There are many instances in the series where it is Severus Snape himself who stands out as the best character.

Snape anonymously sent a silver doe into the Forest of Dean to help Harry with his mission in the final book/movie. Since his happiest and most loving memories were with Harry's mother ...

You have your mother’s eyes,” a dying Severus Snape (Alan Rickman) tells Harry Potter (Daniel Radcliffe) in 2011’s Harry ...