Everyone: "Professor Snape?! You died!" Snape: "I'm a potions master and a double agent, obviously I had a backup plan. I've been drinking Honey Badger Anti-Venom ever since I heard about that snake. And I think we've already established that I can heal bleeding injuries."
Absolutely! Snape survived, he's retired, and living a quiet life somewhere in peace. Maybe he assisted George in becoming Willy Wanca. I'm referring to another theory you did.
I'll only quote this : "I can tell you how to bottle fame, brew glory, and even *put a stopper in death.* " Litterally the first thing Snape ever says.
I'm pretty sure they're talking about the potion "living death" in that line. Not a potion that stops death. That would be the elixir of life, which can't be made anymore
"put a stopper in death" means to put death in a bottle. (the stopper is the thing that closes the bottle and keeps it air tight). ie "how to make a potion of living death" which they eventually do. he isnt saying that he can make a potion to *prevent* death, but rather one to *cause* death.
Theory suggestion: how the frick do the portraits in the Wizarding World work, exactly? They don't make any sense to me. They often can talk, but the person itself is usually dead. Dumbledore's portrait specifically reviews his plan for defeating Voldemort with Snape long after his death. So does the portrait have any form of conscience? Does the "essence" or "soul" of the person transfer into the portrait? Does that mean that Dumbledore is not "truly" dead? Is it some kind of immortality? And why, for example, moving pictures and photographs can't do the same? Why can these portraits interact with people and, for example, Harry's photo book with his parents' pictures could not? How are these portraits even made in the first place? And what does it mean that sometimes the people inside the portraits can "leave" to attend other business? Think of Dumbledore's Chocolate Frog Card, for example. It was shown way back in the first book shortly after Harry met Ron on the train for the first time, and Dumbledore was still alive at the time. How is it possible that the Dumbledore inside the card can come and go whenever he pleases? How many Dumbledores are there exactly, other than the "actual" Dumbledore? And can they all act independently from each other, or it's just one version of him that goes from portrait to portrait? I could go on and on about these frickin' portraits! I NEED to know how they work!
I think that the portrait has to be painted while the person in it is alive, but after it's painted it's like the diary... Only aware of what it is told and what the person already knew at that point. I would like a video about this bc it's only a theory and I have absolutely no idea
I think it was mentioned in the 6th or the 7th book, or maybe on the website, that the person while alive would interact as much as possible with the portrait, so that the portrait possesses an essence of the person. This was especially important for Hogwarts' headmasters bcz these portraits would act as advisors to future headmasters. If I remember correctly, Dumbledore had been training his own portrait for quite some time before he died. It was kept in a closet in his office
My theory: He was prepared. He had the antidote with him and intended to use it. He knew there was some information he had to communicate to Harry, and hadn't communicated it yet. He was going to save himself, and then go find Harry and tell him what he needed to know. But when Harry suddenly showed up, showed up with a memory flask no less, he realized he didn't need to. He wasn't keen on hiding from Voldemort for the rest of his life should Harry fail, and knew that there was a good chance of Voldemort finding out he was alive. He believed he was master of the Elder Wand, and that Voldemort would figure this out. In the end, he just wanted to see Lily.
This would make more sense. The main issue I have with Ben's theory is that even if he was planning on using an antidote, Snape would have used it right away. We never see him taking the antidote, and it wouldn't make sense for him to wait to use it -- he would surely want to use it right away to ensure he is able to use it before he dies. Your theory reconciles this flaw.
@@Sillyrits some antidotes (that's a fact btw even in real life) can be taken before the poisoning. So if Snape had an antidote, he might've taken it before being called to the shrieking shack. but no antidote helps with a pierced windpipe
Harry after seeing snape alive: "But how? Nagini killed you." Snape: "An ingenious idea letting her kill me but it was PrETty ObVIOuS what he was going to do"
my personal headcanon is now that he survived and moved to the countryside in a small house with a garden for potions ingredients and a potions lab. love that for him
I was ALWAYS suspicious when she did NOT mention Snape and his body. That was a huge problem for me. Then I thought how elusive Snape has been thought his life. Severus is at his core: a SURVIVOR. He survived an abusive childhood. He survived bullying at Hogwarts. He survived the first Wizarding War. This man KNOWS how to survive! I have held on to this belief since that book ended. He didn’t want any further conversations with the Ministry or reprisals from Death Eater family’s. He slipped into obscurity among the Muggle world where he too understood well.
Snape of course survived... His dad was a muggle, so he was a half-blood. Severus went to the muggle world and lived as such off of making potions for the sick. He learned his potions from his mother. Severus is alive and knew of rumours of Voldy's daughter with Bellatrix. He went to hunt her down.
@@mcfarlane1105 makes sense since in a interesting way Delphini would be a strange accretion yo the continuation of Tom Riddle that refused to die and became either a part of her or separate enough to one day either possess her or leave her body again. Heck. Even make her create even one horcrux more cleverly hidden and that separate fragment of Voldemort could escape her body. Even more scary since the original prophecy has fulfilled itself so he feels less threatened. I mean. This may or may not tie to an interesting foreign language short film done with just this where harry in diagon alley later on in his adult life with Ginny and they go off together to destroy it and him along with it as he was almost manifesting a body again. Heck. Who says that he refuses to die even then and become like some sort of ghost of sorts plaguing the wizard world to where he becomes as well known as the formless boggarts and so on that he remains feared by those who gather he still isn’t yet gone. We need ghostbuster wizards up in here to put an end to him though methinks!
Fawkes 'died' after swallowing the killing curse and was reborn a new phoenix who I believe wouldn't be the same as the Fawkes who worked for Dumbledore (got this from another SCB video on Fawkes)
I feel like him dying was the only way for him to finally find peace. He hated everything about his life ever since Lily died, he was miserable and was only staying around because he was loyal to Dumbledore, who needed him. What would he even do, I don’t think I could ever imagine Snape being happy. Could you really see him just enjoying something other than bullying kids? I think he was a wounded soul and he needed to die in order to finally be free. I don’t doubt that he could’ve saved himself if he wanted to, and I think he would’ve in order to talk to Harry. But Harry found Snape and took his memories meaning Snape was finished with his mission from Dumbledore. He was free.
I agree, it ruins his whole story if he is still alive, as well the plot. SCB needs to start finding new things to talk about since they are running out of ideas for Harry Potter without it going down the deep end. So it just comes off as making videos for sake of making videos. Problem of becoming a business.
@@SultanFilm I mean I agree with most of what they said in the video. Snape definitely could’ve been carrying around the antidote in case he got bit before he’d told Harry he needed to die. I just don’t think he used it to survive and then just lived happily ever after. Also we should cut scb some slack I mean if Marvel’s movies hadn’t been pushed back they’d for sure be talking about black widow and the eternals. Now they can’t do that so they have to scratch out whatever they haven’t explored yet in all the older movies.
If Snape is still alive, why didnt he helped in 'the cursed Child'? Oh, wait. Yeah, CAUSE ITS NON-CANON! Ba-da-bing! Seriously though: If Snape is alive he cant have this be a secret forever. He's just too much of a big person, if you know what i mean.
I'm surprised you didn't mention the scene in Dumbledore's office where there is no mention of Severus Snapes portrait when Harry, Ron and Hermione go there and Harry repairs his wand. It's Dumbledore's portrait behind the desk not Severus' portrait. Dumbledore's portrait is there right after he died but Severus Snape's isn't.... this to me is the biggest indicator that he is in fact alive.
I like to imagine the series ends with snape standing on a porch overlooking the lake outside hogwarts reminiscing on lily. When we hear Harry land nearby on his broomstick and say “professor”. Both much older, and they sit and just stare at the lake.
Nahh I don't think he still Likes Harry... Death is the best possible outcome for Snape orelse he will have a miserable life, though he would have Great Power and Respect in the wizarding world whihc appparently is an important trait of Slytherin and was his motive during his teens, but for adult Snape it was just his love towards lily, for which he was living and now living a life with all pleasure but no Lily would have "Equally Killed" him...
I always thought Snape looking at the snake in the cage when talking to Voldemort implies that re realizes he has to tell Harry now that he is a horcrux because Dumbledore told him to tell Harry as soon as Voldemort is protective about Nagini. This is also why he tried to convince Voldemort to let him find Harry in that scene
I noticed that as well in the book during my reading back in 2016: “After the big battle, they lay out all the bodies, all the people who died, even the Death Eaters and Voldemort’s. “Harry sees Lupin's and Fred's body, but Snape's body isn't there. “You'd think Harry would have told everyone about Snape's sacrifice so they can find his body too. But nope, Snape's corpse isn't found.”
I believe he took an anti venom and replenish potion every time he is near Voldemort and negini. He is a potions master after all. The potion slowly revived him and he was able to walk away after giving Harry the last clue he needed to defeat Voldemort. He then hide his identity to live a safe quiet life just in case Voldemort followers want to get revenge. Better to think he Is dead so he can live peacefully.
I'd like to imagine that Snape lived with Draco (who'd be grateful for him relieving him of the burden of Dumbledore's death), mentoring him in a better way, and helping with Scorpius' upbringing. I feel like Snape learning that Harry gave Albus the Severus middle name would help heal some wounds, and drive Snape to strengthen the friendship between Albus and Scorpius. That's how I want it to be.
@@Ranger1812 Wars make sappy and sentinmental people. My grandfather fought in the Korean war and served with disctinction. After he returned home, he was more sentimental then everyone in my family combined. There's a reason why grand cemetaries exist to honor those fallen in war. . .
Snape doesn’t die from the snake venom, he dies from bleeding out. Snape gets bitten in the neck, by a snake whose venom causes wounds to keep bleeding. The neck holds the carotid arteries, which are the two major blood vessels that carry blood to and from the head. Even if Nagini didn’t aim for the arteries intentionally, At least one of the arteries would’ve gotten damaged anyway. And since the brain needs 20% of the oxygen in blood flow, it would only take a matter of minutes for Snape to bleed to death. Even if he did have an antidote, the antidote wouldn’t prevent death since Snape uses precious time to give Harry his memories. At most, the antidote would make the wound close eventually, instead of having a dead body continually bleed. Thank you for reading my ted talk.
Blood replenishing potion??? Hermione probably had some in her beaded bag, and Snape probably had some on him too as that would make sense with his double agent status
Snape cures Malfoy's wounds when he's bleeding out from the Sectumsempra spell, so it seems he does have the ability to heal very grave injuries. Unless his spell is ounly a countercharm to Sectumsempra, but it seems a bit unlikely. That being said, when don't SEE him use it at all after being wounded, so if he has to wait I don't know how long until Harry and friends are out of sight. But the fact that there exists antidote to Nagini's poison AND a spell to heal grave bleeding injuries, and that Snape is very likely to know about both, does lend credence to the idea he at least COULD have done something to survive.
@@davidmccarthy4206 that was a countercharm to sectumsempra that needs to be cast three times to work properly. Which the fact that he has it makes sense, since he literally invented the spell.
@@marlinfromfindingnemo8954 this is better than what was actually written. I feel like how he died made him look like such a punk. Especially with everything covered in this video.
Snape’s one of the most paranoid characters in HP; I always found it hard to believe that he died from an attack that he probably saw coming from a mile away...
Hard to self-administer an antidote when you are unconscious, though.And he had to let Riddle think he was dead, otherwise he'd actually be dead, and be putting Harry at risk as well. It would have been tough to pull off.
After the “how it should have ended” for Harry Potter, I’ve always wondered in the back of my mind why Snape, a potions master, wouldn’t have the antidote on him at all times. Obviously not the best source but it just made me think
@@meme-bu8qu She threw out a bunch of ill-considered stuff that made no sense. It's the same way ever since, where she's decided things are a certain way via twitter or whatever. To me, if it's not in the books, it's not canon.
12:33 Snape was looking at the Snake not because he knew he about to be killed by it; its actually because Dumbledore said that there will be a time when Voldy will keep the snake protected and that's when he has to deliver Harry the message that he must die
The whole issue of the venom is a mute point. The venom wasn't a neurotoxin or anything like that, it kept wounds from healing. Arthur lived due to the wounds in the fleshy parts of his body, so he didn't bleed out so quickly - also snakes don't inject on every bite. Snape was bit in the neck. There are 2 nice juicy pipes o' blood there and Nagini was shown to have many teeth which would have most likely punctured one or both. He bled out.
He's sitting on a deck chair outside that shell cottage with a pina colada in his hand, wearing a pair of shades and an emotionless expression on his face.
I actually really love this theory! I've never really considered it before, but it makes total sense that Snape, the potions master and double agent, would have had a backup plan. Well done, guys!
'Is Snape Still Alive?' I wasn't expecting that question to be posed in the year of 2020, but it's an automatic yes for me. My 17 year old pro-Snape self has reawakened. He would absolutely have an antidote on him even if Dumbledore said at some point something as simple as "Beware the snake."
Same! As soon as I saw the title my mind went straight away to: potions master, therefore must be carrying an antidote. HISHE said it like 9 years ago.
@Austin Su Except that it really doesn't. A man suffers his entire life and then he dies? That's not perfectly written, that's terrible. A man is finally rewarded with a chance to escape and seek out a peaceful existence? That's much better.
Most likely they have not even seen a HISHE video from 9 years ago and that video was obviously meant as a joke not a proper theory like this so I don't think they can really be expected to credit them for a joke in a video from NINE years ago that they might or might not have seen.
Correction: Snape was a triple agent because he was told by Voldemort to pretend to Dumbledore that he was loyal to Dumbledore but he was told by Dumbledore to pretend to Voldemort that he was pretending to Dumbledore that he was loyal to Dumbledore but he was actually loyal to Dumbledore and wasn’t loyal to Voldemort. Confusing I know!
So if snape was told by Voldemort to pretend to be loyal to dumbledore, but dumbledore told snape to pretend to be loyal to him back to Voldemort , because snape was loyal to dumbledore, then had snape really not been loyal to either and to himself he could’ve double crossed both tbh at a moments notice. He actually the best chance in the series to wipe both out and become the 1.
@@aydinjohansson726 I know, all I said was Snape had a chance to go rogue on both and kill them , he was after all more accomplished occlumens than either one of them.
There's one more thing supporting this: Snape's portrait is not among those in the past headmasters portraits, in the headmaster's office. In book 6, Harry saw Dumbledore's portrait just hours after Dumbledore died; why not Snape's a few hours after Snape dies?
Pretty sure that's not right. I mean eventually Snape's portrait is there right? I swear I've read that. It might not have been there when Harry visits right before he leaves for the woods, but I swear there is a part where Harry sees it.
It's been a while since I've read The Cursed Child 😒 but I think it's there in that book. However, Snape wasn't exactly loved as headmaster. To all others, his time as headmaster led to the destruction of Hogwarts, he let death eaters torture students, etc. As far as I know, Snape's name isn't cleared to anyone besides Harry in the original books.
Snape's Portrait didn't appear instantly after his death due to the fact that he fled his post as Headmaster prior to the battle. The Magic classed this as a dereliction of duty. It wasn't until after the facts came to light that his portrait appeared in the head masters office & even at that point Harry & others had to argue for it to be kept there.
@@laurenotts3747 The Cursed Child is not canon. It completely changes the rules of time travel. It makes Harry a bad father. It suggests that the undead body that rose from the cauldron was capable of fathering a human child. It says that Bellatrix was several months pregnant while she was torturing Hermione. It says that Harry's scar is still active even though the Horcrux is long gone. It even made Harry somewhat psychic. People who have watched the play say it's an enjoyable experience. I think that's because they have a high production value and talented cast for that mediocre fanfiction. Imagine if they made a good play with the same quality production!
There is also no mention of Snape's portrait in the headmaster's office. Dumbledore's appeared immediately after he died. Harry was in the office twice after Snape was killed and there is no mention of him seeing it.
@@daltosmithman269 I assumed portraits were all made while someone was alive, and when it appeared it was because the very sentient castle had recognized the death and placed it there
If I remember reading Pottermore correctly a few years ago, Harry had to ask for the portrait of Snape to be put in the Headmaster's Office. If Snape is alive, maybe it just would have taken another several decades
OK ok ok... But how does a badly injured Snape manage to get away and then remain entirely undetected for the rest of his lifetime?... Because he had a time turner on him! A few turns and he disappears to an earlier time many, many decades ago where nobody knows him. There's no need to hide and he can live in plain sight...so maybe he gets a job teaching at hogwarts again... as Defence Against The Dark Art professor! He meets a young dumbledore and tells him everything he knows - obviously Snape doesn't know the whole story about the horcruxes and the hallows, so dumbles still needs to piece the rest of it together. Anyway, this is ACTUALLY why dumbledore trusts him so explicitly, because he already knows what Snape will do for him in the future. It's also why he can't explain to anyone why he trusts him so much - He can't risk of voldemort finding out and changing the entire course of time by killing him another way. Snape, of course, left the battle before finding out who wins between Harry and voldemort, so the ultimate outcome also remains unknown to dumbledore.... I like the idea of him suddenly appearing in a fantastic beast movie, bleeding profusely from the neck and asking for a medic...
As cool as this theory is, it's not possible :/ Time doesn't work like that in HP. If he had went back and became a defense against the dark arts teacher, then he always would have been one from the start (just like Harry and Hermione ALWAYS through the rocks through the window, they just didnt know it was them). Also, Snape is already a very accomplished occlumens, so he would have been able to hide that truth just as well as he has hid everything else from Voldemort. Nonetheless, I still LOVE your theory, because the idea of Snape using a time-turner to at LEAST go back and let Dumbledore know that he can trust him would be so cool :)
Why couldn't it have always happened in Harry's world though? If Snape in the past used an alias, avoided photographs and left (or finally actually died) decades before Harry's story (or young Snape's) takes place, then it seems possible that the dots might never be connected by anyone later on. Anyway, the defense professor bit isn't really a crucial part of the theory... I just thought it would be nice if he finally found some happiness in his twilight years...
Snape is a potion genius, works with poisons and the like. There is NO WAY that Snape wouldn't have some sort of antidote on hand, even before Arthur was attacked. Even if he didn't have it beforehand, you can bet he would have taken some to reproduce it. He was an excellent potioneer.
If Snape is still alive, why didnt he helped in 'the cursed Child'? Oh, wait. Yeah, CAUSE ITS NON-CANON! Ba-da-bing! Seriously though: If Snape is alive he cant have this be a secret forever. He's just too much of a big person, if you know what i mean.
I find Snape’s character fascinating, but I don’t really like him. And the phrase “Always”? Is in a context of obsession, not actual love. Alan Rickman was a marvelous actor and person, and he did Snape justice to the complex character
@Sindematic Studios Yes! His character is the most heartbreaking reveal out of the series. Shattered my teenage self when I read the 7th book when it was released and now as an adult rereading the series. Snape served his purpose well. He's the MVP
Why do people love Snape? He's like an SS officer who only feels bad when someone he actually knows is affected. Like why does everyone argue about whether being a bad teacher makes him a bad person? Man was a literal terrorist at some point.
@@TheSpacecraftX that's a good question. I spent years hating Snape. I got the books yearly from age 11 to 17. I was essentially in the same mindset as Harry about Snape so his revelation in the end changed my mind about him. I see it in real life where horrible people change and what he did gets nothing but love from me. He redeemed hisself.
Snape in the main characters' first potions class "I can teach you how to bottle fame, brew glory and even put a stopper in death." Obviously he is still alive.
I agree with your assessment that Snape was smart enough to carry an antidote to the venom, and likely even had some on him. However, I think if he intended to use it he would've done so immediately, especially if Harry hadn't been there to get the information he needed. But since he was, and he'd accomplished what he set out to do, I think that ultimately when Snape looked death in the eye (much like Dumbledore did and Harry was about to do) he greeted it like an old friend.
To be honest, Dumbledore had his favorites too. And that's, in my opinion, one of the reasons Snape is nicer to Slytherins (not always). Other, especially later much more important reason, is that he's trying to make an image of himself in the eyes of both deatheaters and order of phoenix.
Dumbledore playing favorites, and especially choosing to protect marauders from punishment and making Snape stay quiet after "the prank" is one of the biggest reasons Snape wanted to join death eaters, since there was no one else to help him, and his friendship with Lily fell apart. That was quite terrible of Dumbledore, and I really like to think he was actually ashamed of that later on when Snape ended up as his agent
@@ВасилийМедведев-з5в revealing to everyone that Lupin was a werewolf would have basically ended his life, both as a student and professionally. I think that's what he asked him to keep a secret, if he wanted he could have went and tell everyone that Sirius tried to kill him, as long as he didn't tell how
Mysister is such a potterhead: she listens to the audiotapes to go to sleep, while studying etc. We played a game where I play ONE SENTWNCE of WHATEVER chapter of WHATEVER book and she can tell me everyting: the number and name of the chapter, the situation and who said the sentence. And to top that: we are not even native english speakers. So not only does she know Harry Potter but heart, but she also gained fluency in English
Or he just wanted it over he could have healed himself but his love for Lilly haunted him. The reason he didn’t pop up when the whole fam was around with the resurrection stone is it would have been awkward mom and daddy giving advice while Snape is the 3rd wheel. If he survived he would still be unhappy so he accepted death for peace
@@yourmother6045 I'd believe her in that regard by how he's described in the book. Sadly she said so many things that are just crazy so her credibility is near 0
@@nickfox5321 Dumbledore is gay, she even said it to Luna's actress before Deathly Hallows came out. It was hinted that he was gay it was just never directly mentioned. I don't think she said many crazy things, maybe the toilet thing but I think that was a joke.
@@mienfu9824 with a lot of comments she seemed more like she's trying to pander. I'm not suggesting it is the fact! I can't read her mind and I think it's mostly out of a direction of 'I want everyone to feel like they can relate'. I understand that but with things like Hermine is black comments that's contradicted in her book or the cursed child being canon while it contradicts and nullifies most of her great work it's hard for her to still be credible.
"Tweets are not canon" YES! For one, books go through so many other people before publishing, and they have important jobs too. Also, authors can change their mind over time.
Personally I think that if Snape survived, that he would've eventually met up with Harry and Ginny, and gotten to know his children. One thing I do like about the Cursed Child is Snape finding out that Harry named one of his kids after him, so I think that something like that would've happened.
I don't think his character would suddenly change so much that he would go meet up with Harry and Ginny, seems very out of place to me. But I do like the thought, don't get me wrong. It's like you want to see him be good. I like that.
Snape has very little to live for, basically 3 things. 1) His love for Lily whom already chose someone else and then died because of the information he gave to Voldemort about the prophecy. 2) He served Voldemort loyally until it intersected and threatened #1 and has abandoned this value. 3) His loyalty towards Dumbledore who he had just killed for the sake of the mission and now only has his last orders which are to help Harry and fulfill his role as double agent. -By the time Harry collects the memories of Snape, Snape has just finished his final task for Dumbledore and has literally nothing to live for anymore and someone that obsessed with 1 lost love for so long would not recover for the rest of their life, so it's perfect time for him to die narratively and mentally.
Nothing to live for is a moot point Dumbledore lost his loyalty the moment snape says so you have been raising him for a pig to slaughter. By the time harry arrives there's no portrait of snape in the office.
I'd absolutely go with this theory! And, Snape was around Nagini a lot, so I'd expect him to be carrying the antidote pretty much on the regular regardless of whether or not he puzzled out Voldemort's plan ahead of time or not.
I think he might have had the antidote on him, but as he managed to give Harry the memories, he might just have been at peace not using the antidote and dying while looking into the exact eyes he would want to see for one last time.
My problem with how snape “died” was a potions master who had been a double agent for YEARS would not keep an anecdote to the snake that the man who he’s double crossing uses as a personal assassin
I like to think that Snape was rescued by and helped by Winky the house elf. If he survived I can imagine him somewhere in Europe quietly living in a magical village
I also think that Snape was one of the only people Voldemort kind of liked, since they were so similar. I don't think he liked him in the same kind of way that you or I would have a connection to a friend, but I think it was stronger than how he felt in regards to his other followers
He's totally dead. "[...] Snape moved no more." Pretty final, compared to the others where they "lay, not moving" or something like that. Plus, Voldemort wanted him dead really badly, I'm pretty sure he wouldn't just trust that he'd die eventually of the poison (he knows Snape is pretty much *the* Potions Master of all Potions Masters, even if Snape covered his double-agentness completely [pretty sure he did] and Voldy had no idea that Snape had any ideas of betraying him, the thought that someone else would find a way to "cheat death" via an antidote might have crossed his mind). I think Nagini pretty well ripped his neck open and/or injected this very potent venom into a major artery, based on the description. Even for a very non-magical way to die, I think Voldemort has seen/caused enough death to know when the job is done.
what I want to know is how Harry's friends reacted to naming one of his children after "The Greasy Git" or how they reacted when they were told Snape's true motive
I have always hoped that Snape had lived and snuck away. With his "redemption task" completed he would move to a secluded Muggle village where he would brew potions by mail under the name "Phoenix Potions" (since he had been reborn) and send them by owl mail. He would be shopping in the village one day and would meet a lady, eventually falling in love and having his own family with her. Eventually he would get up the guts to see the goblins in secret to gain his Prince inheritance (and possibly change his name to help him hide). Any children he had would now go to Hogwarts as Prince's and would never know that their father was the dead hero Severus Snape.
I know Snape wasn’t there when Harry used the resurrection stone but neither was Dumbledore and I think he would have a better reason to be there than him.
Idk I think if Snape could even have been in the spiritual presence of Lily one last time, it would have been enough for him to be called. He just died and probably would want to make sure that his mission was carried out as well.
I believe that Snape is definitely dead, because it makes his last action the most brave of them all. To Harry, the boy who represents EVERYTHING he could have had... he shares his greatest shame and his burden, he shares just what he did and how he tried to make up for it. He shares his responsibility to it all. His last act is finally being honest with Harry, truly honest, for the first time.
I totally agree with you. He was smart enough to have the antidote, and I love the idea that he tricked everyone into thinking he was dead and left to start fresh somewhere else. Another possibility is that the phoenix healed him. Or that he healed himself with a healing spell like how we saw him heal Draco.
Yeah, if Mouldyshorts had just gone off to study in lots of places instead of seeking immediate power he would have lived more than 71 years in a world where wizards often hit 150. It'd be like if we keeled over at 35! What a waste of a brilliant (he had an absurd number of OWLs and NEWTs I seem to recall) mind.
Now we need a Right Hand Man parody with both Dumbledore and Voldemort as Washington and Snape as Hamilton. He does keep asking to be the Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher like Hamilton keeps wanting to lead a battalion.
Even if you were to suggest Snape bled to death regardless of the antivenom because nobody got to Snape in time...Snape himself invented a magic spell to reverse the flow of blood leaving the body that he uses on Draco Malfoy in the Half-Blood Prince to keep Draco alive to help Draco kill Dumbledore because of the unbreakable vow Snape made earlier
I like to think Snape is the one who created the Antidote for Arthur Weasley...too much of a convenience that Snape shows up just after the Healers find an antidote...He just could not reveal himself as the supplier of the Antidote...since the Dark Lord has spies everywhere.
Wait! Did you say-[trips over a dozen Snape lives au] [pushes away a pile of Snape fanfic] [leans against stack of post-war Snape art, panting]-did you say Snape lives?
I always wondered that too, but i jus figured that part of it was the stone was used more so as an emotional scene to prepare harry to die and he didn't feel like he needed dumbledore there for that. like at that point there was little planning left. and also harry gets to talk to dumbledore with kings cross so another scene would jus be unecessary.
Rowling apparently agreed that Albus is Death who apparently born itself as a human man to claim the final brother or perhaps in this case to claim Voldemort who was cheating death. Who knows but CarlinBrothers dumbledore is a Phoenix video was great too. Makes sense since his animagus is a Phoenix. Patronus too. But animagus means elect talent to an animal and it takes ages and talent to create the necessary things to begin forming an animagus spell! Who says that with a Phoenix something else happens rather than the ordinary animagus ? It’d be a very powerfully magical thing to even accomplish!
I love this more than I would have expected. I was always sad Snape didn't live to see Voldemort defeated to close the circle of avenging Lily. And I think it is entirely plausible that he left everyone behind. I like the idea though that Arthur or another Order member found him and helped him leave while they were sweeping for bodies. I feel like someone knows he is alive and will never tell.
If Snape is still alive, why didnt he helped in 'the cursed Child'? Oh, wait. Yeah, CAUSE ITS NON-CANON! Ba-da-bing! Seriously though: If Snape is alive he cant have this be a secret forever. He's just too much of a big person, if you know what i mean.
@@slevinchannel7589 I don’t know if you gathered by the formatting of my comment (given your sarcasm and ‘Ba-da-bing!’ remark, I’m guessing you didn’t), but I wasn’t being serious. I just like Snape’s character, and think it would be really nice if he had somehow survived. I think a lot of people probably think the same.
@@slevinchannel7589 If that’s the case then I apologise for my reply, which in hindsight was maybe a little rash; however, your comment might have been better placed on the video itself, rather than in response to my post. Again, though, I am sorry I misunderstood. You made a fair point, and it is a funny one in light of Cursed Child - by its nature, it could have started its own thread. I hope you have a nice day/evening, wherever you are 😊
@@that_invisible_man3460 it's not like SCB and every other member of the HP fandom haven't already given JK actual millions. Now that we know she's not the greatest person, we can stop giving her the attention she craves by separating her from the books and movies while still enjoying her work.
@Eszra Falcontail Why can't people like you and her leave others alone? You don't understand trans people, fine. But why can't you just respect them and how they feel? Why do you have to hate so much?
I start with "No way. How? I wouldn't even consider it!" I end with "Snape is totally alive and living a peaceful life. How did I not realize that already!" SCB does that to me.
Just that it ruins the whole story and possible redeeming of Snape if he isn't dead. SCB is running out of things to talk about, since the theories are just getting more and more crazy. Even if it ruins the whole point of the story and character.
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Everyone: "Professor Snape?! You died!" Snape: "I'm a potions master and a double agent, obviously I had a backup plan. I've been drinking Honey Badger Anti-Venom ever since I heard about that snake. And I think we've already established that I can heal bleeding injuries."
Absolutely! Snape survived, he's retired, and living a quiet life somewhere in peace. Maybe he assisted George in becoming Willy Wanca. I'm referring to another theory you did.
@@ColeAndPhoebeForever YESSSSS amzaing
XD yeesss thats from HISHE loll
Luna: Honey badger just takes what it wants 😂😂😂
@@ColeAndPhoebeForever or Snape is secretly watching over harry..
Ben is wearing Harry’s “only” shirt!
this killled me * dies while laughing *
So what is Harry wearing now?
@@ayaanmajeed his quidditch stuff
What's even better is that it's Harry's winter edition.
Ayaan Majeed - Nothing... which is why he had to do Equus.
I'll only quote this :
"I can tell you how to bottle fame, brew glory, and even *put a stopper in death.* "
Litterally the first thing Snape ever says.
And says it in the book philosophers stone no less
I am very surprised this was not in the video. Such a good point.
I'm pretty sure they're talking about the potion "living death" in that line. Not a potion that stops death. That would be the elixir of life, which can't be made anymore
First thing he ever says “there will be no wand waving or silly incantations in this classroom”
"put a stopper in death" means to put death in a bottle. (the stopper is the thing that closes the bottle and keeps it air tight). ie "how to make a potion of living death" which they eventually do. he isnt saying that he can make a potion to *prevent* death, but rather one to *cause* death.
Theory suggestion: how the frick do the portraits in the Wizarding World work, exactly? They don't make any sense to me. They often can talk, but the person itself is usually dead. Dumbledore's portrait specifically reviews his plan for defeating Voldemort with Snape long after his death. So does the portrait have any form of conscience? Does the "essence" or "soul" of the person transfer into the portrait? Does that mean that Dumbledore is not "truly" dead? Is it some kind of immortality? And why, for example, moving pictures and photographs can't do the same? Why can these portraits interact with people and, for example, Harry's photo book with his parents' pictures could not? How are these portraits even made in the first place? And what does it mean that sometimes the people inside the portraits can "leave" to attend other business? Think of Dumbledore's Chocolate Frog Card, for example. It was shown way back in the first book shortly after Harry met Ron on the train for the first time, and Dumbledore was still alive at the time. How is it possible that the Dumbledore inside the card can come and go whenever he pleases? How many Dumbledores are there exactly, other than the "actual" Dumbledore? And can they all act independently from each other, or it's just one version of him that goes from portrait to portrait? I could go on and on about these frickin' portraits! I NEED to know how they work!
I think that the portrait has to be painted while the person in it is alive, but after it's painted it's like the diary... Only aware of what it is told and what the person already knew at that point. I would like a video about this bc it's only a theory and I have absolutely no idea
You've got it backwards. We are the painting and the portraits are all the people in the real world looking in on us.
@@iRsemple oof
I think it was mentioned in the 6th or the 7th book, or maybe on the website, that the person while alive would interact as much as possible with the portrait, so that the portrait possesses an essence of the person. This was especially important for Hogwarts' headmasters bcz these portraits would act as advisors to future headmasters. If I remember correctly, Dumbledore had been training his own portrait for quite some time before he died. It was kept in a closet in his office
Would love them to do a video on them
My theory: He was prepared. He had the antidote with him and intended to use it. He knew there was some information he had to communicate to Harry, and hadn't communicated it yet. He was going to save himself, and then go find Harry and tell him what he needed to know. But when Harry suddenly showed up, showed up with a memory flask no less, he realized he didn't need to. He wasn't keen on hiding from Voldemort for the rest of his life should Harry fail, and knew that there was a good chance of Voldemort finding out he was alive. He believed he was master of the Elder Wand, and that Voldemort would figure this out. In the end, he just wanted to see Lily.
i agree
That's so heartwarming 💚
This would make more sense. The main issue I have with Ben's theory is that even if he was planning on using an antidote, Snape would have used it right away. We never see him taking the antidote, and it wouldn't make sense for him to wait to use it -- he would surely want to use it right away to ensure he is able to use it before he dies. Your theory reconciles this flaw.
@@Sillyrits some antidotes (that's a fact btw even in real life) can be taken before the poisoning. So if Snape had an antidote, he might've taken it before being called to the shrieking shack. but no antidote helps with a pierced windpipe
I love scb but I think this makes a lot more sense and I love this so much.
Harry after seeing snape alive: "But how? Nagini killed you."
Snape: "An ingenious idea letting her kill me but it was PrETty ObVIOuS what he was going to do"
I don't think Snape could ever stand to associate with Lockheartless.
That's awesome. Way to roast Lockheart. Haha.
@@spookyblush-speedruns That's why he disarmed him. Haha.
my personal headcanon is now that he survived and moved to the countryside in a small house with a garden for potions ingredients and a potions lab. love that for him
And probably some Lilys in the garden
Someone should write a book about that
@@Aprilmaedchen2001 nope all the Lily's would die
@@TV-ly3dp that's sad.......................
@@dianemorrow874 I can try...
I was ALWAYS suspicious when she did NOT mention Snape and his body. That was a huge problem for me. Then I thought how elusive Snape has been thought his life. Severus is at his core: a SURVIVOR. He survived an abusive childhood. He survived bullying at Hogwarts. He survived the first Wizarding War. This man KNOWS how to survive! I have held on to this belief since that book ended. He didn’t want any further conversations with the Ministry or reprisals from Death Eater family’s. He slipped into obscurity among the Muggle world where he too understood well.
And found a loving relationship with one Joanne Rowling
ALWAYS
Snape of course survived... His dad was a muggle, so he was a half-blood. Severus went to the muggle world and lived as such off of making potions for the sick. He learned his potions from his mother. Severus is alive and knew of rumours of Voldy's daughter with Bellatrix. He went to hunt her down.
He also didn’t show up to stand beside the ghost lily!! All the people who were closest to him and loved hun the most etc!
@@mcfarlane1105 makes sense since in a interesting way Delphini would be a strange accretion yo the continuation of Tom Riddle that refused to die and became either a part of her or separate enough to one day either possess her or leave her body again. Heck. Even make her create even one horcrux more cleverly hidden and that separate fragment of Voldemort could escape her body. Even more scary since the original prophecy has fulfilled itself so he feels less threatened. I mean. This may or may not tie to an interesting foreign language short film done with just this where harry in diagon alley later on in his adult life with Ginny and they go off together to destroy it and him along with it as he was almost manifesting a body again. Heck. Who says that he refuses to die even then and become like some sort of ghost of sorts plaguing the wizard world to where he becomes as well known as the formless boggarts and so on that he remains feared by those who gather he still isn’t yet gone. We need ghostbuster wizards up in here to put an end to him though methinks!
Where was Fawkes when Snape showed his utmost loyalty to Dumbledore?
That... is a very good question!
Excellent question!
Fawkes left after Dumbledore’s death.
He flew to the forest.
Fawkes 'died' after swallowing the killing curse and was reborn a new phoenix who I believe wouldn't be the same as the Fawkes who worked for Dumbledore (got this from another SCB video on Fawkes)
I think we all want Snape and Rickman to still be alive.
too soon man, too soon
Always
not snape but alan!!
It so weird that their personality couldn’t be more different
not snape it was better that he died because he died a loyal and brave man which makes more important
Me before every theory: yeah, you’re wrong this time, it’s too much of a stretch.
Me after: well, you’ve convinced me
This is me with basically every single theory they post 😂
Same!
Ya😊😆
This was me🤣. The research was on point with this one
That's exactly what I just commented too !
Jk Rowling: snape died.
Carlin brothers: NO
Jk Rowling: snape died.
Carlin brothers: jk
@@jaepitt2107 😂
jk now: oh yeah this is cannon 👍
Also did you guys know that the cursed child was fan fiction and jk Rowling confirmed it cannon 🙄
@@lillilly8453 ikr
@@jedorspas7725 I think if we tweet this enough to JK Rowling then there is a chance that she might confirm this to be canon too...
I feel like him dying was the only way for him to finally find peace. He hated everything about his life ever since Lily died, he was miserable and was only staying around because he was loyal to Dumbledore, who needed him. What would he even do, I don’t think I could ever imagine Snape being happy. Could you really see him just enjoying something other than bullying kids? I think he was a wounded soul and he needed to die in order to finally be free.
I don’t doubt that he could’ve saved himself if he wanted to, and I think he would’ve in order to talk to Harry. But Harry found Snape and took his memories meaning Snape was finished with his mission from Dumbledore. He was free.
I agree, it ruins his whole story if he is still alive, as well the plot. SCB needs to start finding new things to talk about since they are running out of ideas for Harry Potter without it going down the deep end. So it just comes off as making videos for sake of making videos. Problem of becoming a business.
I love this explanation
@@SultanFilm I mean I agree with most of what they said in the video. Snape definitely could’ve been carrying around the antidote in case he got bit before he’d told Harry he needed to die. I just don’t think he used it to survive and then just lived happily ever after.
Also we should cut scb some slack I mean if Marvel’s movies hadn’t been pushed back they’d for sure be talking about black widow and the eternals. Now they can’t do that so they have to scratch out whatever they haven’t explored yet in all the older movies.
Maybe he was not loyal to dumbeldore but against voldimort
If Snape is still alive, why didnt he helped
in 'the cursed Child'?
Oh, wait. Yeah, CAUSE ITS NON-CANON!
Ba-da-bing!
Seriously though:
If Snape is alive he cant have this be
a secret forever. He's just too much of
a big person, if you know what i mean.
Harry: "how dare u stand where he stood"
Snape be like "he stood everywhere in this school. What do u want me to do. BLOODY FLOAAATTT"
Hey I’ve seen that meme! :D
@@stevencarenduff2623 ;)
Lol
That's supposed to be a meme
I mean he was kinda float/drifting/gliding through the halls right? Maybe he actually never walks XD
The idea of Snape living a solo life after the Battle of Hogwarts brings me nostalgic emotions.
I'm surprised you didn't mention the scene in Dumbledore's office where there is no mention of Severus Snapes portrait when Harry, Ron and Hermione go there and Harry repairs his wand. It's Dumbledore's portrait behind the desk not Severus' portrait. Dumbledore's portrait is there right after he died but Severus Snape's isn't.... this to me is the biggest indicator that he is in fact alive.
Snape didn’t get a portrait because he abandoned his post before dying. Supposedly Harry later ensured that a portrait of him was put up anyway.
@@arielsteinsaltz1956 Is that canon or did you come up with it?
@@SG-pu3rx I didn’t come up with it, I think it’s from an interview or Pottermore.
*Severus's
@@dildojizzbaggins6969 *Severus'
Who else misses ' THESE SOCKS ARE AMAZING !!' at the end of videos
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Literally so much
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I like to imagine the series ends with snape standing on a porch overlooking the lake outside hogwarts reminiscing on lily. When we hear Harry land nearby on his broomstick and say “professor”. Both much older, and they sit and just stare at the lake.
I'm pretty sure Alfred looks over and sees Snape at a cafe with Selina kyle.
@@scottkelley6709 and snape looks over and winks.
Sometimes others choose to give you redemption.
Nahh I don't think he still Likes Harry... Death is the best possible outcome for Snape orelse he will have a miserable life, though he would have Great Power and Respect in the wizarding world whihc appparently is an important trait of Slytherin and was his motive during his teens, but for adult Snape it was just his love towards lily, for which he was living and now living a life with all pleasure but no Lily would have "Equally Killed" him...
Of course he's alive. I mean... he knows how to bottle fame, brew glory, & even put a stopper on death. *folds arms*
He also turned to Page 394
@@execute6200 No, plz, no!
The 'stopper on death' is in reference to making a potion of death. Just so you know.
I always thought Snape looking at the snake in the cage when talking to Voldemort implies that re realizes he has to tell Harry now that he is a horcrux because Dumbledore told him to tell Harry as soon as Voldemort is protective about Nagini. This is also why he tried to convince Voldemort to let him find Harry in that scene
Yeah because that’s what happened. Ben is reaching
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I was coming down to the comments to post this exact thing!
was thinking the exact same thing
@@jaimelannister1797 Wait are you the Senate?
I feel snape deserves to live out the rest of his life in peace and solitude away from all that tortured him
Brewing ayahuasca in Brazil and just getting faded.
“Tweets are not cannon”
Best news I’ve heard all day!
But are they canon?
@@dheemanmitra6131 By a lot?
It’s still kind of off putting that they won’t even mention JK Rowling by name. They just call her “the author.”
@@joemullarkey5719 I find it more off putting to hear her name tbh
@@joemullarkey5719 I know what you mean
I noticed that as well in the book during my reading back in 2016: “After the big battle, they lay out all the bodies, all the people who died, even the Death Eaters and Voldemort’s.
“Harry sees Lupin's and Fred's body, but Snape's body isn't there.
“You'd think Harry would have told everyone about Snape's sacrifice so they can find his body too. But nope, Snape's corpse isn't found.”
woah true
I believe he took an anti venom and replenish potion every time he is near Voldemort and negini. He is a potions master after all. The potion slowly revived him and he was able to walk away after giving Harry the last clue he needed to defeat Voldemort. He then hide his identity to live a safe quiet life just in case Voldemort followers want to get revenge. Better to think he Is dead so he can live peacefully.
I'd like to imagine that Snape lived with Draco (who'd be grateful for him relieving him of the burden of Dumbledore's death), mentoring him in a better way, and helping with Scorpius' upbringing. I feel like Snape learning that Harry gave Albus the Severus middle name would help heal some wounds, and drive Snape to strengthen the friendship between Albus and Scorpius.
That's how I want it to be.
There's no chance he'd live with Draco and raise Scorpius... That's really weird.
@Lady Luly Just knowing the people. Why would they do that? It's so weird. Far too saccharine and sappy and sentimental.
@@Ranger1812 Wars make sappy and sentinmental people.
My grandfather fought in the Korean war and served with disctinction. After he returned home, he was more sentimental then everyone in my family combined. There's a reason why grand cemetaries exist to honor those fallen in war. . .
@@UltraKardas Good for him. He isn't Snape.
@ladyluly4059 We like your theory. I think most people would like to believe Snape survived.
I find it funny that Harry got to name all of his kids and Ginny was apparently fine with it?!😂
Assuming it wasn’t Ginny’s idea?
Let me just go name my child after my abuser of 6/7 years....
@@nicohunziker3997 lemme name my kid after the guy who raised me to die
@Isabele Horan hahahha
Tbh I think she would be worse at naming kids than Harry. She named Ron's owl pigwigeion.
Snape doesn’t die from the snake venom, he dies from bleeding out. Snape gets bitten in the neck, by a snake whose venom causes wounds to keep bleeding. The neck holds the carotid arteries, which are the two major blood vessels that carry blood to and from the head. Even if Nagini didn’t aim for the arteries intentionally, At least one of the arteries would’ve gotten damaged anyway. And since the brain needs 20% of the oxygen in blood flow, it would only take a matter of minutes for Snape to bleed to death. Even if he did have an antidote, the antidote wouldn’t prevent death since Snape uses precious time to give Harry his memories. At most, the antidote would make the wound close eventually, instead of having a dead body continually bleed.
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Blood replenishing potion??? Hermione probably had some in her beaded bag, and Snape probably had some on him too as that would make sense with his double agent status
Hermione also had essence of dittany which could be used to close the wounds
Snape cures Malfoy's wounds when he's bleeding out from the Sectumsempra spell, so it seems he does have the ability to heal very grave injuries. Unless his spell is ounly a countercharm to Sectumsempra, but it seems a bit unlikely. That being said, when don't SEE him use it at all after being wounded, so if he has to wait I don't know how long until Harry and friends are out of sight.
But the fact that there exists antidote to Nagini's poison AND a spell to heal grave bleeding injuries, and that Snape is very likely to know about both, does lend credence to the idea he at least COULD have done something to survive.
@@davidmccarthy4206 that was a countercharm to sectumsempra that needs to be cast three times to work properly. Which the fact that he has it makes sense, since he literally invented the spell.
If you want an interesting theory of how he could have survived even after bleeding out read this www.fanfiction.net/s/13653246/1/Dark-Lily
I think snape just took up golf after all of that, his clear passion
Late reply, but I’m re-watching the video. Obviously he’s into golf. Hogwarts is in Scotland.
@@BlindJedi yeah and he just flew all the way to a completely different Country and became the best golfer in the world
@@marlinfromfindingnemo8954 this is better than what was actually written. I feel like how he died made him look like such a punk. Especially with everything covered in this video.
@@BlindJedi heh maybe I should write a fantasy/ comedy series
@@marlinfromfindingnemo8954I’d read
Snape’s one of the most paranoid characters in HP; I always found it hard to believe that he died from an attack that he probably saw coming from a mile away...
But what if he WANTED to die? Because this is possible
The real most powerful magic Prep Time.
Hard to self-administer an antidote when you are unconscious, though.And he had to let Riddle think he was dead, otherwise he'd actually be dead, and be putting Harry at risk as well. It would have been tough to pull off.
@@zeyneptan7968 That's what I think, too; he could have avoided it, but he chose to sacrifice himself for good.
@@1da1a172 shut up
After the “how it should have ended” for Harry Potter, I’ve always wondered in the back of my mind why Snape, a potions master, wouldn’t have the antidote on him at all times. Obviously not the best source but it just made me think
It makes plain sense no matter the source. It's like JK zoned out while writing the last book.
@@meme-bu8qu She threw out a bunch of ill-considered stuff that made no sense. It's the same way ever since, where she's decided things are a certain way via twitter or whatever. To me, if it's not in the books, it's not canon.
12:33 Snape was looking at the Snake not because he knew he about to be killed by it; its actually because Dumbledore said that there will be a time when Voldy will keep the snake protected and that's when he has to deliver Harry the message that he must die
Totally agreee
The whole issue of the venom is a mute point. The venom wasn't a neurotoxin or anything like that, it kept wounds from healing. Arthur lived due to the wounds in the fleshy parts of his body, so he didn't bleed out so quickly - also snakes don't inject on every bite. Snape was bit in the neck. There are 2 nice juicy pipes o' blood there and Nagini was shown to have many teeth which would have most likely punctured one or both. He bled out.
@Austin Su It wasn't a neurotoxic venom, otherwise Arthur Weasley would have suffered ill effects.
He's sitting on a deck chair outside that shell cottage with a pina colada in his hand, wearing a pair of shades and an emotionless expression on his face.
" Turn to page 789. We will be disscussing why you never f*** with a potion master, double agent."
I would like to imagine this but with him wearing dark dad attire.
I don't think bill and fleur would like that very much😅😅
I don't think bill and fleur would like that very much😅😅
I actually really love this theory! I've never really considered it before, but it makes total sense that Snape, the potions master and double agent, would have had a backup plan. Well done, guys!
'Is Snape Still Alive?'
I wasn't expecting that question to be posed in the year of 2020, but it's an automatic yes for me. My 17 year old pro-Snape self has reawakened. He would absolutely have an antidote on him even if Dumbledore said at some point something as simple as "Beware the snake."
I do not appreciate the fact that “How it should have ended” wasnt mentioned for saying this EXACT THING!
Same! As soon as I saw the title my mind went straight away to: potions master, therefore must be carrying an antidote. HISHE said it like 9 years ago.
@Austin Su Except that it really doesn't. A man suffers his entire life and then he dies? That's not perfectly written, that's terrible. A man is finally rewarded with a chance to escape and seek out a peaceful existence? That's much better.
@@ovni2295 in harry potter, death is a peaceful existence (unless if you have a horcrux)
Most likely they have not even seen a HISHE video from 9 years ago and that video was obviously meant as a joke not a proper theory like this so I don't think they can really be expected to credit them for a joke in a video from NINE years ago that they might or might not have seen.
@@ovni2295 he suffers his whole life in order to gain redemption which allows him to finally move on out of this suffering
Correction: Snape was a triple agent because he was told by Voldemort to pretend to Dumbledore that he was loyal to Dumbledore but he was told by Dumbledore to pretend to Voldemort that he was pretending to Dumbledore that he was loyal to Dumbledore but he was actually loyal to Dumbledore and wasn’t loyal to Voldemort. Confusing I know!
This hurts my brain when it's written like this.
@@brickbot2.038 Ik
So if snape was told by Voldemort to pretend to be loyal to dumbledore, but dumbledore told snape to pretend to be loyal to him back to Voldemort , because snape was loyal to dumbledore, then had snape really not been loyal to either and to himself he could’ve double crossed both tbh at a moments notice. He actually the best chance in the series to wipe both out and become the 1.
@@superbuu122 but he WAS loyal to Dumbledore, because he knew that snape was a death eater and Dumbledore told him to get close to Voldemort
@@aydinjohansson726 I know, all I said was Snape had a chance to go rogue on both and kill them , he was after all more accomplished occlumens than either one of them.
There's one more thing supporting this: Snape's portrait is not among those in the past headmasters portraits, in the headmaster's office. In book 6, Harry saw Dumbledore's portrait just hours after Dumbledore died; why not Snape's a few hours after Snape dies?
Pretty sure that's not right. I mean eventually Snape's portrait is there right? I swear I've read that. It might not have been there when Harry visits right before he leaves for the woods, but I swear there is a part where Harry sees it.
It's been a while since I've read The Cursed Child 😒 but I think it's there in that book. However, Snape wasn't exactly loved as headmaster. To all others, his time as headmaster led to the destruction of Hogwarts, he let death eaters torture students, etc. As far as I know, Snape's name isn't cleared to anyone besides Harry in the original books.
Snape's Portrait didn't appear instantly after his death due to the fact that he fled his post as Headmaster prior to the battle. The Magic classed this as a dereliction of duty. It wasn't until after the facts came to light that his portrait appeared in the head masters office & even at that point Harry & others had to argue for it to be kept there.
@@laurenotts3747 so, it doesn't matter if your a teacher your students hate or a teacher your students love your still a teacher
@@laurenotts3747 The Cursed Child is not canon. It completely changes the rules of time travel. It makes Harry a bad father. It suggests that the undead body that rose from the cauldron was capable of fathering a human child. It says that Bellatrix was several months pregnant while she was torturing Hermione. It says that Harry's scar is still active even though the Horcrux is long gone. It even made Harry somewhat psychic.
People who have watched the play say it's an enjoyable experience. I think that's because they have a high production value and talented cast for that mediocre fanfiction. Imagine if they made a good play with the same quality production!
There is also no mention of Snape's portrait in the headmaster's office. Dumbledore's appeared immediately after he died. Harry was in the office twice after Snape was killed and there is no mention of him seeing it.
Yeah... lets face it though hlw long does it take for the castle to be repaired, they probably werent worried about making a portrait just yet
@@daltosmithman269 I assumed portraits were all made while someone was alive, and when it appeared it was because the very sentient castle had recognized the death and placed it there
If I remember reading Pottermore correctly a few years ago, Harry had to ask for the portrait of Snape to be put in the Headmaster's Office. If Snape is alive, maybe it just would have taken another several decades
"Snape is simultaneously two things. One: ..."
Me absolutely in sync with Ben: "THE POTIONS MASTER!"
OK ok ok... But how does a badly injured Snape manage to get away and then remain entirely undetected for the rest of his lifetime?...
Because he had a time turner on him! A few turns and he disappears to an earlier time many, many decades ago where nobody knows him. There's no need to hide and he can live in plain sight...so maybe he gets a job teaching at hogwarts again... as Defence Against The Dark Art professor!
He meets a young dumbledore and tells him everything he knows - obviously Snape doesn't know the whole story about the horcruxes and the hallows, so dumbles still needs to piece the rest of it together. Anyway, this is ACTUALLY why dumbledore trusts him so explicitly, because he already knows what Snape will do for him in the future. It's also why he can't explain to anyone why he trusts him so much - He can't risk of voldemort finding out and changing the entire course of time by killing him another way.
Snape, of course, left the battle before finding out who wins between Harry and voldemort, so the ultimate outcome also remains unknown to dumbledore....
I like the idea of him suddenly appearing in a fantastic beast movie, bleeding profusely from the neck and asking for a medic...
I like this theory more than Ben's
I love your theory...
As cool as this theory is, it's not possible :/ Time doesn't work like that in HP. If he had went back and became a defense against the dark arts teacher, then he always would have been one from the start (just like Harry and Hermione ALWAYS through the rocks through the window, they just didnt know it was them).
Also, Snape is already a very accomplished occlumens, so he would have been able to hide that truth just as well as he has hid everything else from Voldemort.
Nonetheless, I still LOVE your theory, because the idea of Snape using a time-turner to at LEAST go back and let Dumbledore know that he can trust him would be so cool :)
Why couldn't it have always happened in Harry's world though? If Snape in the past used an alias, avoided photographs and left (or finally actually died) decades before Harry's story (or young Snape's) takes place, then it seems possible that the dots might never be connected by anyone later on.
Anyway, the defense professor bit isn't really a crucial part of the theory... I just thought it would be nice if he finally found some happiness in his twilight years...
Standard time-turners can only go back five hours though-
He's a potions master and a double agent. Obviously he had a backup plan
I kind of wish they had mentioned the HISHE in the video.
I was wondering if anyone else had that in mind too
Yeah, Snape just potioned up a clone and told the clone go put and die while also helping Harry
Unless he decided to just die, which honestly, isn't that far of a strech.
Of course, he knew how to bottle fame, brew glory, & even put a stopper on death.
Snape is a potion genius, works with poisons and the like. There is NO WAY that Snape wouldn't have some sort of antidote on hand, even before Arthur was attacked. Even if he didn't have it beforehand, you can bet he would have taken some to reproduce it. He was an excellent potioneer.
"The hand holding Harry thudded to the floor and Snape moved no more."
That rhymed! 😄
I was a poet, and I didn't even know it
If Snape is still alive, why didnt he helped
in 'the cursed Child'?
Oh, wait. Yeah, CAUSE ITS NON-CANON!
Ba-da-bing!
Seriously though:
If Snape is alive he cant have this be
a secret forever. He's just too much of
a big person, if you know what i mean.
I see I’m not the only one...
Omg it does! 😀
@@autumnfox4906 yep, hit me as soon as he read it.
“Do not pity the dead, Harry, pity the living. And above all, those who live without love.”
I just realized that is literally telling harry to pity Snape over his parents
@@kirankrish1703 Professor Snape!
@@mauer1 that was an awesome retort you've got my respect
@@kirankrish1703 yikes!
@@kirankrish1703 I thought he was talking about Voldemort
About the resurrection stone, surely Tonks, Fred, Dumbledore and Dobby would appear before Snape does?
"Are you crying?"
Me, "Always."
I love Snape and Alan Rickman and love to think that they are both at ease and peace.
I find Snape’s character fascinating, but I don’t really like him. And the phrase “Always”? Is in a context of obsession, not actual love. Alan Rickman was a marvelous actor and person, and he did Snape justice to the complex character
@Sindematic Studios Yes! His character is the most heartbreaking reveal out of the series. Shattered my teenage self when I read the 7th book when it was released and now as an adult rereading the series. Snape served his purpose well. He's the MVP
Why do people love Snape? He's like an SS officer who only feels bad when someone he actually knows is affected. Like why does everyone argue about whether being a bad teacher makes him a bad person? Man was a literal terrorist at some point.
@@TheSpacecraftX that's a good question. I spent years hating Snape. I got the books yearly from age 11 to 17. I was essentially in the same mindset as Harry about Snape so his revelation in the end changed my mind about him. I see it in real life where horrible people change and what he did gets nothing but love from me. He redeemed hisself.
@Sindematic Studios bruh he probably killed and tortured people. He only cared when it personally affected him.
Snape in the main characters' first potions class "I can teach you how to bottle fame, brew glory and even put a stopper in death." Obviously he is still alive.
I agree with your assessment that Snape was smart enough to carry an antidote to the venom, and likely even had some on him. However, I think if he intended to use it he would've done so immediately, especially if Harry hadn't been there to get the information he needed. But since he was, and he'd accomplished what he set out to do, I think that ultimately when Snape looked death in the eye (much like Dumbledore did and Harry was about to do) he greeted it like an old friend.
To be honest, Dumbledore had his favorites too. And that's, in my opinion, one of the reasons Snape is nicer to Slytherins (not always). Other, especially later much more important reason, is that he's trying to make an image of himself in the eyes of both deatheaters and order of phoenix.
Dumbledore playing favorites, and especially choosing to protect marauders from punishment and making Snape stay quiet after "the prank" is one of the biggest reasons Snape wanted to join death eaters, since there was no one else to help him, and his friendship with Lily fell apart. That was quite terrible of Dumbledore, and I really like to think he was actually ashamed of that later on when Snape ended up as his agent
@@ВасилийМедведев-з5в revealing to everyone that Lupin was a werewolf would have basically ended his life, both as a student and professionally. I think that's what he asked him to keep a secret, if he wanted he could have went and tell everyone that Sirius tried to kill him, as long as he didn't tell how
Mysister is such a potterhead: she listens to the audiotapes to go to sleep, while studying etc. We played a game where I play ONE SENTWNCE of WHATEVER chapter of WHATEVER book and she can tell me everyting: the number and name of the chapter, the situation and who said the sentence.
And to top that: we are not even native english speakers. So not only does she know Harry Potter but heart, but she also gained fluency in English
"Everybody liked that"
I'll add this: "And everyone clapped"
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Or he just wanted it over he could have healed himself but his love for Lilly haunted him. The reason he didn’t pop up when the whole fam was around with the resurrection stone is it would have been awkward mom and daddy giving advice while Snape is the 3rd wheel. If he survived he would still be unhappy so he accepted death for peace
"Tweets are not canon."
THANK YOU
Preach!
Dumbledore is gay
@@yourmother6045 I'd believe her in that regard by how he's described in the book. Sadly she said so many things that are just crazy so her credibility is near 0
@@nickfox5321 Dumbledore is gay, she even said it to Luna's actress before Deathly Hallows came out. It was hinted that he was gay it was just never directly mentioned. I don't think she said many crazy things, maybe the toilet thing but I think that was a joke.
@@mienfu9824 with a lot of comments she seemed more like she's trying to pander. I'm not suggesting it is the fact! I can't read her mind and I think it's mostly out of a direction of 'I want everyone to feel like they can relate'. I understand that but with things like Hermine is black comments that's contradicted in her book or the cursed child being canon while it contradicts and nullifies most of her great work it's hard for her to still be credible.
"Tweets are not canon" YES! For one, books go through so many other people before publishing, and they have important jobs too. Also, authors can change their mind over time.
If the Cursed Child is canon, then anybody could go back in time and change any event they wanted to.
Personally I think that if Snape survived, that he would've eventually met up with Harry and Ginny, and gotten to know his children. One thing I do like about the Cursed Child is Snape finding out that Harry named one of his kids after him, so I think that something like that would've happened.
I don't think his character would suddenly change so much that he would go meet up with Harry and Ginny, seems very out of place to me. But I do like the thought, don't get me wrong. It's like you want to see him be good. I like that.
@@sigridvanosch1990 Not suddenly, but after years and years and years of living a quiet life? I can see that happening.
I'd like to think that Snape survived, living in a small cottage somewhere in the English or Scottish countryside, finally feeling free and content.
Snape has very little to live for, basically 3 things.
1) His love for Lily whom already chose someone else and then died because of the information he gave to Voldemort about the prophecy.
2) He served Voldemort loyally until it intersected and threatened #1 and has abandoned this value.
3) His loyalty towards Dumbledore who he had just killed for the sake of the mission and now only has his last orders which are to help Harry and fulfill his role as double agent.
-By the time Harry collects the memories of Snape, Snape has just finished his final task for Dumbledore and has literally nothing to live for anymore and someone that obsessed with 1 lost love for so long would not recover for the rest of their life, so it's perfect time for him to die narratively and mentally.
He didn't know Harry was there, to finish his final task and find the boy he had to ensure he still alive.
Nothing to live for is a moot point
Dumbledore lost his loyalty the moment snape says so you have been raising him for a pig to slaughter.
By the time harry arrives there's no portrait of snape in the office.
The end of the video almost made me cry, I really want Snape to live a peaceful life if he survived.
"Honey Badger just takes what it wants." HISHE called this years ago.
Just got a weird Hufflepuff/Slytherin crossover in my head from reading that (Dracos son will ding up on Hufflepuff?).
Honey Bagder anti-venom
I said that
It tastes whatever it likes to every one
trueee
I'd absolutely go with this theory! And, Snape was around Nagini a lot, so I'd expect him to be carrying the antidote pretty much on the regular regardless of whether or not he puzzled out Voldemort's plan ahead of time or not.
I think he might have had the antidote on him, but as he managed to give Harry the memories, he might just have been at peace not using the antidote and dying while looking into the exact eyes he would want to see for one last time.
“I’m a potions master and a double agent, obviously I had a backup plan.”
...I think it was honey badger anti-venom.
Was that a hishe reference?
@@pizzamaster355 (Alan Rickman voice) oobbbviouslieh
Of course, he knew how to bottle fame, brew glory, & even put a stopper on death.
That is a plausible theory. He is a potions teacher after all, he’d be prepared, surely.
SURELY!
Ugh just because your a potions teacher doesn’t mean you always have antidotes
@@buphonia5733 Then Again, THIS IS SNAPE! Hes A double, double Agent. He'd have to be prepared for anything....
Also wouldnt harry go back for snapes body and see that it wasn't there
‘How Harry Potter should have ended’ vibes
My problem with how snape “died” was a potions master who had been a double agent for YEARS would not keep an anecdote to the snake that the man who he’s double crossing uses as a personal assassin
Do you just wake up in the middle of the night, gasp for air and say “SNAPE DIDN’T DIE”? Because that is exactly how I feel this theory came about.
Yeah, Snape is hanging out in Jamaica finally getting some sun
I like to think that Snape was rescued by and helped by Winky the house elf. If he survived I can imagine him somewhere in Europe quietly living in a magical village
Ben just summed up me buying anything:
" I DON'T KNOW WHAT IT DOES BUT I NEED IT"
I immediately thought: Uhh, Muggle Weapons, I've been taking honey badger anti-venom
It's from Hishe
Same
True
The honey badger just takes what it wants
I was looking for this kind of comment 😂
I also think that Snape was one of the only people Voldemort kind of liked, since they were so similar. I don't think he liked him in the same kind of way that you or I would have a connection to a friend, but I think it was stronger than how he felt in regards to his other followers
I love that we've got the point that even the author's word isn't canon now 😂
jk rowling lost her privileges to the series long ago
He's totally dead. "[...] Snape moved no more." Pretty final, compared to the others where they "lay, not moving" or something like that. Plus, Voldemort wanted him dead really badly, I'm pretty sure he wouldn't just trust that he'd die eventually of the poison (he knows Snape is pretty much *the* Potions Master of all Potions Masters, even if Snape covered his double-agentness completely [pretty sure he did] and Voldy had no idea that Snape had any ideas of betraying him, the thought that someone else would find a way to "cheat death" via an antidote might have crossed his mind). I think Nagini pretty well ripped his neck open and/or injected this very potent venom into a major artery, based on the description. Even for a very non-magical way to die, I think Voldemort has seen/caused enough death to know when the job is done.
This isn’t some second-rate James Bond villain we’re talking about here ;)
Finally someone who has a brain
what I want to know is how Harry's friends reacted to naming one of his children after "The Greasy Git" or how they reacted when they were told Snape's true motive
Those that read fanfiction looking at SCB like "Where have you been?" in their best Molly Weasley voice.
My fav theory is that he bounced out to a beach in Jamaica.
“The Author” man her name is more scarier to SCB than Voldemort 😅
Yet they have no problem profiting off her property, bit hypocritical.
She who must not be named.
Because she believes in basic biology
K L Bowling
I have always hoped that Snape had lived and snuck away. With his "redemption task" completed he would move to a secluded Muggle village where he would brew potions by mail under the name "Phoenix Potions" (since he had been reborn) and send them by owl mail. He would be shopping in the village one day and would meet a lady, eventually falling in love and having his own family with her. Eventually he would get up the guts to see the goblins in secret to gain his Prince inheritance (and possibly change his name to help him hide). Any children he had would now go to Hogwarts as Prince's and would never know that their father was the dead hero Severus Snape.
SamIAm1260 I like it.
I know Snape wasn’t there when Harry used the resurrection stone but neither was Dumbledore and I think he would have a better reason to be there than him.
I was thinking that same thing
Idk I think if Snape could even have been in the spiritual presence of Lily one last time, it would have been enough for him to be called. He just died and probably would want to make sure that his mission was carried out as well.
Yes Harry would have wanted his family and considered Remus and Sirius as Family
@@koreyvalentine6602 yeah would have been awkward
exactly. it’s just his family and who he wants to see
"tweets are not canon"
HEAR THAT LAUREN FAUST?!?!? YOU CAN'T TWEET STUFF INTO CANON!!!!!
(She started MLP:FiM, A.K.A. My little pony g4)
Just got literally all of my Christmas shopping done on bespoke post
I believe that Snape is definitely dead, because it makes his last action the most brave of them all. To Harry, the boy who represents EVERYTHING he could have had... he shares his greatest shame and his burden, he shares just what he did and how he tried to make up for it. He shares his responsibility to it all. His last act is finally being honest with Harry, truly honest, for the first time.
I totally agree with you. He was smart enough to have the antidote, and I love the idea that he tricked everyone into thinking he was dead and left to start fresh somewhere else. Another possibility is that the phoenix healed him. Or that he healed himself with a healing spell like how we saw him heal Draco.
Voldemort is just to predictable. I feel that he should’ve had a death eaters wand so he could use avada kedavra instead of being predictable.
Yeah, if Mouldyshorts had just gone off to study in lots of places instead of seeking immediate power he would have lived more than 71 years in a world where wizards often hit 150.
It'd be like if we keeled over at 35! What a waste of a brilliant (he had an absurd number of OWLs and NEWTs I seem to recall) mind.
@@switchgear100 he didn’t have it anymore once he had the elder wand I’m pretty sure but idk
Now we need a Right Hand Man parody with both Dumbledore and Voldemort as Washington and Snape as Hamilton. He does keep asking to be the Defense Against the Dark Arts teacher like Hamilton keeps wanting to lead a battalion.
Even if you were to suggest Snape bled to death regardless of the antivenom because nobody got to Snape in time...Snape himself invented a magic spell to reverse the flow of blood leaving the body that he uses on Draco Malfoy in the Half-Blood Prince to keep Draco alive to help Draco kill Dumbledore because of the unbreakable vow Snape made earlier
Wounds on the body and on the neck are very different
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This explains how he’s alive in Cursed Child. He’d keep fighting Voldey since Harry failed
Maybe!!! That's explained a lot.
I like to think Snape is the one who created the Antidote for Arthur Weasley...too much of a convenience that Snape shows up just after the Healers find an antidote...He just could not reveal himself as the supplier of the Antidote...since the Dark Lord has spies everywhere.
Wait! Did you say-[trips over a dozen Snape lives au] [pushes away a pile of Snape fanfic] [leans against stack of post-war Snape art, panting]-did you say Snape lives?
[stumbles across the Snape+Hermione fanfics]
@@hockeydog2822 my otp lol. I’m reading a rly good sshg right now
But why isn't Dumbledore brought back when Harry uses the stone.
probably because Harry thought dumbledore raised him as a pig for slaughter. idk
I always wondered that too, but i jus figured that part of it was the stone was used more so as an emotional scene to prepare harry to die and he didn't feel like he needed dumbledore there for that. like at that point there was little planning left. and also harry gets to talk to dumbledore with kings cross so another scene would jus be unecessary.
@@eemu252
Maybe because Dumbledore haven't pass to the afterlife.
@@lagaligodafoe8033 Which, to be fair, he did. With reasons but still.
Rowling apparently agreed that Albus is Death who apparently born itself as a human man to claim the final brother or perhaps in this case to claim Voldemort who was cheating death. Who knows but CarlinBrothers dumbledore is a Phoenix video was great too. Makes sense since his animagus is a Phoenix. Patronus too. But animagus means elect talent to an animal and it takes ages and talent to create the necessary things to begin forming an animagus spell! Who says that with a Phoenix something else happens rather than the ordinary animagus ? It’d be a very powerfully magical thing to even accomplish!
I love this more than I would have expected. I was always sad Snape didn't live to see Voldemort defeated to close the circle of avenging Lily. And I think it is entirely plausible that he left everyone behind. I like the idea though that Arthur or another Order member found him and helped him leave while they were sweeping for bodies. I feel like someone knows he is alive and will never tell.
Can we all show some appreciation for bens amazing beard
‘Is Snape still alive?’
Me: *nodding vigorously in agreement without even watching the video*
If Snape is still alive, why didnt he helped
in 'the cursed Child'?
Oh, wait. Yeah, CAUSE ITS NON-CANON!
Ba-da-bing!
Seriously though:
If Snape is alive he cant have this be
a secret forever. He's just too much of
a big person, if you know what i mean.
@@slevinchannel7589 I don’t know if you gathered by the formatting of my comment (given your sarcasm and ‘Ba-da-bing!’ remark, I’m guessing you didn’t), but I wasn’t being serious.
I just like Snape’s character, and think it would be really nice if he had somehow survived. I think a lot of people probably think the same.
@@sophc2228 Buddy, i was making fun of Cursed Child.
I didnt made fun of You or Snape or anyone. Just made fun of cursed child.
@@slevinchannel7589 If that’s the case then I apologise for my reply, which in hindsight was maybe a little rash; however, your comment might have been better placed on the video itself, rather than in response to my post. Again, though, I am sorry I misunderstood.
You made a fair point, and it is a funny one in light of Cursed Child - by its nature, it could have started its own thread. I hope you have a nice day/evening, wherever you are 😊
lol yeah
When I first read the book, I even thought it made more sense for Snape to survive this than to die.
I'm absolutely living for the idea that Neville went to gather Snape's body because the symbolism there is just way too heavy to ignore
"The Author." Gotta love the shade.
Gotta love making money off someone's work while throwing shade at them.
@@that_invisible_man3460 it's not like SCB and every other member of the HP fandom haven't already given JK actual millions. Now that we know she's not the greatest person, we can stop giving her the attention she craves by separating her from the books and movies while still enjoying her work.
@@SA120416613 Exactly.
@Eszra Falcontail Why can't people like you and her leave others alone? You don't understand trans people, fine. But why can't you just respect them and how they feel? Why do you have to hate so much?
I am just realizing something, voldermort didn't need to kill snape he could've just unarmed him like Harry did to Draco
Not very dark lord though is it?
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I refuse to let that happen!
Was that a LaurenZside reference.....?
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I start with "No way. How? I wouldn't even consider it!"
I end with "Snape is totally alive and living a peaceful life. How did I not realize that already!"
SCB does that to me.
Same
Just that it ruins the whole story and possible redeeming of Snape if he isn't dead. SCB is running out of things to talk about, since the theories are just getting more and more crazy. Even if it ruins the whole point of the story and character.
14:41. I literally got chills when he said this line!
Considering that The Cursed Child took a giant smelly dump on the space time continuum, I figure anything is possible. Snape could be alive.
We don’t talk about that... thing. But seriously though I just don’t consider that canon.
What cursed...thing is this person talking about? I've never heard anything about it. 🤔