Severus Snape is one of the most divisive characters in the entire "Harry Potter" series. He was a double agent, so many character details were kept a secret. His mother was a witch and his father was ...

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Throughout the books, fans had plenty of strong feelings about Severus Snape, the Potions master who’s hated Harry from the moment they first met. While those were already complicated by the fact that ...

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If you said “bad guy,” J.K. Rowling wasn’t having it. The Harry Potter author injected herself into a debate on Twitter of the Defense Against the Dark Arts professor — and regular Potter tormentor — ...

Our Reddit detective Der_Gottkaiser has two main reasons for believing Snape is alive in Harry Potter: First, that he didn't appear when Harry used the resurrection stone, and second, that Snape's ...

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Years ago, when I first started reading the "Harry Potter" series, Severus Snape was probably the last person I ever expected to learn so much about life from. Throughout seven novels and eight movies ...

Dumbledore’s definitely gay — J.K. Rowling confirmed it ages ago. But is Snape transgender? Some Harry Potter nerds think so. The Tumblr Snapeloveposts is so dedicated to the theory that it’s hosting ...

J.K. Rowling killed off a lot of characters in “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hollows” — the last book in the core “Harry Potter” franchise. She’s been slowly apologizing for them since its publication ...

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