List 5 things that make you happy, then put this in the askbox for the last 10 people who reblogged something from you. learn to know your mutuals and followers.(ू•‧̫•ू⑅)♡

Thank you @danpuff-ao3 ! I kept the answers all fandom related because, well, fandom makes me happy!

5. Rarepairs. I love hearing how people ship characters, the more mental gymnastics the better. I have two rarepairs in the hp fandom: Orion Black/Severus Snape and Tobias Snape/Albus Severus Potter. The mental gymnastics are real!

4. Fandom development of a minor character. One of mine: Tobias Snape went missing in 1975 and is a vampire now. You can not convince me otherwise. I love how Charlie Weasley is depicted in fandom too! I never gave him much thought until I started seeing him paired with Draco. It really opened up the character for me.

3. Fandom playlist. I am a music hunter and if a fanfic author says they listened to a particular song while writing a fic, I will listen to it. Don’t be afraid to put what you listen to for inspiration in the notes of your fic. Finding new music on AO3 is like an Easter egg to me!

2. Fest and other Fandom Events. I don’t have a lot of time myself, but I love seeing other people’s works in fandom events. I’m a rabid fandom consumer. Not participating much myself, but always enjoying the show.

1. Age gaps in fictional ships. I’m sorry, I know recently it’s become controversial, but I can’t really get hardcore into a pairing unless there is a significant age gap. In Hp I ship Snarry, in the Batman fandom I ship Slade Wilson/Dick Grayson. It’s the component I need to hyper fixate for *looks through my life* decades! Decades I’ve been into Snarry. Snarry is the ship I blame for this particular kink.

Snape Appreciation Month Day 26: Favorite AU

Boiiii, let me tell you. I am so HERE for Mentor!Snape to Harry (and give me Slytherin!Harry and I'll straight up die) because: - think of how prepared Harry would have been for the war if he had Snape as a mentor - i know expelliramus is sorta his thing but it was also a dead giveaway during the flight of the seven potters - i do believe he would learn to excel at wandless, silent incantations - occlumency?? part of the reason i believe he didn't succeed (apart from not wanting to close a connection that could save lives) was because he didn't trust Snape and opening your mind like that is such a vulnerable thing (you'd think it'd make him learn occlumency faster but my boy hp is a special case) and if he trusted snape, it would go along swimmingly - once Harry masters occlumency, Snape wouldn't keep him *as* in the dark because Snape didn't like being kept in the dark and if he likes the kid, he'll look out for him more - potter would legit be lethal in the war against Voldemort - but enough about potter. i want to talk about my fave severus snape - he literally gave himself up to the war and it's cause with nothing but a vendetta to keep him going - if he and Harry were close just think about the deeper emotional tie he has to winning the war - harry is such a kind hearted soul and if anyone could get the mean potions master to soften even the littlest bit, it's my boy hp - emotional support - from both sides. like it's hard as fuck and they're both stubborn as hell, but they're also both stubborn AS HELL - where am i even going with this. it's six am - im sorry, it's just that I really need someone there for Snape but Snape isn't about to let himself be the vulnerable one in a situation, so put him in the "i have to be strong for the both of us" spot and he'll do his job wonderfully and learn along the way that Harry healed him too without ever realizing - I love this trope so much and I am so bad at words and what even it English some of my fave fanfic things: - harry having evening tea and talking to Snape about his day under the pretense of it being detention - head of house = in loco parentis, which means it makes more sense that snape has a bigger say in what happens to Harry - im rather fond of snep being furious when he finds out the truth about the Dursleys because he knows what it's like - im also really fond of Snape's really terrifying and cold anger when he sees the scars on Harry's hand from umbridge's blood quill and how he almost always threatens to flay her alive - snape being rather protective of Harry and ALWAYS excusing it as "I'm his head of house, Minerva. You would do the same" and refusing to let himself believe he likes the boy. He's just doing his job, obviously. Any dunderhead with half a brain would do the same. - not realizing how close he's become to Harry until he has to say goodbye because the kid might be brilliant at occlumency, but he can't risk anyone else know of dumbledores plan to die - snape's death scene becomes that much more heartbreaking and traumatic for Harry - or he somehow manages to save snape because the man means so much to him in this timeline and he's also really good at potions/magic in general this time around - severus tries so hard to continue the "be strong for the two of us" card post-war but he is quite literally a broken man who watched to many people die and honestly thought Harry Potter was dead, so Harry sort of ends up taking that role because his guilt of believing snape traitor is insurmountable which annoys the fuck out of snape and makes him repress his feelings - everyone is sad and miserable but they're alive and slowly but surely, they all heal together