Snowflake Challenge 2019 - Day 3

[gothikmaus]

Day 3

In your own space, share a favorite piece of original canon (a TV episode, a song, a favorite interview, a book, a scene from a movie, etc) and explain why you love it so much. Leave a comment in this post saying you did it. Include a link to your post if you feel comfortable doing so.

Last year I wrote about Sherlock, which is still my main fandom at the moment, but this year I want to go back to one of my other fandoms: Harry Potter. One of my favourite moments of the whole saga is probably "The Prince's Tale" from "Deathly Hallows", because it shows the main events that made Snape the person he was. It's quite tragic that, throughout his life, Snape was humiliated, manipulated, treated as the villain, whereas in reality it was the opposite. I'm perfectly aware he's not a likeable character: he can be unfair and petty, he's selfish, he holds grudges, but that chapter shows why he became like that. Sure, he could've made different choices and become a different person, but considering his past, even Harry understands that Snape was much more than everyone thought he was. We also discover why Petunia became such a petty, unpleasant person and see that Dumbledore was manipulative and capable of terrible things, even if they were done for the "greater good".

And let's not forget the bit that makes me cry every time I read it:

"After all this time?"
"Always."

T_T

Comments

[stripytights]

Lovely pick - it's a great part.

[tellshannon815]

This was a great moment to pick - I always love scenes like that which show the motivations of characters, and how they became the characters we see, good job!

[glittering_git]

I also love that part of the series <3 Especially that line that you quote!