5 Peices of Headcanon for Snape
1: Snape's first kill as a Death Eater was his own Muggle father; this solidifed the bond between him and Voldemort and put him at Voldermort's right hand -- these sinsister echos pleased the Dark Lord like few others could.
2: Snape feels not one iota of guilt; Tobias Snape beat and abused his wife and son, and as far as he's concerned, it was the only good thing he did as a Death Eater; find the courage to strike down the first and greatest of his tormentors. It was, however, too late for his mother, who had a 'bad fall' and never recovered from it long before Tobias Snape was tortured to death at the hands of his son.
3: Lucius brought Snape into the fold, and the two were friends -- real, genuine friends. Never, ever lovers. They complemented each other well. Snape's raw ambition was unmatched by the older Slytherin who expected a pawn and instead got a partner whose intelligence surpassed his but needed Lucius to fasciliate things with his superior charm, breeding and ability. Snape kept the Malfoy family safe often, and after the loss of Lily, they filled the void in a strange way. Oh, sure there was the unspoken 'we've tortured and killed together', but there was something beyond that, too. He is the only person, perhaps, to surmount his bloodline in Lucius Malfoy's eyes-- but this changed over time as Lucius got too comfortable and too wealthy, too safe. Snape never allowed himself that luxury. He was already readying himself for the next stpe in the Master Plan.
4: Snape never bought the 'blood superiority' party line of the Death Eaters. He was, like most young men duped into a terrorist organization, looking for a banner and belonging. He just wanted to feel like he mattered, like he was doing something important, and like he would be remembered.
5: Snape was raised in a sub-village near Manchester not far from the Evans family who were in a far better 'burb. His father worked the textile factories that were slowly failing, one by one, and lived in migrant worker housing, sharing a bathroom among several families. It's whree he got into the bad habit of simply not taking care of himself. His father wasn't much better. It eventually became a badge of shame and he refused to clean himself up out of spite-- if he was going to be poor, fuck it, let the world know when a poor man's son was spitting in their face, too!
2: Snape feels not one iota of guilt; Tobias Snape beat and abused his wife and son, and as far as he's concerned, it was the only good thing he did as a Death Eater; find the courage to strike down the first and greatest of his tormentors. It was, however, too late for his mother, who had a 'bad fall' and never recovered from it long before Tobias Snape was tortured to death at the hands of his son.
3: Lucius brought Snape into the fold, and the two were friends -- real, genuine friends. Never, ever lovers. They complemented each other well. Snape's raw ambition was unmatched by the older Slytherin who expected a pawn and instead got a partner whose intelligence surpassed his but needed Lucius to fasciliate things with his superior charm, breeding and ability. Snape kept the Malfoy family safe often, and after the loss of Lily, they filled the void in a strange way. Oh, sure there was the unspoken 'we've tortured and killed together', but there was something beyond that, too. He is the only person, perhaps, to surmount his bloodline in Lucius Malfoy's eyes-- but this changed over time as Lucius got too comfortable and too wealthy, too safe. Snape never allowed himself that luxury. He was already readying himself for the next stpe in the Master Plan.
4: Snape never bought the 'blood superiority' party line of the Death Eaters. He was, like most young men duped into a terrorist organization, looking for a banner and belonging. He just wanted to feel like he mattered, like he was doing something important, and like he would be remembered.
5: Snape was raised in a sub-village near Manchester not far from the Evans family who were in a far better 'burb. His father worked the textile factories that were slowly failing, one by one, and lived in migrant worker housing, sharing a bathroom among several families. It's whree he got into the bad habit of simply not taking care of himself. His father wasn't much better. It eventually became a badge of shame and he refused to clean himself up out of spite-- if he was going to be poor, fuck it, let the world know when a poor man's son was spitting in their face, too!