Severus commission 🐍

Giddy-up.

I made a thing. ♥︎

He never told anyone.

There was no point. It would only make him seem weak, vulnerable, or even delicate.

And no one cared.

No one ever cared. Why would they?

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Drawn in 2022

POV: Aesop Sharp wakes you up before he leaves for work

SEVERITUS THROUGH THE YEARS

I made some quick sketches on what it would look like if Sev raised Harry.

Double, double toil and trouble, fire burn and cauldron bubble!

Meowzah! Yet another feline tiny painting, this one inspired by the prompt "witchy kittens." So much fun!

The original is only 3x3 inches, ink, watercolor, and acryla gouache. If you've been wanting to commission your own tiny painting from me, one spot just opened up in my Tiny Collector Tier on Patreon (link in bio).

Thoughts on Severus’s first year as a Professor:

Severus taught 7th years who were 17/18 at 21 or 22. Pretty sure he was a child prodigy. Graduated only 4 years earlier. You know he had to grow a thick skin to gain respect. My high school classmates gave our student teachers in their twenties hell to the point of tears and rage. I try to imagine what it must have been like for Severus to teach students who would have been his peers in his last year, perhaps having witnessed or even joined in the bullying of him as a teen. It must have taken a tremendous amount of self control and dignity to deal with that level of pressure and potential ridicule (is this where the punishments for cheeky disrespect originated?).

At the time he started teaching (21 or 22 for a reminder) he had already rewritten the school textbook and was likely writing his own recipes instead of the books brewing instructions. He had invented spells himself on numerous occasions and yet he was in a position of teaching high school level. He must have felt highly unstimulated.

Severus was made Head of House when he was between the ages of 21 and 24, in charge of students only 4 years younger whom he had to gain the respect and confidence of. This is an enormous task to ask of someone so young but he pulled it off without a hitch.

Slytherin started its House Cup winning streak when Severus was only 24. That is an outstanding achievement for a man who only started teaching 3 years ago. Not only that but they won it for seven consecutive years, an even more amazing feat when you consider that he never awards points to his own house. Slytherin succeeds on their own merits despite 3/4 of the school hating them enough to cheer when they lose.

Might go unnoticed (I haven’t seen this mentioned before correct me if I’m wrong), but I’ve just realized in full force that Severus taught for the first time and took on all that responsibility on the same year of the worst day of his life. Lily died in October and he presumably started teaching that following September. That means he had less than a year to grieve if that before taking on responsibilities that would shudder most young adults without all that pressure of depression. Getting out of bed must have been a monumental struggle.

Students openly mock Severus for his appearance and clothing and personality on a regular basis. Since the Marauders bullied him till the end of his school years and students taunted him as a teacher you could almost argue that the torment over his appearance never really ended for him. Sad.

Severus carries himself with such dignity and poise that he did not possess as a teen. What brought about this change in him to command an entire class? Did McGonagall teach him? Did he practice it in himself? We’ll never know but it fascinates me.

Playing Hogwarts Legacy for the third time rn, and I can't help myself admiring Professor Sharp, who doesn't hesitate a second to fight side by side with his student and his colleagues.

He defends

- them,

- the school,

- the safety of the other students,

- the whole wizarding world,

although

- he's in constant pain,

- he retired from being an auror and fighting dark magic,

- he remembers losing his partner due to a fight,

- he can barely move, putting his own safety at risk for the sake of others.

I think I'm in love.

Into the Forbidden Forest

Oh, to hold and cradle Severus Snape in your arms caressing his hair and planting a trail of sweet little kisses on his head as he slowly dozes off to sleep, safe and sound

Credit: Professor Snape FB page.

Recent watercolour art - some Teenage Snape.

He can’t remember a time he recieved a gift from anyone.

Yet here it was. However no note, no name of a sender was anywhere on the box.

He was sure it is a mistake, tried to shoo the owl away, but it kept pecking him until he took the present from it.

He wished owls could talk.

A Present

Drawn in 2022

Kept my Christmas list short this year

My Christmas list:

I used ai art for the first time and typed in Professor Snape and I am in awe. Though I still prefer art who are made by real artist, I think ai art can help us with picturing our ideas.

Added a bonus Snape dad moment!