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Throughout the books, fans had plenty of strong feelings about Severus Snape, the Potions master who’s hated Harry from the moment they first met. While those were already complicated by the fact that ...

Severus Snape is one of the most divisive characters in the entire "Harry Potter" series. He was a double agent, so many character details were kept a secret. His mother was a witch and his father was ...

HBO's upcoming Harry Potter series is reportedly eyeing I May Destroy You and Black Mirror actor Paapa Essiedu to play the role of Severus Snape. Severus Snape is Hogwarts' potions professor at the ...

Dumbledore’s definitely gay — J.K. Rowling confirmed it ages ago. But is Snape transgender? Some Harry Potter nerds think so. The Tumblr Snapeloveposts is so dedicated to the theory that it’s hosting ...

Our Reddit detective Der_Gottkaiser has two main reasons for believing Snape is alive in Harry Potter: First, that he didn't appear when Harry used the resurrection stone, and second, that Snape's ...

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Was Severus Snape hot? This is the million-dollar — or perhaps, million-Galleon — question that sits at the heart of the Harry Potter franchise and plagues Reddit to this very day. Per J.K. Rowling’s ...

Since the conclusion of the Harry Potter series in 2007, J.K. Rowling has revealed a plethora of new details about both the wizarding world and the characters who inhabit it, including the fact that ...

Snape spent Harry’s time at Hogwarts doing what he could to protect him, even if he couldn’t stand the boy, from working against Professor Quirrell to delivering the sword of Gryffindor to Harry ...