SNAPILICIOUS LOVE

“But this is touching, Severus,” said Dumbledore seriously. “Have you grown to care for the boy, after all?”
“For him?” shouted Snape. “Expecto Patronum!”
From the tip of his wand burst the silver doe. She landed on the office floor, bounded once across the office, and soared out of the window. Dumbledore watched her fly away, and as her silvery glow faded he turned back to Snape, and his eyes were full of tears.
“After all this time?”
“Always,” said Snape.”

Today, our century is in her teens and is vulnerable, like teen should be, to ever worsening entropy. We have transgressed enough in the name of modernization. Masturbation is now an abstinence and what more, highly recommended. In this milieu of despair, how can love remain indifferent and survive enough to tell the tale of the great history her ancestors engraved. The tale is forgotten (may be forbidden).

Severus Tobias Snape is an exemplary emblem of true love. He is a hero who embraced death for the sake of his love. Every second, he risked his life for the sake of Lily, the girl he loved. He was inexplicit in his manners and was never known to have made friends. He lived for Lily and he died for Lily.

Heart is a stubborn possession of ours, incapable of being convinced by reasons. Lily never attempted to understand him, and Severus never endeavored to elucidate himself. He just loved her and occasionally admitted, to Harry, that life was never fair to him. And indeed, life never was, but that was crucially prudent. His fate was vital, for without that, vanquishing the dark Lord would have been impossible.

Severus Snape joined the dark forces because of being influenced by anti-muggle dogmas (and maybe due to Lily Potter’s marriage with James Potter). When he discovered that Lily’s son was a subject of prophecy, he understood the severity of danger she was in. She was a muggle herself and Voldemort scorned her kind. Now, Severus knew he had been foolishly blinded by hostility.

Anger is a terrible thing; it can cloak the truth and ensnare the conscience, should one choose the same. When he made himself abundantly clear how loon he had been, he turned his back to the dark side and surrendered himself before the wisest wizard of all times, Albus Dumbledore. The uncommonly kind Dumbledore accepted him and trusted him more than himself, for Dumbledore knew the vitality of love. Dumbledore and Snape became great friends. Later, when Dumbledore ‘had to’ die, he chose Snape to be the one to kill him.

Severus Snape had to be on Voldemort’s side, for the dark lord would have taken his life for the betrayal. Yes, he succeeded in deceiving the most dangerous wizard of all times. Snape, after killing Dumbledore (on his own request) never allowed a single living wizard to know where his faith rested. He played his part extremely well, even though the fear of being discovered haunted him every second. It was only later after the Shrieking-sack incident that the truth of Severus was revealed by Harry Potter on his own request. Shrieking Sack incident led to Snape’s death. Voldemort believed that Snape was the owner of the elder invincible wand and that, wand would not respond to him as long as Severus survived. It was really crucial because Voldemort had become increasingly vulnerable by then and Harry was to be told that he had to die, apparently.

Lily Potter’s patronus was a doe.

The dialogue also underlines the gravity of the Patronus charm. The moment Dumbledore witnessed the silver doe conjured from Snape’s wand, he immediately remarked, “After all this time?” Patronus are dependent on the happy memory and they are supposed to change, provided the happy memory changes. Snape’s only happy memory was spending time with Lily, which he never allowed to be replaced. This, unequivocally, means that Snape loved Lily despite her marriage with James Potter or despite her death. His love astonished even the greatest wizard Dumbledore, whose countenance was dominated by the element of surprise and that, is extremely rare when it comes to Dumbledore.

But Snape’s love is too subtle to be expressed in words.

His love is beyond my wisdom and I do not wish to continue further, for I fear I may be unjust to his memory.

To muggles, I suggest to saunter on the path that pleases you, not on the one that you intend to be pleased with. To wizards, I merely ask to follow the Wisdom of Albus Percival Wulfric Brian Dumbledore.