Snape never became a Death Eater because he hated Muggleborns, or because he wanted to kill people. He became a Death Eater because it was the only place where he felt desired, where people loved his talent, where people welcomed him. Snape was powerless his whole life and the only thing that could make him powerful, in control of himself, was to become a Death Eater. Of course, it’s not the best thing to do, it’s wrong. But it’s completely understandable. Then came the day he realized he fucked up and changed sides. I only have admiration for him for doing that. I forgive him for becoming a Death Eater. Because he knows he did something bad, and he tried to fix his mistakes his whole life. I admire him so much for that.
Why It Was Practically Inevitable That Severus Snape Would Join A Cult, an essay by Rose Jam
So, let’s talk about Cults. Disclaimer: This is just information I’ve gathered over the years from my personal fascination with religious cults. I’m in no way an expert or a psychologist or whatever. This is just my personal understanding from the research I’ve done.
A cult is started when a wildly charismatic Leader feels like they have a purpose, a higher calling, or a mission to be fulfilled (or they could also just be an egomaniac). Maybe they really do feel like what makes them special comes directly from a higher power, be that God, or the Heir of Slytherin, but either way, this person has a pathological need to be worshiped, and they need followers in order to do that.
So, how does one obtain Followers easily? By finding the misunderstood misfits of society, and promising them something. The people who feel like no one else understands them, or their ideologies. But this Leader? This Leader GETS IT, MAN! The Leader understands them perfectly, vindicates them, and makes them promises along the way. Like, if they stick with the Leader, then not only will they finally be understood, but they themselves will also be revered. That they will rise above all of the others who have put them down for so long, and will come out on top as a superior being.
Any of this sounding familiar?
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I’m sorry to keep reblogging this so much but there’s a new problem. We haven’t been able to pay the first installment of our property taxes, and today we got a letter that it all has to be paid by Oct 20 or our home will go up for auction. We can’t lose our home in the middle of all these.
Please, please, please, if you can’t help out please signal boost this. Oct 20th isn’t that far away and I don’t know how we can raise the money by then. It’s going to take a miracle.
HP META MASTERLISTS
Hey! Here is a big master list of all my favorite Harry Potter character analyses and Metas! I had so many saved and I didn’t know how I should organize them so I figured I put them in a post. I’ll be adding more when I find new metas and will be posting them here.
I DID NOT write these! Please do yourself a favor and check out some of the wonderful and intelligent writers of these metas as they deserve all the praise for their hard and impressive work!
If anyone of the writers for whatever reason wants me to remove their meta from this list just tell me and it will be done!
Some of these may be contradictory to each other but that is because I like to hear other interpretations. These may not line up exactly with your view of the characters (not all of them line up with mine) but please try to be respectful.
*Almost all of these are from Tumblr except one from reddit and one from a outside blog.
Enjoy!
LUPIN META:
Fanon vs. Canon: Remus Lupin Edition (reddit)
SIRIUS META
Sirius Black, Mental Health and Masculinity
JAMES META
PETER META
MARAUDER META
LILY META
SNAPE META
HERMIONE META
HARRY META
RON META
GOLDEN TRIO META
WEASLEY META
OTHER CHARACTERS META
Walburga Black: the madwoman in the attic
WORLD BUILDING
Hogwarts Houses by Muffin