I HATE SEVERUS SNAPE.
Yes, I know. He was abused by his father, neglected by his mother, and got bullied all 7 years at Hogwarts by James and Sirius.
You know what else he did?
- As a child, he already has a hatred of resentment towards muggles & Muggleborns.
- As a child, he watched Lily (to make sure she was really a witch. Still, he watched her for a while.)
- As a child, he made a branch call and hit Petunia ( after she said something mean).
- As a child, he snooped through Petunia's stuff to find her letter to Dumbledore and his reply, and showed them to Lily.
- While at Hogwarts, hung around Avery and Mulciber.
- While at Hogwarts, he thought that whatever Mulciber tried to do to Mary MacDonald that involved dark magic was funny & defended Mulciber.
- Called Lily a mudblood (after James and Sirius hung him upside down and almost took off his pants). His defense was "it just slipped out." It is also said he called every other muggleborn, minus Lily, mudbloods.
- In his fifth year at Hogwarts, was already planning on joining Voldemort.
- While at Hogwarts, he created Sectumsempra (a curse that lacerated the target and caused severe bleeding) "for enemies", so for James and Sirius.
- After Graduation, willingly joined Voldemort as a Death Eater and it can be assumed he took part in Death Eater activities.
- He only cared about Lily when he heard the prophecy and asked Voldemort to only spare her. (He did eventually ask Dumbledore to hide Lily, James and Harry)
- As an adult, constantly bullied Hermione, Neville, Harry, Ron, and others that were not in Slytherin.
Yes he saved Harry a few times, but it doesn't make up for anything imo. In any Harry Potter fic I write, you'll never see me praise Snape or write a fic for him.