UPDATE: It's official ~ no Oscar Nom for Alan Rickman ( Read more... )

One of my Anonymous posters took umbrage with the fact that I wrote that I was tired of the catchphrase "Shades of Gray" in This Previous Post.

Anonymous: Honestly, I think your problem with the shades of gray concept comes from misunderstanding of the phrase. You say yourself in this very essay that Snape was "not always good, not always bad". Okay ( Read more... )

I am proud to announce a new Livejournal Community that I've started to bring more Snape to the world.

Severmore

Quite a few people have joined and helped in the design of the layout, and I want to thank from the bottom of my heart the Anonymous Doner who gave us 6 months of a paid account! Thank you, friend!!!

There are so many things we could ( Read more... )

When both Snape and Alan Rickman won large fandom polls this past week, there were brain meltdowns here on Livejournal, and sour grape tantrums on the forums. I didn't know about any poll! The vote was split! It doesn't mean anything! This hurts my tender little feelings! I'm hitting the report button if you seem even a little bit happy, so you'd ( Read more... )

OH, Yesssssss! It's Official from the original publisher of Harry Potter!!!

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Okay, tribe. The BBC America Anglophenia Awards are still going on and we have to get voting and follow through till the end.
Alan is up against Benedict Cumberbatch in the Quarterfinals, and while we all love Sherlock Holmes, we know who needs to win.

Vote For Alan Here

It's going to be a tricky finish because the other pair is Colin Firth vs. ( Read more... )

I've been looking around Tumblr, although all the animation gives me eyestrain. But I. Can't. Stop. I found some amazing gifs and pics I had never seen before on Rickmansuniverse I especially like NEED this one:
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A few reminders:

Alan Rickman has moved into round two of the BBC Anglophenia Fan Favorites Tournament. Right now he leads Ewan McGregor 65 to 34, but keep voting! Vote more than once!

Also remember to continue voting in the Bloomsbury Favorite Character Contest The poll closes on Friday 26th August 2011 and the favourite character will be ( Read more... )

Reviews for Deathly Hallows Part Two are raising eyebrows because people from outside of fandom are refreshingly blunt and to-the-point about what they see in the movie. It's like a breath of fresh air (to Snape fans at least)  to see the series through the eyes of the newbies, who aren't hobbled (or beaten down) by years of nonsensical going ( Read more... )

Can Everyone Feel the Snape Love? This is what we've been missing since 2007!

(Thanks to  stn5 on HPN for the links)

Severus Snape is quite probably the most noble of all the characters in the Potterverse. Sure, he's a sardonic, foul-tempered man who seems to be an adversary more often than he is an ally, but as we learn in retrospect there is a ( Read more... )