SNAPE, severus tobias

[severus snape]

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What can be found in a name:
Severus Tobias Snape
When the day I was born:
09/01/1959
The Angels screamed:
Eileen Snape [née Prince] Deceased, Housewife, Neutral, disowned from neutral family, Ravenclaw
Tobias Snape, 36, Factory Worker and Drunkard extraordinaire. Muggle
And Hell shut its doors:
none
While creatures retreated:
none
To depths unknown:
Half-blood

I hide from them:
The Dungeons, the Library, the Apothecary in Knockturn, LAb3 because Lab1 and 2 are always full of snogging couples
Be who they want to see:
( HAIR ) : Severus hates his hair, he knows it's a terrible cut too, but he needs his fringe. It's just another shield. His hair is black and though it is normally shoulder length he has been known to trim it to a far more manageable length. Severus follows Lily Evans' advice and now washes every other day, leaving him with moderately greasy hair on his no wash day[which is due to slaving over a cauldron for long hours] and the remainder of the time with hair that lacks volume and hangs limply round his face, often partially obscuring it.
( EYES ) : Severus eyes are normally ringed by dark circles, though it is impossible to tell whether or not he is tired. His eyes are particularly startling, in that they are a very dark brown, almost black. These days they hold very little warmth, and seem to bore into people. His eyes can convey a lot of emotion. Or very little, depending on who is looking. One thing is certain though, they see everything.
While they have been described as fathomless, the answer is in fact the reverse, they are 'shielded' as it were by his compartmentalisation. But more than that, He is already a proficient Occlumens when he sets his mind to it, though he is still easy to distract with the right words. Severus' eyes only appear truly black when he is occluding, and he does that very infrequently. His leglimency skills are only marginally above average, but he can do very little so far other than give himself[ and the other person, if lucky] a migraine.
( FACIAL STRUCTURE ) : Severus has a rather large, rather prominent, rather hooked, nose. He knows it's there, it invades the corners of his peripheral vision. but he is particularly sensitive about it. It is a genetic gift' from his father, and has been the subject of jibes for most of his life. Due to the hours out of sunlight and inside, Severus is pale, and sallow-skinned. His face is particularly striking. Chiselled, one could say. Mainly because where there should be flesh filling out his cheeks, there is a rather hollow, stretched look like an over zealous mason has litteraly chiselled a chunk off his face. This is predominantly due to his inconsistent mealtimes.
( BODY STRUCTURE ) :
6'5"/155/Ectomorph
Severus is all skin and bones. That said, he is all muscle. The only problem, is that it is toned, but not well defined or large muscle. He can lift a full 3 gauge cauldron with 21l inside it no probelms. But he couldn't show off his muscles even if you pointed a gun at his groin. Being tall, this also doesn't help as the stronger parts of his body, arms and legs, are completely stretched over a long bone, making them seem even less than average. the word that springs to mind is scrawny.
He is scrawnily built and tall, giving him a skeletal image which is not aided by his pallid complexion. Though he has very little muscle physically, he is nonetheless much stronger than he appears. His shoulder and arms, are the most deceptive. Stirring a cauldron hours on end and attempts to bulk up by chin-ups, press-ups and their ilk have all lead to very little definition, but there is not an ounce of fat. If Severus were a piece of meat, he would be a very lean rack of beef. He's not the smoothest, and there's definitely a bit of gristle in there, but he is still predominantly muscle and bone.
( ATTIRE ) : Severus tends to dress in muggle semifromal clothes. predominantly in monotone since he has absolutely no sens of which colours match which other colours. You will most likely find him in long sleeves, as he has many secrets and they conceal better than short..
But that leaves no one:

To discover that inside:
scientist - Severus seeks answers, knowledge, understanding. He believes that there is an explanation for everything. Including the inexplicable. He believes everything can be improved, that it can be perfected. He believes in science
artist - While severus can be cold calculating and too logical to be human, he can also be excedingly graceful. Particularly his hands. He sees spellwork and potions as Art. And he sees them as science. An exact art if you will. However, do not mistake him for an Aesthetic. Logic has a beauty. truth has a beuty. And the ability to manipulate nature and a pile of plants to create a liquid that can either kill or heal requires more than just an ability to follow instructions. You must appreciate the ingredients, be they of spell or Potion..
lperfectionist - Severus is meticulous, but has his slips into the realm of us mortals often. He sometimes eats in the labs, has been known to make tea in a 14gauge cauldron instead of a teapot, and often forgets meals. Severus chases the exact, the just-so. And not being able to have it makes him more and more determined..
victim - S3everus is just misunderstood. His father was very mean to him, and the Marauders were too. But that doesn't excuse him. He is not as misunderstood as he would have you believe. He genuinely has no social aptitude and neve4r suffers fools gladly. But..we must not forget that he has been subject to more than his fair share of bulllying and violence. But do not underestimate his ability to compartmentalise. He can bottle all his injustice up. He is the most patient of avengers.
'big brother' - During the years when he had lily's trust he was more a brother to her than anything else and fiercely protective. He still has this inside him. Very far, admittedly, but it is there..


This soulless being:
+Potions
+Books
+inventing new spells of a dark nature or twist that shows his sense of humour.
+Being in control
+Lily Evans
+Dark arts [and their defence...]
+being able to trust unconditionally, Well he likes the idea anyway.
+Solice
+VENGEANCE
Is just as lost:
+Himself, His looks, his personality, his life.
+Being called a coward
+A certain group of Gryffindors
+Being indebted to someone
+His father
+Helplessness
+People who are ignorant enough to compare Potions with Cooking.
+Showing too much emotion.
+A lot of other things
+Probably you.
As everyone else:
+Logic and focus.
+Subtlety, inventiveness, resourcefulness, cunning and self-control. THe essentials of a good slytherin.
+Wit/sarcasm/Dark Humour
+Potions
+The Dark Arts and Duelling
In a world that knows only hate:
-Slight weakness in the subject of COMC
-Hates being called a coward. Will lose control.
-Lily Evans and now the word 'Mudblood' Which he finds himself unable to use.
-Self-hate
-Blames himself
-Friendship
-A weakness that has been developing since fifth year for one Regulus Arcturus Black.
-Detective novels
-Has problems smiling. Problems with the actual execution.
-Calculates everything
-His father
-small talk and social skills.
-Addicted to smoking
And causes pain for the soulless like me:

They left me to die:
The entirety of the Prince family and all associated inbredspurebloods
On a bed of roses:
None of note, all muggle
Blood seeping through:
His father would have you believe that he was the family secret, after all, magic is unholy and surely against the bible. However, Tobias was never such a good christian himself.
The satin sheets of fame:
Making ends meet but poor.
What a bitter story of love:
Severus Tobias Snape was born in Yorkshire in an industrial area at a muggle hospital, to Tobias and Eileen Snape. Severus grew up, as one does, but he did not have a happy home life, He was abused verbally and neglected and his mother was beaten, posterior to her death he recieved the brunt of the drunkard's beatings and occassionally would return to hogwarts with bruises and cuts or healing bones that he would not discuss. At the age of seven Severus already was deeply unsettled and unhappy as a child.
Severus thought that Hogwarts would be completely different and it was. during his first year Severus, who already had a huge repertoire of curses, was far too trusting as he discovered to his cost. He began to sober up and become a lot more distrustful. Slowly he made friends with a group of slytherins who had offerred him power, vengeance and respect, no-one would mock him again. He kept himself to himself, particularly his heritage. By the time he was fifteen he was well in with the slytherins and this displeased his other friend, Lily Evans. He thought that this was unfair of her, after all, what about Potter and Black and their little gang?

He felt his point proved when a near successful attempt on his life was made by Black.
Severus was saved by James potter though he doesn't remember it, in fact he remembers a bloody great Stag breaking three of his ribs and fracturing a fourth before dumping him outside the groundskeeper's hut, where he was apparently found, bleeding profusely from a flesh wound and was quickly taken to Madame pomfrey who managed to seal the cut though it scarred and he now refuses to wear anything revealing his shoulders whenever he is with others.

Severus' friendship with Lily ended when he, having suffered so much at home and at school was hung upside down and this was the last straw, Lily had stepped in before, but she couldn't help him at home and she hadn't helped him a lot of other occasions. So when she finally came to his aid Severus' anger was directed at her and in that one second of pressure, he said something that he would never say again, to anyone;"Mudblood". But he could not take back his slip of the tongue and Lily suddenly hated him. Severus constantly tried to apologize and every time he was told it was too late. Severus drifted away from everyone and became even more of a recluse than ever before. Severus loss of friendship was the trigger for a serious suicidal depression. Severus generally keeps it in check as his wish for vengeance is greater than his wish for solace through death..
After his sixth year he was introduced to some, as wizarding society would put it, 'unsavoury Characters'. Though many were older than him, he got on well with them and attended many social gatherings. THrough some financial help of the Malfoy family, Severus took his Potions Mastery before returning to hogwarts for his last year.((<-REMOVE IF NOT TO YOUR LIKING[Will need to clear with Malfoys first ]->)) THough he no longer needs a Potions NEWT he still does his utmost in this particular subject. Severus still experiments with variations of potions and spells. He occassionally falls into a particularly foul, black mood and injures himself or, in some cases, attempts suicide, though he has not yet been successful.
Severus' hatred of Muggles grows ever stronger while his father rules his life. He feels also, that Dumbledore does not value him. Everything is starting to add up...

Do you really need it?
Oh go on then...

Severus slowly pulled off his jumper, here in the dungeon he was in his element. No potter to torment him, no Lily to haunt him. Just him and a gently simmering potion. He baegan to roll up his sleeves to the crook of his elbow and he donned an apron. He smoothed his hands over the front and felt so very in control. He walked over to a large storecupboard.

Running his fingers along the glass jars he selected carefully the ingredients he would need. You would never find this combination in a textbook.Severus pushed his hair back from his eyes and reached up for a jar of pickled murtlap growths. Returning to his seat he measured carefully the powdered octopus and counted out a number of small yellow leaves. He finely chopped them and scattered them into the bubbling liquid, slowly stirring it once clockwise and three times anticlockwise. It instantly turned blood red and gave off a foul rotting stench.

Wrinkling his nose Severus noted the change in his Battered book and picked up the jar of Murtlap growths and deftly twisting off the lid he sniffed in order to check they were still useful and fished one out with a long finger.Using his trusty potions knife he bagan to quickly slice it into slivers that was translucent. Though he did this rapidly, he did it extremely accurately. Severus slid them off the chopping board into the steaming cauldron. As he did so his fingers brushed the edge of the cauldron but fortunately his almost constant presence in the potions labs had caused him to develop calluses on his fingers and so he no longer felt the normally burning temperature of splashes of potion and cauldrons.

He glanced at the clock, he had precisely 4minutes and 42...41 seconds until the next phase. Lifting it off the wall he pulled it towards him and kept close watch. He pulled a book of logic puzzles out and a muggle ballpoint. Sighing he closed his eyes and a languid smile crossed his lips as he crossreferenced the numbers and began to create a picture in the grid. He wouldn't need a pencil, He couldn't make a mistake with pure reasoning.

THere was a click as someone unlocked the door and Severus' head snapped 'round, focussing on the sound. He glared at the door as it was opened and then shut again after a wise decision by the opener. HE turned back to his cauldron and stood.He had 57 seconds to prepare for the next stage of his unique brand of Veritaserum...

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