Never though tof that one!

What would be even more amusing would be if without potions Snape was actually James Potter. Then all the fangirls who write Severitus/ real father stories would be right

winnar

I am fine with the idea of horrible jerks being good guys.
my main concern is that he is such a horrible teacher that only the people who can truly succeed in his class are the bad guys. and you need to pass his class to become a auror meaning that all of the recent law enforcement personnel are corrupt. which is totally true in the last book.

poor prof. snape, never able to be his true self

Absolutely loved this. Please consider expanding the idea into a full length fic!

Snape simply doesn't like Harry. Lots of people don't like Harry - it's not a crime. Personally I find Snape to be one of the three most likeable characters in the books, along with Luna and Neville - in fact he reminds me very much of several of my closest friends and of a very dear, now dead boyfriend.

Explains how Harry could name a child after him. *That* canon fact never made any sense.

Wow.

So, they REALLY do use magic for everything, don't they? Makes you sort of wonder, don't it?

You don't suppose they've been dosing Hagrid, supressing his giantish tendancies and leaving him docile with the only noticable side effect being the complete inability to keep a secret?

What about Professor McGonagall? If animagus form has any bearing whatsoever on personality, how else could they keep her as such a firm disciplinarian without a mind altering magical nudge or two to keep her from alternately demanding affection and lashing out violently?

Hell, Perfect Lionheart's "Partially Kissed Hero" shows Dumbledore as a totalitarian dark lord who requires lemon drops spiked with cheering charms and calming draughts just to put on the whole kindly grandpapa Albus persona.

And yes, I get that it's likely to be a oneshot to explain Rowling's unique (read: insane) method of characterization, the line about "acting and character growth" was priceless, but you never have failed to raise questions in my mind, Brother Ted.

Blessed be,
-Brother Bludgeon

Bah. The potion is nothing but bile and it's "brewed" by Snape's own entrails.

Who says Snape is "on their side"?! His only redeeming value is that he lusted after Lily in a stalker-pervy kind of way!

Good-enough writing; it's just the hook was ludicrous. ;-)

Funny story here, and does explain a bit about how Snape could be such a jerk, and still be considered "Light" for all he was in school.

um.. no affence but it was not as funny as i exspeced it to be!

well, that was strange! I can just see Harry wondered when he'd slipped into the Twilight Zone there *GRIN*

It was a fun little drabble, but might have been more effective with a bit more build up and conversation between the two of them.

red

>Just a strange thought about how Snape, who is suppose to be one of the forces of light, manages to be such a humongous prick while still being on their side.

That's because not only was he a huge prick, he was also a complete and utter moron.

Funny idea. Well done.