gryffindor can be loyal. Hufflepuff can be intelligent. And Ravenclaw can be ambitious.

[@ABHI-inazuma]

It's 2021 but, We are still waiting for our Hogwarts invitation letter 😂

[@manzariat7523]

I'll still wait even if it's 2100

[@ABHI-inazuma]

@@manzariat7523 me too 😀😎 if I will survive 😂

[@strawverrymilktaekookie7075]

Same here 😂😂

[@Sam__The__Slayer]

I found this wayyyy back, but glad to know some of us Potterheads are still interested in this.

[@Badruddoza942]

Right

[@devparihar6397]

Always

[@slimjong-un5743]

siick. how far back?!

[@Sam__The__Slayer]

@@slimjong-un5743 in 2018 or 19

[@jorgecarbajal8076]

I had heard the part about Snape offering his condolences for Lily’s death, but the part foreshadowing his own death is something that I just learned from this video.

[@AliAngelpie]

I've always found this a very interesting scene because I thought Snape was just being a bully, but then as I looked deeper into the message, I realized it had a deeper meaning because of the connection to Lily and Snape's grief over her death. I never thought about the part about snake bites and the connection because Snape eventually dies from snake bites. Still, it's a great theory as are all the theories on here! It makes my love for the series even greater!

[@reddfilms]

Snale is just the best character. No questions or doubts

[@joshuadesautels]

I'd heard of the Lily part before, but not the snakebite part. I also just the other day came across a suggestion that the Draught of Living Death was a reference to Snape's entire existence after Lily died. I'd never heard THAT one before, either.

[@rawan.7701]

I have something about Snape that I noticed but I didn’t see any one mention it in any HP theory. Which is in Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix, that’s happened when snape saw Harry’s thoughts and saw those things between him and cho so he knew about their feelings for each other, then when umbridge punish and interrogate him to find out information about Dumbledore's army, she send for snape to give her more of veritaserum but he told her that it’s finished the he said because she consumed the last of the potion on Cho, and then he looked to harry like he says don’t blame her for what she did. And that was really touching sense because snape try to protect that relationship and that young love.

[@l.n.3372]

That's not canon to the books tho. In the books, Umbridge used it on Harry to question him about Dumbledore and Sirius. Snape have her fake Veritaserum anyway so it wouldn't have worked. But Harry didn't drink it.

[@barbarazirger7732]

True, but it's still in the movie to show the viewer's Snape's more considerate side to Harry.

[@reddfilms]

I started watching Star Wars Theory like 4 years ago, then like a year ago I came across your channel. Since then it has been my favourite, great video by the way! Keep it up!

[@annalisette5897]

The author did not waste a single word, phrase or sentence. IMO, there is meaning in Snape's sentiments.

[@ishaansehgal167]

Can you cover the theory of Lily’s pregnancy at the time of death?

[@ChAhmad-up2ru]

Yes please

[@ludvigalvenborg1784]

She was pregnant?

[@user-or5ke5yn4w]

@@ludvigalvenborg1784 from Snape?

[@elspanoo]

@@user-or5ke5yn4w from hagrid?

[@karthikmangathaya9529]

@@elspanoo from pettigrew?

[@squirelnest103]

Hey I just realised Harry was always carrying part of voldemort's soul inside of him while the dementors attacked him, so maybe another reason they were so attracted to him was because they saw the dark past of voldemort?

[@SRaheemi]

There’s another theory (Reddit) that because he was the 8th horcrux he was 12.5% Voldemort, so when the dementors were near Harry he was 112.5% of a soul they’re getting more from him than anyone else.

[@squirelnest103]

yh makes sense

[@Julian-we6qg]

@@SRaheemi more like 11% Voldemort then

[@JariDawnchild]

That would be an interesting fanfic, Harry surviving the Dementor's Kiss because it ate the horcrux instead of the vessel. I don't think it's canon-possible, but if the fic is well-written, it might be fun to read.

[@tstefanyk6604]

I think it's too specific to be a coincidence. I have heard the first part, about the Lily, but not the second part about the snake bite and foreshadowing his death. Great video, as always, big thank you ❤️

[@braindominguez7938]

Snape was strict teacher to harry but he was a great teacher

[@pajshxishw]

Man your videos are awesome!

[@COVID--pv7bl]

Everytime I’m in bed, back from work and trying to sleep I find myself binge watching your videos. Good job 👏 your channel is very entertaining and it really broadens my mind of the magic world.

[@eomoran]

Anyone who has seen the amount of work Rowling put into it knows that there's no way that was on accident, much like Nagini literally meaning snake-lady, in good fiction, there is no such thing as coincidences

[@NeoQueenEternia]

I appreciate your videos. When I was younger I only saw the Harry Potter movies and moved on to other fandoms. But a few years back I decided to read the books and by doing so something sparked inside of me. I found a new appreciation for the series. And Ive been consuming as much Wizarding world content as I can. So every theory Ive seen is new to me. I just want to say thank you for all you do.

[@Queen_Kellz_1120]

Finally caught an upload quick!

[@HarryPotterTheory]

Nice emojis 😎

[@Queen_Kellz_1120]

@@HarryPotterTheory thank you sir! Nice vids ☺️🖤

[@StaticBlaster]

Awesome emojis!

[@Queen_Kellz_1120]

@@StaticBlaster thanks 😊

[@isaackushlick2114]

300k Subscribers!!! Congratulations 🎉 You are one of the best Harry Potter KZbinr’s!! I watch a lot of your videos and they really help me with my Harry Potter knowledge.

[@jdartistry90]

I believe it's a secret nod to the older reader who is still absolutely loving the wizarding world 🤣🥰

[@sickboisadventures]

Interesting to hear this theory again. Thanks!

[@reddfilms]

Or maybe it was just Snape asking Harry a hard question lol

[@leonorscorpio8333]

I have heard about the theory before, but I hadn't heard about the part referring to Snape's death

[@flashharry6892]

Congrats on 300k man🍾

[@ravenclawgamer6367]

This was a comment by someone in one of your videos too - just read it yesterday !!!!!

[@maximillian875]

I was already aware of this, but this is more in-depth than the way I heard about it.

[@bloodrose45]

J.K. Rowling has always been very secretive about her hidden messages and riddles that she puts in her writing. In a way I think she was trying to give Snape some humanity despite the fact that he's very bitter about Lily choosing James over him and now James' son was his student. Even if it was just something she knew, and maybe didn't expect others to take seriously, for those few who look for deeper meaning in the things they read would likely have viewed Snape's words and actions very differently. It's also likely that they'd have had a inkling of things to come or a better understanding of things that happened rather than being completely taken by surprise like the rest of us by certain events.

[@golden_left_nut2260]

Was already watching your video when i got the notification

[@firespectacular1191]

Congrats on 300k

[@tammydreamwriter2877]

Very interesting video as always

[@garimakhanna4155]

woah! that's intresting! thank you for telling us this.

[@gabrielfernandes5760]

Congratulations bro 👍on 300k

[@HarryPotterTheory]

Thank-you!

[@kiranbhandwalkar2327]

I still wonder, why Snape wanted Sirius Black's soul ripped off after he save his life and of the person who was gonna save the wizarding world? Sirius risked his life to save the trio and Snape and still he wants Sirius Black to get punished?

[@minhajnizam5090]

In the end he hates him and couldn't care less if something happened to the person who tormented him when he was young, also he didn't know at the time Sirius was innocent and wanted revenge for Lily

[@kiranbhandwalkar2327]

@@minhajnizam5090 Couldn't Dumbledore have convinced him to believe?

[@ackerose]

He believed Sirius was a serial killer like the rest of them. Also, when he reached the Shack Sirius was gloating about almost killing Snape, said he deserved it. Ron was on the floor with a broken leg and bleeding. Why would he think Sirius was innocent when he's got no reason to?

[@kiranbhandwalkar2327]

@@ackerose What I'm saying is when harry and Hermione had woken from sleep in madam pommery's service. Dumbledore Could've convinced Snape to stand as a witness fro Sirius's innocence. Lupin's(whose witness would not make much count) Harry's, Hermione's, Ron's and even Snape's witness would have been enough for ministery to believe that Sirius was innocent.

[@kiranbhandwalkar2327]

@@ackerose Didn't Sirius Black risk his life being an animangus and fall for Werewolf Lupin?

[@preetsingh-gs2nz]

I read about it in a harry potter fanfiction novel R.I.P Helen McCrory

[@thomasmoeller3446]

Did not know this theory. But I'm sure to hear it a few more times on this channel over the next several months.

[@thebeardedhorsemenWW]

I think a great theory would be.. how many invisibility cloaks are there and how did there get to be so many if it was a gift from death? We know (off the top of my head) that harry, mad eye, and Barty crouch had one. So, where did they come from?

[@tstefanyk6604]

Yes please! I have asked for this one too!!!

[@sofiarussell4036]

Happy 300k!

[@dooglebee]

It could be considered too much of a coincidence that J.K. Rowling used those exact plants in Snape's tirade. I think she may have had an idea of what she was doing. It's common knowledge that Harry has Lily's eyes so perhaps Snape was caught off guard and his words were meant more in a self-deprecating sense than as a show of disdain towards Harry? In his mind, he failed to protect Lily, ergo, he failed Lily, the love of his life. That had to be a deep and heavy burden he was carrying.

[@harikalaarts2350]

I loved the video it was amazing and pls make a video on “Waht if Draco Malfoy went to Durmstrang” plssssss I love your channel

[@krysxmoon]

Youve spoken about this already :( nooooooooo were running out of HP subjects to go over

[@440mopar5]

Humble and innocence is worth more than fame and fortune. Snape had to be sure Harry had his mother's personality to be humble for the world. The short version

[@samuelcosta8189]

Great video

[@briesullivan883]

I honestly took this to mean ‘I regret that you survived and that she died for. If only she had stepped aside.’

[@stefrondi1339]

Dark, but possible. I never thought of it that way

[@joshuadesautels]

"If you truly loved her..." If he had truly UNDERSTOOD her, he would have known that she would NEVER have stepped aside and let Voldemort murder her son.

[@briesullivan883]

@@joshuadesautels I think Dumbledore’s point was ‘It’s the least you can do.’

[@canudigitsuker]

never knew this, thats awesome

[@armzz10]

Video Idea: top 10 or top 5 quidditch players that we have seen play.

[@breakingbenjamin555]

I don't know if you have already made a video about this, but if you haven't, are you able to make a video explaining how some wizards can perform magic without saying the name of the spell? Like when Voldermort and Dumbledore did in the ministry?

[@barbarazirger7732]

Snape can do wandless and non verbal magic too.

[@potterheadasap]

Happy 300k

[@lenanana8]

Considering Alan Rickman was told by JK Rowling before film 1 the whole backstory of Snape, this was most definitely intended as a secret message. Imagine if we had all been fluent in the language of flowers! I wanted to add on to this (from what I've seen floating around on youtube): - wolfsbane / monkshood: toxic plant, meaning "take care, danger lies ahead" - Snape could be warning Harry of the impending danger he would face when Voldemort returns - asphodel and wormwood are ingredients of the Draught of Living Death - Snape's bitter deep sorrow at Lily's death had made him almost like the living dead: he's alive but not dead inside. - bezoar: the ingredient that saves Ron from poisoning in year 6, five years later

[@anmol2409]

Next video on Snapes power vs Other wizards please

[@karenknicely1788]

Well, for me, I think it's marvelous! I never knew any of that. Wether it was planned that way, or not, it's quite interesting!!

[@440mopar5]

Bewitch the mind Bottle fame *"Put a stopper on death".... *Disposition( Snape knew harry didn't have Magik( correct spelling) knowledge= disposition= unable,etc) So,Snape may still be alive

[@melanezoe]

JK knew. Those are esoteric references, unlikely to be accidental.

[@iagreebut2075]

You're a wizard HARRY! The OG outro :)

[@kiranbhandwalkar2327]

DOUBT: Flash back: Dumbledore wore the Marvolo Gaunt ring, But the ring had a terrible curse placed upon it by Voldemort and as soon as Dumbledore wore the ring he understood his grave mistake. Plot twist maybe: Dumbledore realises that he has a year or less to survive and Voldemort has given Draco the task to kill Dumbledore. At that time, The loyalty of elder wand was to Dumbledore. Dumbledore knew that Voldemort would somehow know that Dumbledore was the owner of Elder wand. He was told by Gregowich that whoever kills the previous owner of the wand attains loyalty of the elder wand. So Dumbledore asks Snape to kill Dumbledore lying that he did not wanted a young soul to be stained, secondly, Voldemort would trust him more than ever. So that when Voldemort would find out, how to get elder wand's ownership, he would kill Snape and not Draco. If Draco would have died, Narcissa Malfoy would have declared that Harry is alive in the forbidden Forest. Harry would have died and Voldemort would have conquered the wizarding world. Is this reliable, This is what my theory says of the reason why Dumbledore asked Snape to kill him.

[@AC-ig2tv]

can you imagine if voldemort not only wanted the elder wand to be the strongest wizard, but to also turn it into a horcrux. even better would be if he wanted to kill potter with it for that murder to cause the horcrux to be created. but since harry was already a horcrux, he just skipped the horcrux making part and just attacked hogwarts to prove a point of some kind

[@arrowghost]

At first I thought he hated Harry because he's the child of Lily, & James whom Snape despise him so much.

[@timeweavebot7468]

I remember flipping through the channels and stopped at this scene. Been a potter head since

[@benglick5666]

Video Suggestion: Is Parseltongue a necessity to create a horcrux? Reason for this idea is because we only know of 2 people who have created horcruxes sucessfully, Herpo The Foul & Lord Voldemort. They were both Parselmouths. When Voldemort created more and more horcruxes, he became more and more snakelike. Parseltongue is the ability to speak to snakes, Voldemort becomes more and more snakelike as he creates more Horcruxes. Coincidence? Like this so he can see it please, I’d love to see a video on this 🙏

[@JariDawnchild]

That's never crossed my mind before. Now I'm curious lol.

[@warithalghul4578]

There is also another theory - interpretation And it is that according to how the same flowers were used in the ancient Greek traditions, Severus could have said to Harry: On Lily's grave, I swear to protect you. And the did

[@jcerasi13]

If you combine this with what he says in the beginning of HBP, he may have been using it to test and see if he was the greater wizard than Voldemort that some theorized he was and to identify as an ally if he was. He says in HBP to Bellatrix and Narcissa that he thought the rumors could be true and he sought to find out and quickly realized he wasn't.

[@l.n.3372]

I don't think that's true. Albus pretty much told Snape how Harry survived: Lily's death protected Harry. Snape knew it wasn't because Harry was powerful, so he wouldn't need to check that. He was lying in spinner's end to distract Bellatrix

[@lauraeden6224]

And a bezoar can bring someone back from the brink of death. Interestingly (to me), is that a bezoar comes from the stomach of a goat. Snape is a Capricorn which is symbolized by a goat standing alone on the top of a mountain.

[@ameliashephard2876]

It's the stomach of a goat btw. 😊

[@lauraeden6224]

@@ameliashephard2876 🤦🏼‍♀️Sorry....I was in a hurry when I posted that.

[@l.n.3372]

Snape is a Capricorn?

[@junelledembroski9183]

I think with the monkshood and wolfsbane question he was asking Harry what the difference was between good and evil. They could just be different names of the same exact poison. Don’t quote me but I think that’s what he was saying.

[@rudranshkaushal2609]

Your Videos Is Very Important Before Going To Watch Harry Potter

[@Noone-xi4ki]

Do you actually watch his videos before watching the movies? Wow you actually ruined the fun for yourself.

[@fishandjam5383]

Of course it was intentional! How could it not be?

[@matteocaso2343]

Day #23 of reminding everyone how neglected Flitwick the dueling champion is...

[@ramonar6180]

JKRowlings was so clever to think of all the symbolisms in the books & movies. Love it, 💕🐞

[@TheMegazonyx]

If it was, impressive, if it isn't, impressive

[@karlbergen6826]

I have wondered it could be that Harry not only lost a mother and father but also a yet unborn brother or sister.

[@ravenclawbabygirl6815]

If the theory is true, then yes. Harry would have also lost his unborn sister Lucy.

[@becca_rotras]

I think it's a great deal of foreshadowing the events that happen later in the story...

[@camss7133]

An idea is you make like a short every day(funny or not) it could be from the movie or animation

[@bendadestroyer]

Vid starts at 2:30

[@JTStonne]

I heard a theory that Snape is still alive. Since he knew how to put a stopper in death, he knew the potion to heal snake bites, he knew Voldemort had Nigini and he knew the 2nd Wizarding War had Voldemort trying to master the Elder Wand which he thought Snape was the master of by killing Dumbledore, he would have prepared for it. Harry didn't stay long enough to make sure he died. What do you think?

[@tstefanyk6604]

🤔🤔🤔

[@barbarazirger7732]

I think you're right. Either he healed himself or someone else took care of him. I like to think Hermione stayed or came back and gave him dittany and blood replenisher, and anti snake bite toxin. Help him enough to get him to the hospital. Or maybe Narcissa helped him, since he saved Draco's life. They say his body wasn't there at the castle when even the death eaters were all accounted for. The trio knew where Snape was. Do you think they'd leave his body there after Harry saw his memories? Snape would have to hang low for awhile until Harry clears his name, and most of the death eaters sent to Azcaban. He would be a wanted man on both sides for awhile.

[@theb.i.gnotorious9127]

@@barbarazirger7732 guys what are you talkin about hermione didn't know Snape was on their side until harry told her and Ron anyway hermione couldn't have saved him and narcissa didn't know Snape was killed even if she knew there is nothing she coulda done it's not a common venom it was of nagini full of dark magic voldemort made sure that Snape wouldn't have survived the bite he himself knew it plus the venom of the snake spreads very fast in no account whatsoever is Snape still alive

[@barbarazirger7732]

@@theb.i.gnotorious9127 I know what you're saying but he was a potion master. He would have probably been taking anti venom for Nagini for weeks. I know it's not regular venom, but st. Mungo's treated Arthur Weasley when he got bit by Nagini, and he survived . Surely Snape had some of that potion on hand. Hermione and Harry had just seen Snape not attacking McGonagall and take out the Carrow twins. They were told Snape sent the students to Hagrids for "punishment", when he could. Even Harry went over to Snape when he was dying. Remember, they all just heard him not tell Voldemort who the true owner of the elder wand was. He was protecting Draco and Harry. Hermione would of had at least dittany to heal wounds, a bezoar and blood replenisher in her bag of tricks. She also at that point, probably knew the counter spell for sectumsempra. They weren't doctors, they wouldn't know for sure if he was dead. If Snape died that quickly, it was from blood loss, not Nagini, and like I mentioned, he would have been prepared for an attack by her. I like to think he lived.

[@jessebianchi2631]

there is such a thing as overthinking. it does seem odd that the standard potions text was so full of errors though, since lily and slughorn were both taught from that text and were accomplished potion makers. in fact hermione and so many others were skilled brewers in spite of the substandard book.

[@tanya.borealis]

How would Harry know this to be important when he grows up? Harry is a human being after all and as a child of 11 this message might have stuck in his mind because this is the first verbal encounter with Snape, or it might have not stuck, unless Harry would have used the memory vial for himself after the war. In the end of the day this piece of information is relayed to us, the audience, in order to understand the plot better.

[@briesullivan883]

If true, that has got to be the worst apology ever.

[@Queenhaylihill]

I already knew about this hidden messages

[@jamesdoble7580]

and the bezor harry would use to save Ron, and monk's hood and wolf's bane are both related to werewolf lore. alot did Snape relay to harry.

[@haydenhoodless2055]

Personally I don't think Rowling is the type of writer that would employ such clever, subtle hidden meanings in dialogue and foreshadowing without making sure you were aware of it by having Hermione literally say it out loud in exposition or it being spelled out as Harry's thoughts. It's pretty cool though.

[@JariDawnchild]

Possibly, but it's an excellent chekhov's gun nonetheless. Rowling uses that particular writer's trick a lot.

[@l.n.3372]

How can you think that tho? Almost every character has a meaningful name that Hermione doesn't speak out loud to explain to the audience. But the names are chosen specifically to send a message. Take Lupin for example. Any fan should know immediately he has wolf motif going on. That he's a werewolf shouldn't be a shock when his last name means Wolf and his first name is the Roman mythology. But Hermione doesn't realize anything until she did Snape's essay about werewolves. Hermione doesn't explain everything to the audience.

[@mlstromflyboy8387]

NO, BUT YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND THE LAST PART. Bezoar is a stone that is created in ones stomach and causes severe discomfort, and the difference between Wolfsbane and Monkshood is one stands for chivalry and the other stands for misanthropy or the dislike for others and/or beware a deadly foe is nearby. In other words most likely meaning in the whole context. "I mourned greatly over your mother's passing, but in this moment in time I'm disgusted to say I wasn't the hero, and your enemies are close."

[@seadawg93]

I think it’s intentional, but I think it’s not a coded condolence but a subtle extra-insult. “What do you get when the live of my life dies and can’t get over it ...you get stuck with this piece of ....” Although, if the first question has double meaning, the next two should as well. What might they be?

[@atiquejawad4229]

Brilliant

[@stillhere95]

This is probably just an Easter egg from the author. I don't think Snape's character actually means to say that interpretation.

[@mail2arulprakashj]

Wow 😯

[@King_of_Blue-Eyes]

As a huge fan of Snape, I really liked this theory.

[@deboshrutimandal4936]

1st view ,1st like as well as 1st comment.....but the theory...as usual magical💖

[@raghavparanjpe9556]

Its nice though really nice ❤️❤️

[@kimgrod]

Oh, I think Joe knew exactly what she was writing.

[@highlandcheng5035]

I havent watch finish the video yet but I once saw this theory it says "Regretting Lily's death"

[@davidcarney1533]

Where would you find a bezoar? Aberforth's garden?

[@antoniomatias9584]

Is it possible he was telling Harry that Voldemort’s fame isn’t everything? Just because he is the one who cannot be named, doesn’t mean he is unbeatable ? Love the channel