5 Unbelievable Severus Snape Theories - Harry Potter Theory 

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Severus is imo the best written character of the whole franchise, I‘ll never get tired watching stuff about him 🖤

When dead Dumbledore spoke to Harry in King's Cross he said poor Severus meaning he knew Snape had died.

Snape was at many Quidditch matches in daylight.

My favourite fact about Snape is how he is based off of JK Rowling's least favourite teacher. And Hermoine Granger is her author self insert.

But J K Rowling said Snape wasn’t a vampire. It’s her creation, so she’d know. But he may have been an unregistered animagus. And his animal form could be a bat. I also think he died at the end, because if he lived it negated his sacrifices. I don’t like that Rowling denied him a decent funeral though.

Severus Snape is such an interesting man and his actir took his role with absolute seriously

I like to think that breaking the curse on the DADA teaching post was the ONLY thing that Albus was unable to do. I picture Albus pacing his study, surround by books and all manner of magical objects, just trying to find a way to break the curse. Maybe to only realize that the only way to end it would be to end the dark Lord himself.

Severus is the most interesting of all the professors he’s also best suited to be Head Master but at the same time he’s also incredibly talented to be able to not allow Voldemort in his mind, the spells he created and the fact he can use them without speaking a word had he lived he would’ve been incredibly powerful

Well i think the absence of Snape's body was due to the fact that unlike in the film, where he died in the boathouse, he died in the shrieking shack its entirely possible no one went to go get his body directly after the battle

The Snape/Nagini theory is actually plausible. Remembering Arthur Weasley survived when she attacked him, and AFAIK, he didn't have any special potions knowledge.

You seem to have missed the fact that Snape did become DADA professor at last, in Harry's sixth year (HBP). And JKR herself says that Snape isn't/wasn't a vampire, and her word is final.

I’ve long suspected that Potions Master is a much more difficult teaching position to fill than the Defense Against the Dark Arts position, since a good portion of the latter could be taught in Charms and Transfiguration. Snape could be kept in the Potions role simply because moving him to DADA would still leave a gap in the teaching staff. Remember, he only moved to the DADA role after the previous Potions Master agreed to return to the school.

I don’t think Snape is literally a vampire but I think the similarities are intentional to make him vampire like.

I absolutely love that theory on snaps having drunk a bad batch of liquid luck, which makes me even more sad for him and the amount of dedication and devotion he had towards his mastery of potions. I love the idea also that he failed to court lily because of it cause it does always see, weird to me that she never really stood up that much for him and even dated the one tormenting her best friend, which I couldn’t imagine myself ever doing, especially her being a Griffoendor.

What i think: In the books, it is never directly said what species of snake Negini was. In the movies, the CGI snake was a giant burmese python. Snape most likely bled out, remembering that Voldemort disarmed him first.

So Snape not appearing in the forest with the Resurrection Stone is evidence that he's not dead? Seriously, the reasoning behind this is awful. Less than 30 minutes prior he learned that yeah, Snape was actually a 'good guy', but at this moment the only thing in Harry's mind is "I'm about to be murdered, I want my mommy and daddy with me right now," not "hey, maybe I'll invite the guy that's been mentally, emotionally, and physically abusing me for the last 7 years because he's actually not as bad as I though he was."

I think when he said bat like, he meant perhaps Snapes billowing black robes as he was flying through the air. Picture when Batman flys through the air in his cape, type of thing.

Perhaps Snape was an unregistered animagus and that is why Harry saw a bat when Snape jumped out of the window and flew away... Sounds more likely than him being an actual vampire

Snape had a magical portrait; you can only have a portrait if you're dead.

These theory videos are nice to listen to, I get to hear stuff I never considered while reading the books or watching the movies.

I’ve been binging this channel and it’s made me get back into Harry Potter. Also definitely part 2.

I enjoy these videos. Thank you for sharing the content. I am curious though, you mention he was never the defense against the dark arts teacher. I thought Snape was the DADA teacher in book six the half blood prince.

Nagini’s venom doesn’t paralyse it’s victims, it’s venom prevents wounds from healing, as seen with it’s attack on Mr Weasley.

Snape is not a vampire. He willingly attended quidditch matches and even refereed one…all in full daylight.

Whether by coincidence or on purpose, Alan Rickman's Snape has an uncanny resemblance to Bela Lugosi's Dracula in appearance and mannerisms.

The craziest i have heard was that Harry was Snape's secret son... base? Nothing, just that Snape loved Lilly.

Also, it's the invisibility cloak of the deathly hallows so it's even more powerful than most. Invisibility cloaks and snape was still able to sense that something was there

If Dumbledore knew the DATA role was cursed, why hire Lupin or ‘mad-eye’.

Snape reaching into the air…sensing Harry was there….that happened only in the movie…not in the book.

Really really love this video. Please do part two!! The vampire theory is so good

Wow, this was great! Have you forwarded this Snape is still alive theory to JKR? Or maybe JKR is using your channel to see how the fans react so she can bring Snape back in the next series? Hmmm? Oh yeah.

idk if this is a good example of heightened senses but in the goblet of fire. snape had put 2 and two together when standing in the corridor with filch and mad-eye (barty crouch jr). after seeing the parchment of the map, he knew harry was nearby. even though barty crouch jr said there was nothing there. i think had snape not been stopped he would have found harry stuck in the stair

in the books, Snape is seen outside in broad daylight. So going on the books, he can not be a vampire. I love the idea of him being an unregistered animagus. IF the Marauders were able to achieve that - Snape was surely able to do the same. As for Snape being dead - I believe in him being dead. There would be nothing left for him to life for, no reason to fight. I also believe IF he did survive he would not be anymore pleasant afterwards. (do not get me wrong Snape is my favorite character - I still do not think he would be a nicer person afterwards)

Would Snape still hate Harry if he had adopted the baby?

Nagini is depicted as either a Burmese python or a Reticulated python, and neither snake has venom, so that leaves me to wonder

He needed anonymity to go searching for the ticking sound

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Would love a history of all dada professors before Harry’s time at hogwarts

Awesome as always thanks

Great video. Thanks for sharing.

I always thought that Snape knew about the cloak since James always used it during his time at school. Snape was obsessed with trying to get one over on them. They also mention that other people have made invisibility cloaks in the past and seeing how Snape seems to be right up there with the best of them when it comes knowing magical artifacts.

Regarding the asphodel/wormwood thing in Philosopher's/Sorcerer's Stone, the asphodel flower is named after the Fields of Asphodel, one of the nicer parts of the afterlife in ancient Greek mythology (basically, Tartarus is for wrongdoers, Asphodel is for good people, and Elysium is for _really_ good people), so there's another layer of meaning there.

I'd love to see part two.

Snape being a vampire is a very interesting theory. Becase vampires are very hard to k*ll and the fact Voldemort made nagini k*ll him instead of Avada Kedabra him, is very intriguing.

Snape is now working as a double agent for Hermione, the minister for magic 😂

What I find odd is that Nagini is very clearly a constrictor, not a viper or asp (that is, not a venomous snake). So she could have constricted him, but not poisoned. Unless the movies got it wrong and Nagini was actually, say, a cobra.

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dumbledore says in the books that the position was cursed, it then explains why he would only make him DADA professor the year he had to kill him

Well I knew about these theories as one with favoritism to Snape. First of all Snape did became DADA teacher in year 6 but the interesting thing is the timing. Yes Dumbledore knew the job is cursed and he knew this is the year they will explode everything and take the plan into action. And something bad did happen to Snape- He died. Which brings me to the next point- Snape did die because Rowling said so and it's her story. As for him being a Vampire maybe, but he also may have been Animagus in the form of a Bat. And yes I know the form of the Animagus is the same as one's Patronus but there is a chance he is the first and last to conquer 2 forms. As for Snape's coded message I see it as almost confirmed and the last one is very likely.

Vampire Snape has been my fave for years and I've gotten a lot of personal mileage out of that one. Unpublished fanfiction of a lemony nature. My personal head of house, headmaster, lord and saviour. Of course I've head cannoned the way in which he did not die and continues to live with his new love...

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Snape is not a vampire. Maybe half at most. They were gonna have a DADA teacher as a vampire but decided it was too stereotypical and didn't do it.

In reference to the invisibility cloak, I actually thought, due to the fact he was a double agent, that it was actually him that gave the cloak to Harry, not Dumbledore. So he would have known Harry had it, hence him reaching out like he did when he sensed Harry. Think it has since been deemed that Dumbledore did give the cloak to Harry, although, since Snape would have had to get info to the Order in secret, and the fact he did it to save Lily, I could have seen a reason for them to entrust it to him, in attempts to keep him safe. Lily did still care about Severus, even if she didn't love him like she once did.

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Snape was raised under bad conditions he has lived in dimly lit places. He was raised in a poor household. He was not used to light as child and also when he turned to the dark arts this could not change (Malfoys Manor is also a more dark place like the Black house. And later he was completely depressed due to the death of Lily. If Voldemort would have killed him with Avada Kedavra he would not had the chance to give him the memories Harry needed to fulfil his destiny. And he wanted Harry to see in his eyes because Harry has Lilys eyes. The girl he loved all his life even when she was dead.

Imagine Snape making some liquid luck right before the Battle of Hogwarts and then taking the snake venom antidote. He's been around Voldemort for years. He knows that he can use nagini to attack people

snape could have used AUclemancy(mind reading to detect harry under the cloak :P

My theory on him is that he knew Wormtail was the real secret keeper and traitor, because other Deatheaters knew (Sirius said so in PoA) . He just hated Sirius so much that he kept this information to himself.

If snape is indeed a vampire then its always very much sure that he did not die. Vampires dont die from a snape bite. I dont think he was one though. He either was an unregisted animagus or the passage had no hidden meaning at all and it was indeed a dark spell he learned from voldemort

I've always wondered how Snape earned money (where he worked whilst he was a death eater) in-between leaving Hogwarts as a student and becoming a professor after the first wizarding war

Snape is not a vampire, because he would die in the sun light like in the Philosopher Stone when watching the Quidich game. And there would be problem Snape would need to drink blood, and why would Hogwarts not be alerted with missing people that Snape drank their blood.

bro could not smell himself on fire

Just thought of something. In order for a wizard to take control of another wizard's wand, that wizard has to defeat the other wizard. (Like Harry did to Draco Malfoy). That explains why Lucius Malfoy's wand never worked well for Voldemort since Lucius handed over his wand. Did Voldemort ever defeat Snape? I don't remember seeing that in the books. (Not that it would have mattered, since Draco disarmed Dumbledore before Snape used the killing curse.) I don't see how Voldemort having his snake (Nagini) kill Snape would have given Voldemort control of the elder wand.

How about an in depth on the Ministry of Magic? Idk if Snape would've had to brew more than two. While an accomplished wizard his true calling was obviously potions.

Snape wasn't a full vampire 'Half-Blood Prince' Snape needed to be a DATDA teacher to have access to the forbidden section to complete the transformation. also, I think he wanted the snake to bite him.

We know that there are certain plants that are best picked at particular times of day, and also that there are certain elements of magic including potion-making and lycanthropy which depend on the lunar cycle so given that it’s a core subject and not a third year option, it seems obvious that astronomy underpins a lot of other subjects even if it’s rarely referred to in the lessons we see taking place. I think that there are several possibilities for this but: if some plants are best picked at twilight then knowing the exact time of sunset for a given day (which is an astronomical calculation) would be essential to optimise the harvest; knowing the moon phases would help with potions that need to brew for specific lengths of time; and it’s also possible that there are more subtle influences of the stars and planets over other things like when a particular spell might be most powerful or when a potion is best brewed. That would also make sense of there being a space room in the Department of Mysteries: whilst the influences of certain lunar or planetary positions might be known by observation, the department might be researching *how* they influence those things. And that’s without considering more mundane things like Dumbledore and Harry needing to know the tides in order to access Voldemort’s coastal cave…

His deepest, darkest secret is that he doesnt wash his hands after going to the toilet

RIP Michael Gambon Dumbledore 2

Bu/ Percytold Harry that Snape had been after Quirrels job for years. And Quirrel was already the DADA teacher.

Snape didn’t felt Harry under the cloak in the book (and Quirrel wasn’t there, it was Filtch).

Snape was a smart man, he probably made his own version of the Marauders Map to keep track of them. When Harry started school he used it to keep an eye on him from a distance. He also likely learned to be an animagus once he learned that the Marauders had done so.

You're stretching so much you're going to pull some muscles. 😂 But in seriousness it's really fun to imagine and guess some things.

Snape is not a vampire 🙄. When I look at his whole character, I see someone literally trying to hide his real emotions. Maybe Snape stays mainly in the dark because of those emotions he constantly masks. The main emotion we see Snape express is anger. I'd probably call Snape a depressed man in denial. He bullied other students, and had favorites. He bullied Harry because he looked like his father. The man that bullied him for years and the man he lost the woman he loved to. But he bullied Neville more than anyone, because Neville could've been "the chosen one". And it made him angry. It wasn't fair to Neville nor Harry or anyone else. But thats what Snape did. Yes the death eaters knew about people in the order. And the two children that would've been Voldemort's downfall. "Born to those who have thrise defied him". Voldemort chose Harry Potter, which made snape scared. He asked Voldemort to at least spare Lily, to, for some reason, Voldemort agreed to. But Snape was still concerned, so he went to Dumbledore for help, and said hed do "anything" in return. If Voldemort just flat out killed James and Lily without offering lily her life, there would've been no story in the first place.

Loved it

Snape's animagus and that's why he learned to fly like Voldy, he just used a different approach. Head cannon.

Shape was outside many times at quidditch

Snape is probably the best character in the story because hes so complex.

Hi I’m relatively new to your channel so I apologize if you’ve covered this but I’ve always wondered: Why couldn’t Harry see the thestrals before Cedric died (given that he watched his parents die)?

Maybe Snape is just an unregistered animagus. However, I really want to believe that by dying, Snape protected harry as lily did, so harry did not die, by a Snape extension of his protection. Snape love passes so often underestimated by his way of bullying students.

If Snape has these abilities then knew Potter wasn't breaking in and stealing his supplies

So if Nagini is a wizard stuck in a snake form, when voldemort used her to kill snape, that would have made nagini the master of the elder wand (if snape had been the master) how dose that make any sense since voldemort wants to become the master =S

I hope you got a really good stretch with all the reaching done in the vampire theory cause wow

Some believe Voldemort used Nagini to kill Snape is because Voldemort valued Snape. Aside from believing the wand couldn't kill its masrer, but that Voldemort didn't have it in him to kill snape himself. Because you need to "mean it" to use Avada kadavra. Basically, Voldemort did not "want" to kill snape. So he used Nagini, which would still count as Voldemort killing Snape, since she was a Horcrux. And as for a potion or an antivenom, remember, Voldemort gave Nagi the power of venom. A special kind of venom created by Voldemort. Good luck making an antivenom or potion for that.

I don't think Snape's a vampire BUT it would not have surprised me if it had turned out that he was a dhampire, a half breed son of a human/vampire pairing and Tobias Snape was just the man his mother had married to hide her son's real nature. It would have explained his 'patient's terrible relationship, his social awkwardness and possibly the Marauders' hatred of him as werewolves and vampire are known for not getting along and as Lupin's 'pack' James and Sirius would have used any excuse to make a half vampire's life a misery, especial as suicide is said to be the only way a dhampire can permanently die.

Good show.

Interesting

I don’t think he’s a vampire. He never looks like he is seeking blood and is watching Quidditch. The main reason is vampires can’t be killed by a snake bite. As for the good luck potion I think he made a good batch that made him impervious to Voldemort’s mind reading. If Snape never died then what happened to him?

Snape was a D.A.D.A. professor in Half Blood Prince.

Fun fact to be able to successfully brew a good batch of liquid luck you must drink some the day you start to brew it and drink another shot again on the day you finish Brewing it which is why Slughorn had drinking it twice in his life

or was he an bat animagus?

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One big thing you didn't mention too much. Is vampires hate werewolves. Lupine was a werewolf and from the start Snape did not like lupine. And Snape even make snarky comments about his affliction.

Re: Snape's Flight. There's another possible theory. Snape was an animagus. He took as his animal form a bat.

The fact that Snape didn’t appear from the stone doesn’t mean anything…as Dumbledore didn’t appear either.

I’ve just thought of something do you think that snoop took the Felix Filices and that was how he was able to complete his mission The Felix Filices doesn’t make you feel like you can but gives you the power to do not emotionally you just can do it

If you can get liquid luck, you could take it and make more while on it.

I think the weirdest thing to me is Nagini is only ever depicted as a Burmese Python and a Reticulated Python. Neither are venomous. Why is Nagini?

Of course Snape couldn't get the DADA job, he couldn't even defeat the most powerful of all restraining magic: the Friendzone Curse.

Would love to think he didn't actually die; that was a convincing argument.