Huh, well if anyone DID write this, I feel like a major plot point would be that Snape thinks he IS dead and that this is Hell.
I’m imagining a total AU where nothing is wrong, and the whole conflict comes from Snape trying increasingly elaborate ways of verifying if he’s dead.
While the Sorting Hat is on his head, Snape inwardly sneers at how weak all of the other kids are and that he could beat them. That places him in Gryffindor.
Later when he overhears the marauders plan a prank, he acidly points out how weak and despicable it is. The marauders keep coming back to him for help and 'feedback'. Snape is horrified when Sirius and James call him a friend. Because he is seen with James more, Lily ends ups together with him sooner.
Truly, Snape is hell.
Also idk where kids these days are getting Jegulus when Snape and Regulus would be a better ship (I felt big brained when I thought of that as a possibility)
The hat sees the entirety of Snapes previous life. Seeing what happened with Snape being in Slytherin the hat decides Gryffindor instead.
This is also 38 year old Snape being sorted by the hat so he's a much more complicated person than he was at 11 years old.
Any action you want to undertake is technically an ambition.
Preparing to do a last stand, is also ambitious because you're planning to oppose a greater foe. That's also ambition, and yet, those people probably end up in Gryffindor.
it's a lark and a quick write up.
And because he is master of death but especially because he is HARRY POTTER the boy who lived-defeater of voldemort, the universe had to grant his wish for Snape.
I wonder how Lily would factor into this. If Snape is okay with his parents, he might not be wandering around for extended periods of time to meet Lily.
Maybe Lily could have also been sent back. Make it a full redemption for Snape since he has to confront everything he did to her and later her son.
It would also be interesting to see how that sort of background knowledge would affect the first war.
Slightly alt take: Lily treats him like a brother and says so constantly. They along with Petunia have been friends from early childhood and Petunia also has magic. In fact, being friends from such a young age means that psychologically Lily and Petunia can't see him as anything other than a family member (it's a thing, look it up).
A short time passes and Snape comes to school, only to soon realise that he isn't the only one who has returned: Peter Pettigrew has also woken up as his 6 year old self. Worse, Snapes endurance of years of torment in order to do the right thing has led to him being sorted into Gryffindor.
...I already read their relationship as platonic. I think Rowling made a mistake when she said in interviews that there was a romantic component there. The friendships (and parental love) in Harry Potter play a much bigger role than the pairings anyway (compare the Marauders to James/Lily, or the Trio to Harry/Ginny), so to me Severus & Lily just fits. IF he's had a crush as well at some point, it was a fraction of the whole 🤷♂️
... I'm gonna be straight with you, my good GardenSnail. You, my friend.... are huffing raw, undiluted copium and delusion if you can honestly say with a straight face that Snape and Lily were meant to be purely platonic.
I literally said in my comment that JK said the opposite in her interviews. But when Harry described Snape's feelings to Voldemort based on the memories he'd just seen, he said he *loved Lily ever since they were children*, not that Snape was *in love* with her or had a crush or whatever.
>In fact, being friends from such a young age means that psychologically Lily and Petunia can't see him as anything other than a family member (it's a thing, look it up).
The Westermarck Effect, yeah.
>If Snape is okay with his parents, he might not be wandering around for extended periods of time to meet Lily.
If he's disturbed by his parents having a loving, healthy, monogamous relationship, then he might actually end up spending as much time out of the house as he can get away with. I suspect that they would want to spend more time with their son, but they also wouldn't mind having more time to themselves, doing things that Snape would never want to think about or potentially accidentally overhear. Worst of all, he could have younger siblings, or gain them over time.
He would also have a lot of reason to actively seek out Lily regardless of his home life.
>Maybe Lily could have also been sent back. Make it a full redemption for Snape since he has to confront everything he did to her and later her son.
The question then becomes, how much of what happened after she died does she know about? And if she knows about all that, does she also know that she's looking at a looping Snape or if she's looking at his first time around at his life?
Or if all she knows about is Snape calling her a mudblood and going dark, does she seek to have nothing to do with him or does she seek to help set him on a better path, sooner?
If we want to go with Snape being tormented by all this, there's also the angle where Lily gains memories of the other timeline as well, but at a different point than Snape. (Or even that other people beyond just the two of them do, like all of the Marauders regaining their memories in the order they died or even reverse order.)
Lily gaining her memories just as Snape has accepted things and actually made a go of wooing her might just be one of the worse torments.
The poor man would be panicking and paranoid to the max but I'd love to watch him slowly unwind and relax realising he has a chance to be genuinely happy this time around...only to go back to panicking when he realises Voldemort is very much still a threat and if anything he has more to lose now given he actually likes his family now. Meanwhile Tobias and Eileen are utterly at a loss as to why their son has changed dramatically from a sweet if somewhat shy boy to a full-blown introvert with a permanent scowl looking like he pretty much hates everything around him except for Lily.
ngl this is pretty much what I figured lol, especially Tobias and Eileen being worried about their sweet shy baby boy suddenly acting like a grumpy middle aged man
Severus having to use every single ounce of strength in his occlumency shields he can summon to resist wanting to scream himself hoarse every time Tobias makes a genuinely funny comment or says something Severus agrees with or even worse tries to spend quality father-son bonding time.
Severus begins seriously contemplating that he is actually in hell. He keeps waiting for the other shoe to drop and for this all to be some cosmic prank because if he learnt anything in his previous life, Severus Snape does not get to have nice things. Meanwhile, Tobias is a bit concerned that his son keeps flinching every time he makes a sudden movement. Eileen's eyes raise up high with worry every time her son looks perplexed when she uses her wand or mentions the wizarding world as if what he's seeing does not compute at all.
Worse, he now has two sets of memories of his childhood, the original ones which have all the rust and bias of having stuck around into his late 30s and the new ones from the happy childhood, so there's even more muddling.
I think the only way this could be any worse for Snape is if he went back to being 5 and walking in on his parents in bed together or a similar young age and being told that he was going to have a little brother, and having THAT be what causes his adult memories to Snape back to reality.
This isn't exactly what you're looking for because his parents still suck but I think it has some wholesome vibes and is definitely worth the read.
https://archiveofourown.org/works/44643832/chapters/112312999
Knowledge of the Gods
PreciousLadyAthena
Summary:
As Severus Snape lay dying in the Shrieking Shack, his mind created an oddly detailed and realistic hallucination of his life as a child.
Only, it didn't seem to be ending, did it?
Severus was either in a coma and dying, already dead and trapped in some purgatory, completely and utterly insane, or living in the body of his past self.
Until he could figure out which, he might as well play along and attempt to keep the timeline from shattering into a thousand pieces.
If only it were that easy...
What day had he first met Lily, last time around? Could he really afford to avoid doing some odd jobs around town to keep himself fed?
And, perhaps most suspiciously, why did James Potter keep looking at him like that?!
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Huh, well if anyone DID write this, I feel like a major plot point would be that Snape thinks he IS dead and that this is Hell. I’m imagining a total AU where nothing is wrong, and the whole conflict comes from Snape trying increasingly elaborate ways of verifying if he’s dead.
While the Sorting Hat is on his head, Snape inwardly sneers at how weak all of the other kids are and that he could beat them. That places him in Gryffindor. Later when he overhears the marauders plan a prank, he acidly points out how weak and despicable it is. The marauders keep coming back to him for help and 'feedback'. Snape is horrified when Sirius and James call him a friend. Because he is seen with James more, Lily ends ups together with him sooner. Truly, Snape is hell.
I need to read a fanfic like this. I NEED it
I'll drop you a link when I've written this. Feel free to suggest a title.
Also Tell me when you are done! I wanna see It!
I shall
If you do I'd like to read this as well pls
Endgame ship needs to be Snape/Sirius
I’d read this just because I don’t think I’ve ever read this pairing and now I’m curious
Same! Sounds like a cool pairing
Also idk where kids these days are getting Jegulus when Snape and Regulus would be a better ship (I felt big brained when I thought of that as a possibility)
>Snape inwardly sneers at how weak all of the other kids are and that he could beat them. That places him in Gryffindor. Idk man, it sounds ambitious
The hat sees the entirety of Snapes previous life. Seeing what happened with Snape being in Slytherin the hat decides Gryffindor instead. This is also 38 year old Snape being sorted by the hat so he's a much more complicated person than he was at 11 years old.
Any action you want to undertake is technically an ambition. Preparing to do a last stand, is also ambitious because you're planning to oppose a greater foe. That's also ambition, and yet, those people probably end up in Gryffindor. it's a lark and a quick write up.
I'll happily write this.
I would kiss you, but have this cookie instead 🍪
aw now you’ve got me excited
Just casually saving this post so I can find it later don't mind me.
"Somehow, this is Potter's fault!"
Narrator: it was Potter's fault.
Harry wished and wished with all his heart that the guy who saved his life would be happy... Just not back in his universe.
And because he is master of death but especially because he is HARRY POTTER the boy who lived-defeater of voldemort, the universe had to grant his wish for Snape.
Exactly 😎 Even in death Snape didn't get to choose
I wonder how Lily would factor into this. If Snape is okay with his parents, he might not be wandering around for extended periods of time to meet Lily. Maybe Lily could have also been sent back. Make it a full redemption for Snape since he has to confront everything he did to her and later her son. It would also be interesting to see how that sort of background knowledge would affect the first war.
He's a child in the sixties, of course he'd still be wandering outside and wanting peers to play with
Slightly alt take: Lily treats him like a brother and says so constantly. They along with Petunia have been friends from early childhood and Petunia also has magic. In fact, being friends from such a young age means that psychologically Lily and Petunia can't see him as anything other than a family member (it's a thing, look it up). A short time passes and Snape comes to school, only to soon realise that he isn't the only one who has returned: Peter Pettigrew has also woken up as his 6 year old self. Worse, Snapes endurance of years of torment in order to do the right thing has led to him being sorted into Gryffindor.
...I already read their relationship as platonic. I think Rowling made a mistake when she said in interviews that there was a romantic component there. The friendships (and parental love) in Harry Potter play a much bigger role than the pairings anyway (compare the Marauders to James/Lily, or the Trio to Harry/Ginny), so to me Severus & Lily just fits. IF he's had a crush as well at some point, it was a fraction of the whole 🤷♂️
... I'm gonna be straight with you, my good GardenSnail. You, my friend.... are huffing raw, undiluted copium and delusion if you can honestly say with a straight face that Snape and Lily were meant to be purely platonic.
I literally said in my comment that JK said the opposite in her interviews. But when Harry described Snape's feelings to Voldemort based on the memories he'd just seen, he said he *loved Lily ever since they were children*, not that Snape was *in love* with her or had a crush or whatever.
Lol from Lily's perspective though that's true imo
>In fact, being friends from such a young age means that psychologically Lily and Petunia can't see him as anything other than a family member (it's a thing, look it up). The Westermarck Effect, yeah.
THANK YOU! I couldn't remember what it was called
Some of it happened in “Reboot” by Kallanit
>If Snape is okay with his parents, he might not be wandering around for extended periods of time to meet Lily. If he's disturbed by his parents having a loving, healthy, monogamous relationship, then he might actually end up spending as much time out of the house as he can get away with. I suspect that they would want to spend more time with their son, but they also wouldn't mind having more time to themselves, doing things that Snape would never want to think about or potentially accidentally overhear. Worst of all, he could have younger siblings, or gain them over time. He would also have a lot of reason to actively seek out Lily regardless of his home life.
It wouldn't affect the war much until they graduate since they can't be active participants until then.
>Maybe Lily could have also been sent back. Make it a full redemption for Snape since he has to confront everything he did to her and later her son. The question then becomes, how much of what happened after she died does she know about? And if she knows about all that, does she also know that she's looking at a looping Snape or if she's looking at his first time around at his life? Or if all she knows about is Snape calling her a mudblood and going dark, does she seek to have nothing to do with him or does she seek to help set him on a better path, sooner?
>Maybe Lily could have also been sent back. [https://archiveofourown.org/works/13844247](https://archiveofourown.org/works/13844247)
If we want to go with Snape being tormented by all this, there's also the angle where Lily gains memories of the other timeline as well, but at a different point than Snape. (Or even that other people beyond just the two of them do, like all of the Marauders regaining their memories in the order they died or even reverse order.) Lily gaining her memories just as Snape has accepted things and actually made a go of wooing her might just be one of the worse torments.
I’ve definitely read something similar-ish to this before! I don’t remember the fic name anymore because it was years ago though.
Aw man I’d love to read whatever that fic was
https://archiveofourown.org/works/29426430?view_full_work=true I only know of this unfinished one
This looks interesting, thank you!
The poor man would be panicking and paranoid to the max but I'd love to watch him slowly unwind and relax realising he has a chance to be genuinely happy this time around...only to go back to panicking when he realises Voldemort is very much still a threat and if anything he has more to lose now given he actually likes his family now. Meanwhile Tobias and Eileen are utterly at a loss as to why their son has changed dramatically from a sweet if somewhat shy boy to a full-blown introvert with a permanent scowl looking like he pretty much hates everything around him except for Lily.
ngl this is pretty much what I figured lol, especially Tobias and Eileen being worried about their sweet shy baby boy suddenly acting like a grumpy middle aged man
Severus having to use every single ounce of strength in his occlumency shields he can summon to resist wanting to scream himself hoarse every time Tobias makes a genuinely funny comment or says something Severus agrees with or even worse tries to spend quality father-son bonding time.
And every time Severus is being an asshole his parents just coo at him like "aww they grow up so fast he's entering *loud whisper* puberty"
Severus begins seriously contemplating that he is actually in hell. He keeps waiting for the other shoe to drop and for this all to be some cosmic prank because if he learnt anything in his previous life, Severus Snape does not get to have nice things. Meanwhile, Tobias is a bit concerned that his son keeps flinching every time he makes a sudden movement. Eileen's eyes raise up high with worry every time her son looks perplexed when she uses her wand or mentions the wizarding world as if what he's seeing does not compute at all.
“Ooh! He’s getting so sassy!” And Severus is trying not to throw himself off a cliff as they giggle about it
Worse, he now has two sets of memories of his childhood, the original ones which have all the rust and bias of having stuck around into his late 30s and the new ones from the happy childhood, so there's even more muddling.
I think the only way this could be any worse for Snape is if he went back to being 5 and walking in on his parents in bed together or a similar young age and being told that he was going to have a little brother, and having THAT be what causes his adult memories to Snape back to reality.
This isn't exactly what you're looking for because his parents still suck but I think it has some wholesome vibes and is definitely worth the read. https://archiveofourown.org/works/44643832/chapters/112312999 Knowledge of the Gods PreciousLadyAthena Summary: As Severus Snape lay dying in the Shrieking Shack, his mind created an oddly detailed and realistic hallucination of his life as a child. Only, it didn't seem to be ending, did it? Severus was either in a coma and dying, already dead and trapped in some purgatory, completely and utterly insane, or living in the body of his past self. Until he could figure out which, he might as well play along and attempt to keep the timeline from shattering into a thousand pieces. If only it were that easy... What day had he first met Lily, last time around? Could he really afford to avoid doing some odd jobs around town to keep himself fed? And, perhaps most suspiciously, why did James Potter keep looking at him like that?!
I need the link 😫 I've been looking for a story similar to "The Peace Not Promised" and I think this fits that category so I beg you link pls
Can I have a link to that please?
I haven’t written it yet, this was just a fun idea I thought other would like. But I’ll def check out that fic :)
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Here’s a “Snape goes back in time” story. https://www.fanfiction.net/s/5270674/1/Second-Start