Whenever Harry's eyes, eerily similar to his mother's, glared into Snape's from across the classroom, any anger over romantic rejection would've quickly been replaced by immense guilt, as the professor remembered how he was responsible for those eyes being extinguished. Had Snape kept his thin mouth shut, Voldemort never would've targeted Harry, and Lily would still be alive. Naturally, He Who Shall Not Be Named wanted these newborns dead, and the resulting battle in the Potter household ended with Lily's sacrifice. As a Death Eater, Snape informed Voldemort of Professor Trelawney's prophecy, which foretold his defeat at the hands of a fated child. More than evoking memories of unrequited love, seeing Lily in Harry's eyes would've stirred feelings of guilt within Severus, since it was he who, albeit indirectly, caused her death. That bubbling resentment surely influenced Snape's snarky attitude toward Harry during potions classes.īut Snape's final ' you have your mother's eyes' line also reveals a deeper layer to his relationship with Harry. Constantly seeing Lily's eyes staring out from among the desks reminded Severus Snape of the one true love that left him in the friendzone to run off with Hogwarts' champion bully. Clapping eyes on James and Lily's son as he slowly succumbs to death, Alan Rickman's Snape remarks on how Harry has his ' mother's eyes.' Finally, this explains why the infamously prickly prof always treated Harry with such venom. This backstory forces a reexamination of Snape's actions towards Harry Potter - especially in light of the professor's tear-jerking final line.

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Though the potion master served as a fully-fledged Death Eater during Voldemort's first reign of terror, rejoining the Pale One's evil fan club was merely a ruse to bring the Dark Lord down from the inside. Snape fell deeply in love with his guardian angel, and was left distraught when Lily chose James instead. Brash and overconfident, James would torment the timid Severus, leaving Lily, a kind and charitable soul, to pick up the pieces. As a young Hogwarts student himself, Severus knew Harry's future parents, James Potter and Lily Evans.

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