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HAPPY BIRTHDAY, and !NOTE: This is not my version of jumping on the Snape bandwagon. Why?
A) It's being overdone to death; Snape was never that cuddly. I mean, come on, there's a reason Lily married James.
B) My mom is one of my most trusted critics and hasn't read the book yet, so no shpoilers for her.
Anywho! This is my first male Harry Potter character that I've drawn. We had just happened to watch HP5 (for my fourth time; I'm not one to say "no" to an opportunity like that when it arises.
) at the IMAX in Huntsville, AL (HP on a dome... The panning shots were awesome!!) when I was suddenly struck by the fact that Alan Rickman is the most perfect actor for Snape and that his costume is absolutely gorgeous. I want a cloak like that. So I was inspired to draw Snape. Don't ask me why it's taken me five movies to realize both of the aforementioned facts about Snape in the movies.
The way I've drawn him is closer to what I see his actual age as. In the books he's only, what, in his forties? But Mr. Rickman is again such an awesome Snape that I can forgive him for being a few years older than that.
EDIT:
M'kay, so the only other actor I might possibly see playing Snape is Jeremy Irons. And whaddya know, he's, er, actually played the part!
And I do like his portrayal of Snape. lol.[link]
Oh! This is actually another of my infamous Sunday sketches. But it turned out so perfectly I didn't dare re-draw it on bigger paper.
Anywho!
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2H, 2B, and 3B graphite pencils
0.5 mm lead Mechanical pencil
4x6 inch paper
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Snape copyright c/o Warner Bros. and J.K. Rowling
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Hahaha! Yes, indeed.
Thank you!
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Yes, yes, he does. lol.
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You posted on my wall saying thanks for the 
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lol. I've had people reply to things posted six months prior. It's all good!
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haha. I was just like sitting there for five minutes thinking should I reply? Oh...I don't know. I don't want to seem weird for such a late reply...but...is it really that late? Haha...yupyup, that's me. 
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I swear I hadn't even read your artist's description before I thought, "Wow, that looks like a young-Snape."
O_O
Anyways, the point being-you did a great job! I think this drawing captures just the right emo-ness and resemblance of Snape :3
And I'm really jealous of his hair xD haha
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lol. That's always a trick with drawing characters: getting them to really be that character.
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Yeah! Lucky you have mastered that trick ;D hah, and very much so!! Loved it!!
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Hello, in OotP, Snape is 35 years old. In the movies, Rickman is 61.
I've always liked this drawing, thanks for drawing.
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I thought that was addressed in the comments. lol.
Glad you like the pic, though!
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Loved this one on MT and still loving it here!
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You have done an absolutely amazing job portraying Severus, miss 
He wasn't the best man, but he was a good man in the end and I'm glad that we achieved some degree of decency and redemption in the end because, let's face it, he was an ASS! XD
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Hahahahaha XD I relate very much to the Severus in the last book, his relationship to Lily and his twisted devoution, I understand it. But, I recognize what Severus used to be and remained as for a long, long time. But, I also relate wonderfully to Hermione, Luna, Dumbledore, Harry... each one of them in very big ways, so I can take a very balanced and... sane 
Yes, Severus was an absolute dick for a vast majority of his life... what he fought for was noble and beautiful, but his motivations were... well, less-than impressive. He was selfish, plain and simple, at the start but he got better in the end.
Oh well, he was an incredibly complex character with more bad points than good, but he was fascinating for it all... but I know what you mean about the Snape-obsessed fangirls/boys hereabouts XD A lot of people could do with a good dose of reality and reason on some matters.
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That's another thing I think that made so many people read J.K. Rowling's books: the characters were real in the sense that they were very human, with multiple factors and layers that affected their actions.
Uuuuughh... I just wish more people would figure out that Lilly married James. XP
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XD Very true... James may not have been a whole lot better than Severus in school, but I think that a certain degree of stupid immaturity is expected in kids... which is something that I think Rowling captured perfectly in her books. Yes, the characters were multi-faceted and dynamic, which gave them depth and, of course, made them incredibly interesting.
Yeah... Severus and Lily together? Whoa... I think Severus would have needed a serious belief/principle system overhaul and personality transplant before that would have been even remotely possible. That's one of the things about him I could associate with... the absolutely hopeless and impossible love he carried with him for his best friend.
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Severus, I hate to say it, needed something drastic to happen to clean him up. T'is a shame it had to happen to Lilly, but I'm pretty sure nothing else would have had such an impact on him. Alas, the last time I had a boyfriend was in kindergarten, so I can't really relate in such a way to the characters...
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Very true... even when Lily was targeted, even when she was killed, Severus didn't change his tune much, if at all... while he did act in honor of her memory and even protected Harry in memory of Lily, he was still very childish, selfish about it for a while. I really loved the chapter (33 was it?) in which you got to see so many of his memories, from beginning to end, you can see how he changed in his interactions with Albus, even going so far as to tell Phinius (sp?) not to refer to Hermione as a mudblood.
I think you're right about how nothing else would have impacted him so forcefully and deeply, because I think Lily was the only thing, the only person that he ever loved.
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The chapters where you finally see his life are golden. Probably some of the best in the entire series, by far.
T'is good to have friends one can care for so much, and sad when things don't work out. Even worse when you know you won't get a chance to make it up to them at any point in this life...
That's another thing that made Snape a tragedy.
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I loved the last three chapters, they were absolutely amazing.
Yeah, I miss them a lot sometimes... wish I could have done more. It's always horrible to realize I won't get a chance to show them how much they meant, and mean, to me.
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Made me proud I stuck with the series to the end, they did. And then I've promptly re-read some of the books to make sure I caught all the little hints that were dropped.
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I couldn't have avoided the series if my life depended on it... Rowling definitely has a talent for weaving a fascinating plot/story. Awww, huggles!
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I want to know more about the original Order... They seemed like such a fascinating bunch! I wanna know how James redeemed himself.
lol.
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It would be very sad, but I think it would be amazing... the members of the original Order were nothing short of heroic and again absolutely impossible odds, too
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Hehe, yes, Rowling did throw a lot of interesting historical tidbits out there... wow, those would be some amazing, action-packed stories/books if she ever covered all that stuff
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Aye, but I hear she's working on a mystery novel now. *sigh* Ah, well. She's needs a break from the world of wizards and witches after ten years.
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That's quite true and very much understandable... can't wait to see what else she does though, or if she ever revisits her first creation!
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Indeed. She already has a built-in fanbase, so it's pretty safe to go out and explore new areas of fiction.
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Gah... that must be nice, you know? Having a LOT of people in the whole WORLD loving your work ^.^ She's earned it though, so I can't say anything... 
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lol. So we type it instead, eh?
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>: P Yes, so we type, muwahahahaha! Buwahahahaha, Ah HAHAHAHAHAH!
She's done an amazing job and, despite some things that ruffle me a bit, I really don't hold anything against her
Awww, cuteness!
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I don't know about cute, but yeah... I dressed up as a random witch (you know how they apparently have no sense of Muggle fashion) with a strange blue pet monster (t'was a puppet, but I've since learned I became somewhat famous for walking it around the bookstore). My little brother was a Deatheater. I even gve him the Dark Mark. Scary thing is, he made a pretty convincing Deatheater.
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Oh come on, it's adorable and super-cute! 
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lol. Yeah. My brother is pretty quite and reserved most of the time, anyway, so he's one of those where you don't know what he's thinking until the mischievous grin spreads across his face. He even traded his Ravenclaw pin for one of our younger brother's Slytherin pin just so that he could be in the "right" house.
Waitwait, where's your 
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Heheheh XD Well, you have hit the nail right on the head ^.^ Yes ma'am, it's quite difficult to display angelic badass-ness properly with a tiny emote
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Alas, indeed. Someone needs to remedy that...
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True, someone should... but... 
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Hehehe
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I did notice that.
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Sadistically funny... wow, I might be more evil than I thought ^.^
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Well, it's either that or I just have evil moments... neither of which really seems to bode well for me 
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Don't worry, it's just my evil influence rubbing off.
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