Happy Birthday Snape!
As a disclaimer, I apologize for being so far gone. In my defense, at least it's shorter than last year, and it doesn't have any sparkles. Also, I have no idea what's up with this font.
I've been diligent in celebrating: despite wearing my CAMP shirt for the camp fair, I've been wearing my Slytherin shirt all day. I've been writing alot, I listened to the new Snapecast episode, and later on I'll probably watch HBP to make some Snape-y screencaps. As for my Happy Birfday Snape post, I have a number of links and we can look at.
Firstly, as a matter of less squee and more My-Heart-Just-Broke-Into-The-Smallest-Imaginable-Pieces-But-At-Least-Now-My-Emo-Snape-Is-Even-More-Canon, I recently looked over the HPB DVD and watched the deleted scenes. My poor, broken little heart. See, that's why I like Snape so much. He just needs a huge hug and goddamn break. I guess that's why I have the Life's Work, too: it's a matter of comfort. Somehow writing something that (eventually) helps this character create some semblance of happiness makes me feel better inside. I don't know how it came to bother me so much in the first place.
Also, regarding the deleted scene, the translation of the song from Latin is:
Carry my soul into the night
May the stars light my way
No glory in the sight
As Darkness takes the Day
Sing a song, a song of new life
Lived without regret
Tell the ones, the ones I loved
I will never forget
I will never forget.
In other news, Alan Rickman recently did an interview in which he talked about Snape in the DH movie. He mentioned that he's only done two scenes so far. The first was with just him and Voldemort. I would think this is his death scene, but isn't Harry supposed to be here? And Hermione too, for that matter? The second scene is him "speaking in front of 300 kids." Does that mean we get to see headmaster Snape? And if so, HOLY FREAKING GOD. HOLY. FREAKING. GOD. I so desperately wanted to see that in the book, but to no avail. On the other hand, I think the little pieces that my heart broke into will probably dissolve into dust. (Also in the interview, Alan admitted, "Severus Snape is a bit more complicated than the Sherrif of Nottingham" to much laugher.)
There's also the leaked script! I, of course, skimmed it for the Snape-y bits. One of the things I found most interesting was the bit during the Leisurely Stroll Flight of the Prince. We all know there's no capslock!Snape "DON'T CALL ME COWARD!" but in the script he says, "Don’t ever associate that word and my name again." Which is better than nothing. He also says to Harry, after he tries to use Sectumsempra, "You may have gotten your mother’s eyes, but you’re as dim as your father. Yes. It’s me. I’m the Half-Blood Prince." Okay, I'm wholly aware that they cut that out to keep the ambiguity surrounding Snape for the people who haven't read DH, but still. God. DDD=
In lighter news, the Blibbering Humdingers, a Wrock group, had written a song called 'Lily's Worst Memory.' The whole song is about Snape's underpants:
But the house elves don't do laundry 'til the weekend,
And the only undergarment in my trunk,
Is that saggy baggy dingy pair of skivvies,
And I wear them just to cover up my junk.
More in the way of fun things, I decided to try and find what Snape's been doing now that he's not doing the spy thing. (Pretend DH didn't happen, here. Which, the general consensus is, it didn't.) I've found a number of possibilities.
- My favorite is that he's a doctor of Gastroenterology, in San Fransico no less. Obviously, reading about "Dr. Snape" was fairly entertaining.
- He's created a company for selling dried snap peas. Why else would someone so needlessly drop a letter to name it a "Snapea?" (Okay, actually, I just put this here because I was in Market Basket and I saw a few bags of these and I thought it said 'Snape' but it didn't, so I ended up taking a picture with my phone and now that's my background.)
- He also apparently has a daughter who designs saddles for shetland ponies.
- He's involved with the Runescape programming team. Why else would a rare, members-only potions ingredient be named "Snape Grass?" (And in that case, he's not a total junkie now, I hope. Drugs are bad for you, Snape.)
- Snape's prime export is sugar beets and malted barley. The town, I mean. I'd post a link, but I think we all already knew this.
- There are also an incredible number of photographers and other artists named Snape, so I'm thinking one of those has got to be him. Is it too hard to imagine? He learns how to paint, and then instead of holing himself up in a dungeon, he isolates in his studio. I'm guessing if he were in the US, he'd be in Vermont or something.
Last but not least, I should probably talk about our one and only Snapekid. I'd first like to point out that, according to Average Wizard, we are not the only ones who have a Snapekid. On the contrary, there are many Snapekids out there. Therefore, I propose a Facebook group that all Snapekids of the world can join.
But we've had plenty of sightings of our Snapekid. The other day Artemis was caught in her bouncy cake costume for Beauty and the Beast, and he found this to be odd. I also saw him outside the radio station, chasing around the (marginally taller) kid who had stolen his hat. On his facebook, he HOLY SHIT KRISTEN DID YOU JUST FRIEND HIM WHAT THE HELL. WHAT. THE HELL.
Anyway, I guess. He's posted announcements such as "eating a twix bar" and "bathroom hammocks, this must be what the future looks like". No capitalization or periods in sight. He's also joined the groups "National Hobo Association", "The Fedora Appreciation Society", and "If Pokemon Were Real, I Would Drop Out And Go On An Adventure." Also, "I Would Sell My Soul For Megan Fox." I guess all guys are the same, Snape or not.
Anyway, all hope is that Snape spent his birthday someplace quiet and warm with a book and a glass of elf-made wine. (If it's muggle wine, I'm still convinced that pinot noir is his favorite.) I've ignored the fact that he's the same age as my father, I've actually gone through the Snape Playlist on my iPod, and I intend to write more LW before I go to bed. And, I've polished off that last birthday brownie I've been saving, with an added touch.
Happy Birthday, Snape!
