The Harry Potter movies are known for their frequent diversions from the books. In fact, they rushed through the most ...

Snape's darker characteristics were clearly present in his childhood. When he catches Petunia eavesdropping on one of his ...

Besides, Snape and Lily (even as good at charms as she was) would not have learned the Patronus charm until they were at least teenagers, and he had loved her long before that.

To this end, over on the Harry Potter Reddit page one fan recently pointed out a detail that makes Snape’s story, and in particular his unrequited love story with Lily, all the more tragic.

That kind of harassment is frightening, and Snape is no different than these men. To be clear, I'm not saying that he abused Lily. But it's certainly time to hold him accountable for the ways in ...

The films give the impression that Snape grew up alongside Lily and her sister, Petunia. Although both families did live in the fictional English town of Cokeworth, they resided in two different ...

HBO’s Harry Potter reboot has the perfect chance to finally explore Snape’s heartbreaking backstory that both the movies and ...

Harry Potter fans over on Reddit have made a “horrible realization” about Snape nearly 30 years later that has some seeing the character in a different light. Alongside Ron, Hermione ...

Harry has known for approximately 10 minutes that Snape loved Lily and tried to protect Harry. Snape also abused him for six years, bullied his friends and classmates, and -- whether or not for ...

The casting of Paapa Essiedu as Snape has set off controversies from many different sides of Harry Potter fandom, or even outside of that, for multiple reasons.