Line #10 FanFic/HarrysNewHome


1	->''"Well, Headmaster, there must be someone [who can look after Harry]. It isn't as if we can look to Slytherin. There weren't many Slytherins in the Order during the War, and of those few of us, fewer still survived. Other than myself, I can only think of two, and Giles is in Australia while Jean is out of the question for – oh, no. No, no, no. Not on your life!"\
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3	"Now, Severus," Albus said easily, "you must admit that you yourself admirably fulfill the criteria you have identified."\
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5	"Absolutely not! I am not going to be that brat's guardian! Have you gone mad?"''
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7	''Harry's New Home'' is a completed [[AlternateUniverseFic AU]] ''Literature/HarryPotter'' FanFiction written by [[http://www.fanfiction.net/u/1577900/kbinnz kbinnz]]. Includes the oneshot prequel [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4307359/1/Harrys_First_Detention Harry's First Detention]] and the multichapter titular fic, found [[http://www.fanfiction.net/s/4437151/1/Harrys_New_Home here]].
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9	The story details the events set into motion when one Severus Snape is given care of Harry Potter after the abusive and neglectful treatment by the Dursleys is uncovered. HilarityEnsues, with many heartwarming moments mixed in.
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11	!!Harry's New Home provides examples of:
12	* ZeroPercentApprovalRating: [[SarcasmMode Shockingly]], Umbridge. The muggle-born and low-status students hate her for blatantly targeting them and showing favoritism, while the pure-bloods and students with well-connected parents are disgusted by how obviously she's trying to suck up to them. The rest of the student body despises her for her love of DisproportionateRetribution and her utter incompetence as a teacher. Even the other teachers are just waiting for her to go too far and give them an excuse to demand that she be fired.
13	* AbusiveParents:
14	** The best thing Snape can say about his father is that he introduced his son to some useful connections in the Muggle criminal underworld. Snape otherwise remembers him as a drunk who broke his nose, repeatedly.
15	** The Dursleys were horrible guardians to Harry, regularly beating him and depriving him of food for accidentally performing magic, as well as not bothering to meet his basic needs while spoiling his cousin dreadfully.
16	** It's noted at one point that Lucius Malfoy is very liberal with corporal punishment whenever Draco steps out of line -- and this is a step down from ''his'' father, who considered ''[[AgonyBeam Crucio]]'' an appropriate form of discipline.
17	* AccidentalMisnaming: Harry calls Voldemort "Vol-au-Vent" (a kind of pastry) and "Voldesnort". Snape decides to stop trying to correct him after a while.
18	-->If the Dark Lord ''did'' come back, finding out He was being called a flaky pastry might so infuriate Him that He would miss with His first few Unforgivables.
19	* AccidentalTruth: In Chapter 6, Harry wonders if Snape can read minds. The Potions teacher is indeed a skilled Legilimens, as anyone who has read the books will know.
20	* AccompliceByInaction: Snape and Harry come to fear Dumbledore when they both realize he didn't check up on Harry, enabling the Dursleys' abuse, and when Dumbledore didn't insist that Sirius get a trial.
21	* ActionDad: Snape puts a lot of work into [[PapaWolf seeing that Harry is safe.]]
22	* ActionGirl: Amelia Bones.
23	* ActionMom: Molly, a ''former Wizarding Duel champion'', really gets to show her stuff.
24	* ActionSurvivor: Harry is essentially this, with Snape planning and executing most of the adventures.
25	* AdaptationalDumbass: Downplayed. Professor [=McGonagall=]'s competence is toned down a little, as she doesn't notice Harry's atrocious handwriting (which comes from wearing cheap glasses) and forgets to teach him how to stretch properly to avoid Quidditch injuries, problems that Snape has to step in and take care of. But when she has her shit together, she's more than a match for Snape when it comes to protecting her students.
26	* AffectionateNickname: Harry eventually christens Snape 'Da'. Before that, he accepts being called 'Pronglet' by Sirius.
27	* AgeAppropriateAngst: Lampshaded by Hermione and Ron when Harry is moping about not spending time with Snape. To avoid embarrassing him, they say it's only because he's not used to Snape the way they are used to their parents.
28	* ALessonLearnedTooWell: Snape tells Harry he should be careful and not trust Dumbledore because whether good intentions or not Dumbledore is responsible for Harry getting placed in an abusive home. Harry takes his advice and starts to fear Dumbledore more than he does Voldemort to Snape's horror.
29	* AllAmazonsWantHercules: Jones is mightily impressed that Percy jumped in to save her and Harry from Umbridge.
30	* AllTheOtherReindeer: Peter Pettigrew is convinced that everyone at Hogwarts hated him and thought he was a loser, and the other Marauders only took him on out of pity, a sentiment Voldemort exploited. In reality, Pettigrew was just a whiny narcissist who betrayed his best friends for the false flattery of a genocidal racist.
31	* AntiHero: Harry fears becoming this after he [[spoiler: crushes Quirrell with a stone pumpkin]]. In-story, there is Snape, Draco and Jones.
32	* ApologizesALot: Harry at first, much to Snape's annoyance.
33	* ArmorPiercingResponse: When Harry guesses correctly that his father was one of Snape's former bullies, Snape relishes in getting one over James Potter by telling his son not to think too badly of his father as "boys do foolish things." Harry responds, [[ObliviousGuiltSlinging "You didn't."]] This unsettles Snape as he privately acknowledges that, as a former Death Eater, he's actually done worse things than either James or Sirius did to him at school.
34	* AwLookTheyReallyDoLoveEachOther: The only one who seems oblivious to this is Snape. [[EveryoneCanSeeIt Everybody can see]] how much he cares for and protects Harry all the time.
35	%%* BadassAdorable: Harry.
36	* BadassAndChildDuo: Snape and Harry. Harry, while bright and talented, is still a kid who's recovering from years of abuse. Snape, as his guardian, is constantly [[TheChessmaster running various schemes behind the scenes]] to keep Harry safe, and isn't afraid to throw out some Dark curses from his Death Eater days if necessary.
37	* BadBoss: Snape shows signs of this in regards to [[spoiler: Lucius Malfoy.]] A simple assignment from the former? [[spoiler: Overthrow the government in the next few months.]] Backfires when the latter tries to gain some recognition.
38	* BatmanGambit: Part one of helping Harry recover from years of abuse is placing him with a new guardian who can can deal with his emotional and psychological issues. Snape dutifully does plenty of research on the subject and lays out for Dumbledore what they should look for in potential guardians for Harry. He doesn't realize until it's too late that Dumbledore had him lined up as Harry's new guardian all along and just tricked him into building and presenting his own custody case. Snape is left deeply annoyed at being "out-Slytherined".
39	* BattleCouple: Percy and Jones.
40	* TheBeastMaster: Harry and snakes.
41	* BerserkButton: Several characters have them, with varying degrees of seriousness.
42	** During the fateful detention, Snape loses his temper and hits Harry when he thinks Harry is caling him "Snivellus." To his credit, he immediately realizes that he was completely out of line and let his resentment for James Potter affect how he handled the situation.
43	** None of the Hogwarts faculty react well to people mistreating their students. The one and only time he hits Harry, Snape immediately realizes that he's essentially signed his own death warrant; if Dumbledore doesn't kill him, [=McGonagall=] will. It's implied that the ''only'' reason he gets off as lightly as he does is because he realizes the Dursleys are abusing Harry and his own protective instincts kick in, prompting him to report everything to Dumbledore and prioritize Harry's safety above keeping himself out of trouble.
44	** Blood Quills. This literally sent the entire faculty of Hogwarts out for blood. [[CoolOldGuy Dumbledore]] nearly hunted down Umbridge when he was informed of this.
45	** Percy loses it and starts thorwing out curses (hex and otherwise) when he learns that a bully tried to Cruciate Ron.
46	** Insulting Harry, even from miles away, is a bad way to get on Dobby's bad side, as shown in chapter 58 where he appeared out of nowhere to beat up Kreacher.
47	** A more mild example; Molly is offended when Snape says he will provide them with a financial stipend to help provide for Harry's needs, as she doesn't like the implication that she and her husband have to be bribed to take care of Harry (because they would do it regardless).
48	--->Snape sighed. Gryffindors were so predictable.
49	** Played for laughs; neither Professor [=McGonagall=] nor Madame Hooch appreciate Quidditch being called a "stupid game".
50	* BigBrotherInstinct: Percy did ''not'' like it when one of Harry's bullies almost Crucio'ed Ron.
51	* BigDamnHeroes:
52	** When Harry was ambushed by a group of Ravenclaw students, he was rescued by Hermione Granger (who breaks a student's knee and ''wand''), Ron Weasley, Draco Malfoy, the twins, Marcus Flint and [[DarkActionGirl Jones]].
53	** An epic one during the [[spoiler: rescue mission against Death Eaters. From champion Duelist Molly to Remus ripping apart Death Eaters left and right]].
54	* BlindDate: Sirius manages to talk Snape into one. Snape anticipates a nightmarish evening, given Sirius's taste in women, but is pleasantly surprised and ends up enjoying himself when he and his date turn out to be BirdsOfAFeather.
55	* BlindWithoutEm: And with them, when your glasses don't work. Harry's terrible childhood first comes to Snape's notice when he checks the boy's handwriting in detention and finds that he can't see the blackboard, because the only pair of glasses the Dursleys bothered to get him was a cheap, non-prescription one from the charity bin.
56	* BodyHorror: As in canon, Quirrel's fusion with Voldemort's soul, which is quite literally causing his body to rot.
57	* BreakTheHaughty: Draco Malfoy. Dumbledore in a more benign kind of way, specially so during the Horcrux hunting (advice: don't put the soul sucking ring on your finger).
58	* BrokenPedestal: Both Snape and [=McGonagall=] lose a great deal of faith in Dumbledore's judgement after learning that Harry endured ten years of abuse due to negligence on his part. Downplayed, as they do still greatly respect him; however, they're far more willing to go under Dumbledore's nose when they feel certain people need to be decisively dealt with and know the Headmaster would be too lenient.
59	* BullyHunter: Snape inadvertently encourages Harry to become this when he tells him that defending yourself from an attack is completely justified and even encouraged (Harry had previously been conditioned to just accept abuse and beatings). When Harry pledges to defend others from the same, Snape realizes that he just fed right into Harry's underlying Gryffindor nature.
60	* CardCarryingVillain: Played for laughs. At first, Snape wants nothing more than to be known as the self-proclaimed Evil Bat of the Slytherin Dungeons and a sadistic Potions teacher who regularly reduces NEWT students to tears. So naturally, [[SpringtimeForHitler he is not pleased]] when his PetTheDog moments with Harry start to give him a more positive reputation in the halls of Hogwarts.
61	* CheerfulChild: Harry, so long as he's around Ron, Hermione or Snape. Otherwise, he's very shy and somewhat submissive due to his treatment by the Dursleys.
62	* TheChessMaster: Snape becomes this after rescuing Sirius from Azkaban, to the point that he is even able to successfully fool ''Dumbledore'' at times. And he only becomes more and more deadly during the fic.
63	* ChildrenRaiseYou: When Dumbledore appoints Snape as Harry's guardian, he is confident that looking after Harry will be able to help Snape become more emotionally open and caring. [[TheChessmaster He's right.]]
64	* ClusterFBomb: Sirius. Justified as he's been in Azkaban for 10 years.
65	* CoverInnocentEyesAndEars: Snape does this to Harry when he notices that the ''Daily Prophet'' had published a photo of Sirius greeting his many female admirers in Switzerland - and is twirling a '''thong''' one of them threw to him on his finger.
66	* CombatPragmatist:
67	** Slytherins believe in [[AFriendInNeed strength in numbers]] and [[{{Blackmail}} airing enemies' dirty laundry.]]
68	** Hermione, having been taught some basic Muggle self-defence skills by her father, tends to go for vulnerable spots like the knee or the crotch when she's forced to become physical. And when push comes to shove, she's even willing to snap an opponent's wand in half!
69	* ConditionedToAcceptHorror: After ten years living with the Dursleys, Harry is used to not being allowed toys, books, or games, having to do all of the household chores, being locked in his cupboard and DeniedFoodAsPunishment, and having his [[DontMakeMeTakeMyBeltOff bare backside beaten black and blue]] for breaking even small rules -- or just because the Dursleys feel like it. He's also used to being constantly told he's stupid and to nobody caring if he gets hurt. As far as he's concerned, this is normal, and it takes him a while to fully grasp that this is no longer the way his life works.
70	* ContrivedClumsiness: During the fight against the four Ravenclaw boys, after Smythe calls Hermione a Mudblood and various other curse words, she "accidentally" steps on his wand, snapping it clean in half.
71	-->'''Hermione''': ''(sweetly)'' Oh, dear. How clumsy of me. I suppose that as a Mudblood, I keep forgetting how fragile wands are.
72	* CoolBigSis: Davidella Jones and Katie Bell are very protective of younger students.
73	* CoolAndUnusualPunishment: Snape loves these, with a healthy dose of {{Irony}} added in.
74	** Harry is "punished" for repeating the horrible things the Dursleys have spent years drilling into his head by writing "I will not quote my appalling relatives" (and variations thereon) five hundred times. Harry considers it an {{Unishment}}, since it gives him much-needed practice in writing with a quill.
75	** Oliver Wood's detention after Harry comes back from his first Quidditch practice sore is the equally backbreaking task of scrubbing the legs on all the desks and chairs in the Potions classroom and then writing an essay on the importance of stretching properly before exercise.
76	** Harry and Ron get punished for endangering themselves during the troll incident with no flying and no desserts, respectively, for a week. Ron is particularly horrified, as he's never gone more than two days without sweets before (and if he cheats, Percy will escort him everywhere and the House Elves will spoon feed him at meals for the duration of the punishment).
77	** Hermione's punishment for the troll incident is the inverse of the above; she's required to attend every Quidditch game and practice for a week and write an essay about it.
78	** After damaging Snape's furniture while [[EpicFail trying to repair some broken chess pieces]], Neville gets a whole detention of nothing but practicing the repairing charm.
79	** Jones gets in on this too, hitting Fred and George with a hex that alternately turns them various bright colors and inflicts an unbearable itching sensation. They last about half an hour before apologizing profusely and begging on their knees to have the jinx removed.
80	** When they feel Snape is being too harsh with Harry, the House Elves retaliate by denying him coffee.
81	** Once [[spoiler:Sirius]] takes a teaching post at Hogwarts, they eschew detentions in favor of pranking anyone who misbehaves in class. It turns out public humiliation is a very effective deterrent, and within a few weeks they have the best-behaved classroom in the entire school.
82	** [=McGonagall's=] more... ''atypical'' detentions.
83	--->"Did I say you were forbidden to use magic to complete the task?"
84	* CuddleBug: Harry [[TheGlomp LOVES]] hugging Snape.
85	* CueTheFlyingPigs:
86	** Snape references this trope by name the first time Harry refers to him as his father.
87	** Lucius Malfoy deliberately invokes this by getting a picture taken of himself, Arthur Weasley, and Sirius Black (members of ancient pureblood families that have historicallly been at each other's throats) ''agreeing'' on something for once in their lives. Even the caption acknowledges the enormity of this event.
88	---> The ONE Thing We All Agree On: FUDGE IS AN IDIOT
89	* CutHisHeartOutWithASpoon: Again, [=McGonagall=]. She deliberately makes Blood Quills look mild. (See [[spoiler: ImAHumanitarian]] for details.)
90	%% * DarkActionGirl: Davidella Jones, of the AntiHero variety.
91	* DarkHumor: Mad-Eye, as seen when he [[spoiler: dubs the partially liquefied Pettigrew "Pettigoo"]].
92	* DarkIsNotEvil: Being from Slytherin doesn't automatically make you a Death Eater and being from any of the other three Houses doesn't mean you ''can't'' be one, as we find out from several Ravenclaws. Also overlaps with LightIsNotGood.
93	* DepravedDentist: Parodied. Hermione spins a yarn that makes mundane dentistry sound like brutal torture. When her parents visit Hogwarts, everyone is remarkably polite...
94	* DeconstructionFic: As far as Slytherin House is concerned. Fanfiction tends to portray the house as either irredeemably evil or a group of cool outsiders for the author's SelfInsert to join up with. This fic specifically portrays them as an entirely valid and functional school house like the other three. The only reason why so many Death Eaters come from Slytherin is because Voldemort likes to prey on the insecurities and flaws of certain personality types.
95	* DirtyCoward:
96	** Deconstructed. Slytherins encourage pragmatism and bringing back-up to a fight but anyone who totally abandons one's House and those protected by said House is considered the lowest of the low, Slytherin or no.
97	** Pettigrew is a straight example, being portrayed as a sniveling, pathetic coward who scurries away like the rat he turns into when threatened.
98	* DirtyOldWoman: Madame Hooch is [[EatingTheEyeCandy very vocal about her enjoyment]] of Snape's new look. She's also about 30 years his elder.
99	* DistractedByTheSexy: A Hufflepuff girl in Snape's Potions class gets distracted by an attractive Ravenclaw boy and puts the wrong ingredients in her Blood-Replenishing Potion, producing a cloud of poisonous gas and sending three students to [[SchoolNurse Madam Pomfrey.]]
100	* DitzyGenius: Snape's opinion of Ravenclaw House. In his words, "...they might be able to recite every known permutation of the 18th century ''Ignatio Compelare'' spell, but they needed their house elves to tell them their robes were on fire."
101	* DontMakeMeTakeMyBeltOff: After years of Vernon Dursley's "parenting", Harry is conditioned to expect harsh beatings for even minor infractions. Snape notes, however, that the opposite extreme of this is that he may not even register something as a punishment unless it has a physical aspect. Snape compromises by setting a few rules that will merit corporal punishment -- a single swat against clothed backside for each rule broken -- and using more typical punishments such as temporarily revoking privileges for any other offense once Harry gets used to having privileges.
102	* {{Doorstopper}}: Complete at 64 chapters and over 300,000 words.
103	* TheDreaded:
104	** Hermione becomes this after Harry's ambush. While breaking the wand of a fallen foe was considered "hardcore", her explanation of Muggle dentistry gave her the top spot for the "not mess with" list in the entire school. [[spoiler: When Umbridge "mysteriously vanishes" from Hogwarts after being Transfigured and eaten by [=McGonagall=], ''she'' is the one who gets the credit because of her anti-Umbridge "Splat The Toad" campaign, even though her actual impact on Umbridge's final downfall is minimal and she has no clue what is going on.]]
105	** Dumbledore became this for Harry for more than half of the fic.
106	** ''[=McGonagall=]'' of all people becomes this for Snape (although the man makes sure not to show it publicly), as a result of her [[spoiler: transfiguring Umbridge into food and eating her.]] When [=McGonagall=] suggests accompanying Dumbledore to [[spoiler: find Voldemort's Horcruxes]], Snape immediately backs her to the shock of the other professors.
107	* EvilGloating: Volauvent attempts to engage in this when he has Snape at his mercy. It falls flat because Snape is incoherent with grief after [[spoiler:watching Harry die to a Killing Curse]], much to Voldesnort's annoyance.
108	* EvilSmellsBad: While Quirrell making Harry's scar hurt is a serious red flag, it's the horrible odor coming from under his turban that tipped the teachers off that something was wrong with him. While he tried to mask it with garlic, it really didn't work all that well.
109	* EverybodyLives: The fic has a significantly lower bodycount than the novels, partially because it's much shorter and the final battle occurs in Harry's ''second year''. The only significant casuality on the Light side is [[spoiler:Mad-Eye Moody]], sparing most of the others like Fred, Lupin and Sirius.
110	* EveryoneHasStandards:
111	** Despite hating Sirius for bullying him during their Hogwarts years, even Snape is horrified when he discovers via Legilimency that he was actually framed for Pettigrew's crimes of betraying the Potters to Voldemort, realizing that he suffered 11 years in Azkaban for a crime he had nothing to do with.
112	** In ''Harry's First Detention'', [=McGonagall=], despite being a SternTeacher herself, objects to Snape giving Harry detention in the first class of the first year.
113	** Slytherins encourage pragmatism and bringing backup to a fight, but completely abandoning one's House is considered low even by their standards.
114	* ExplainExplainOhCrap:
115	** After doing some thorough research, Snape sits down with Dumbledore and outlines some basic criteria Harry's new guardian should meet in order to provide the healthiest possible environment for him going forward. They should be someone with no other children or grandchildren to distract them, preferably someone who has experienced abuse themselves so they can empathize with him, willing to build up Harry's self-esteem with positive reinforcement, able to still be firm with him when he misbehaves, unquestionably loyal to the Light... In short, someone like Severus Snape himself.
116	--->'''Snape:''' Other than myself, I can only think of two, and Giles is in Australia while Jean is out of the question for -- [[OhCrap oh no.]] [[RapidFireNo No, no, no.]] Not on your life!
117	** Immediately following the above instance, Dumbledore points out that Harry will need to be able to form an attachment to his new caretakers. Snape notes that since Harry already seems to be attached to ''him'', that shouldn't be difficult -- then realizes he's been steered back around to the idea of becoming Harry's guardian himself again.
118	* FantasticRacism:
119	** Played straight with the Death Eaters, obviously, and with Umbridge, who calls Jones an island person who practices hoo doo despite the fact the girl was born in Brighton.
120	** Downplayed otherwise; the usual "anti-Muggle" sentiment is much less omnipresent than it usually is in HP fan stories, as fan writers have a tendency to exaggerate how racist the Slytherins actually are in the books.
121	* FearlessFool: Deconstructed with Harry who lacks a sense of self-defense (and of self-preservation) thanks to his upbringing, allowing him to put himself in danger without a thought, much to Snape's annoyance and horror.
122	* FightsLikeANormal: Hermione, who kicks people in the knees, ankles and [[BreadEggsMilkSquick nuts]] and [[LittleMissBadass will slam your head into the floor.]] Justified since she's the child of two Muggles, and her father decided to teach her how to defend herself long before they knew she had magic. Turns out to be useful since few wizards or witches bother with fighting skills.
123	* FixFic: This fic tackles two major points. One, no responsible adult would knowingly send a child back to an abusive household (and the adult who placed him there to begin with and neglected to check on him for ten years is going to [[BrokenPedestal lose a great deal of trust]] from other responsible adults). Two, a child who has grown up in an abusive home is not going to be well-adjusted and will need a great deal of care and attention to become so in adulthood. Thus, Harry is removed from the Dursleys and gets a new guardian who can provide the support he needs during his emotional and psychological recovery. Despite his reluctance, Snape takes this role seriously and does everything in his power to make sure Harry is safe, happy, and healthy, [[ForWantOfANail preventing many of the]] AdultsAreUseless moments from canon in the process.
124	* FourTemperamentEnsemble: Ron is sanguine, Hermione is choleric, Harry is melancholic and Draco is phlegmatic.
125	* {{Foreshadowing}}:
126	** Hermione takes down a much older bully by kicking his knee out and then slamming his head into the floor, catching him off-guard because most wizards just use magic for fighting. Much later, [[spoiler:Lucius Malfoy]] makes the same mistake and is promptly disarmed by someone they considered helpless due to not having a wand.
127	** When discussing his "furry problem", Lupin makes it clear to Harry that if he ever sees him in werewolf form, he is to Stun him ''immediately'', wolfsbane or no wolfsbane, due to how dangerous and unpredictable his werewolf form is. This scenario eventually comes to pass when [[spoiler:Tonks Stuns him in the aftermath of the final battle because the Aurors are trying to preserve the battlefield as a crime scene and he's [[ImAHumanitarian eating the evidence]].]]
128	* ForWantOfANail: Because of Snape adopting Harry, his status as a spy is exposed to the disembodied spirit of Voldemort, and thus, the events of the story heavily deviate from canon. For one thing, Voldemort is never resurrected in body, instead he resorts to [[spoiler: fusing himself with Bellatrix Lestrange]] and rallies his remaining Death Eaters to attack Snape and Harry in secret.
129	* FoulMedicine: When Harry is sore all over from his first Quidditch practice, Snape gives him a potion to heal his body that tastes pretty bad.
130	-->'''Harry''': Ugh! That tastes worse than dirty socks.\
131	'''Snape''': As you might expect, considering they are the main ingredient.\
132	'''Harry''': Really?\
133	'''Snape''': Idiot. Of course not.
134	* FriendlyEnemy: Thanks to Harry being under Snape's protection, the Gryffindors and Slytherins are a lot less antagonistic to each other than they are in canon. Jones is dating Percy and Hermione considers her a role model, while Wood, Flint, Ron, and Draco are get along a lot better (particularly with regards to Quidditch, where they find the most common ground apart from Harry himself).
135	* FromBadToWorse: He had to ask.
136	-->'''Albus:''' Oh, Severus? (pokes head around the corner) Did Minerva mention your appointment to the Inter-House Friendship and Holiday Decoration Committee?
137	* TheGadfly: Dumbledore just loves teasing Snape about his parenting Harry.
138	* GibberishOfLove: Snape, of all people, when the BlindDate Sirius talks him into goes far better than anticipated, culminating in a heated goodnight kiss.
139	-->'''Snape:''' Urgle. Glip.
140	* TheGlomp: Harry has a tendency to hug Snape as much as possible. Snape, having had virtually no positive physical contact in his entire life, is both mortified and appreciative.
141	* GodzillaThreshold: When Harry and Snape are captured by Death Eaters and taken to a location shielded behind powerful wards, Dumbledore notes that the quickest way through is a brute-force attack that will drain all of his magic. There's a spell that can draw from someone else's magic to restore Dumbledore's and immediately get him back into fighting shape, but it would likely render the donor a Squib. [[spoiler:Lupin volunteers because he'll revert to werewolf form instead, and downing a wolfsbane potion beforehand will let him participate in the fight without endangering his allies. However, he runs the risk of being trapped in werewolf form permanently if his magic doesn't regenerate afterward.]] They decide the situation is dire enough to make the risk worth taking, and [[spoiler:fortunately, Lupin is eventually able to regain his human form.]]
142	* GroinAttack: ''[[ShareTheMalePain Castrato]]'' '''''[[StuffBlowingUp Explosivo.]]''''' And HOLY CRAP.
143	** Hermione helps take down Quirrell by kicking him in the crotch when he's kneeling on the ground.
144	* GuileHero: Snape and [=McGonagall=].
145	* HappilyAdopted: Harry is happier with Snape than he ever was with the Dursleys.
146	* HarmfulToMinors: [[spoiler: Splatting someone's head with a stone pumpkin]], even if [[PayEvilUntoEvil they deserve it and it's self-defense,]] is not something eleven-year-olds should do or see.
147	* TheHeart: Harry becomes some form of this, thanks to being Snape's ward. Because of it, [[FriendlyEnemy the Gryffindors and Slytherins are more willing to cooperate.]]
148	* HeCleansUpNicely: Just something as simple as practicing basic hair care makes Snape a good deal more attractive as his hair doesnt look like he's been dunking it in a deep fryer anymore.
149	* HeelRealization: Snape has one after he loses his temper and hits Harry during his first detention. He immediately recognizes that he's an adult hitting a child, which is completely inexcusable, and after reflecting with a cooler head realizes that he misinterpreted clear signs of Harry's abusive childhood as insubordination because of his own resentment for anyone named "Potter." He immediately confesses to Professor Dumbledore (reporting the abuse in the process) and accepts the punishment he's given with minimal complaint, acknowledging that he got off lightly and deserves worse.
150	* HoistByHisOwnPetard: Snape's efforts to get Umbridge fired fail because he's already set a precendent for teachers getting away with such things through his own past misdeeds. Needless to say, [=McGonagall=] was grimly amused by Snape's cries of unfairness and abuse.
151	* HonoraryUncle: Ron and Percy called Snape "Uncle Sev", much to his mortification. And Harry calls [=McGonagall=] "Auntie Min" later on.
152	** CoolUncle: And Aunt.
153	* HonorBeforeReason: Snape's opinion of Gryffindors in general. He does his best to instill some Slytherin cunning and pragmatism in Harry to keep this from being the death of one of them, with moderate success.
154	* HotTeacher: Snape, after his make-over. Everyone's floored by how good he looks when he's gotten the grease out of his hair.
155	* HumiliationConga: Fudge gets one of these, starting with his most trusted adviser unfurling a banner that reads, "FUDGE IS AN IDIOT."
156	* {{Hypocrite}}: Snape acknowledges that he is one of these for killing off [[spoiler:Pettigrew]] without giving him a chance to reform, since he's only where he is due to Dumbledore offering him a similar chance. However, he decides some hypocrisy is worth it if it means keeping Harry safe.
157	* HypocriticalHeartwarming: It doesn't matter what Snape may call Harry or how he acts with him; if you dare to insult, abuse or bully him in any way he will rip out your own intestine and beat you with them.
158	* HypocriticalHumor: [[HumanoidAbomination Voldemort]] calls [[FightsLikeANormal Hermione]] an ABOMINATION.
159	* IAmSpartacus: The Weasley children attempt this after they disobey a rule against playing football in the Burrow and someone accidentally kicks the ball onto the dinner table, making a mess. It backfires on them, as their unusual insistence on taking the blame makes it clear that Harry must be the real culprit.
160	* IWantGrandkids: [[spoiler:Lily tells Harry that she'd like to have grandkids someday when Harry briefly meets his parents in the afterlife.]]
161	* IfYouKillHimYouWillBeJustLikeHim: Snape specifically rejects this line of reasoning in Chapter 30, when Harry expresses fear that his own desire to kill Voldemort makes him as evil as the Dark Lord.
162	--->'''Snape:''' Voldemort used to go to Muggle villages just to kill people. He sought to hurt as many people as possible. He targeted men, women, and children indiscriminately. He made no distinction between Auror and civilian. He wanted a high body count and when attacked, would use Muggles as shields. It is ''never'' acceptable to deliberately kill people who have done you no harm and who are just going about their daily business.
163	--->Aurors, by contrast, may kill in the line of duty, but they do it to protect civilians. In the war, they did not deliberately target the children of Death Eaters, while the Dark Lord and his followers attacked many families just as he did yours. It is ridiculous to say that any death is a tragedy or that all deaths are morally equivalent. There are people who, by their own actions, deserve to die, and killing someone in order to protect yourself or the innocent, is ''not'' murder.
164	* ImagineSpot: When things get too absurd, Snape mentally pens, "Dear (magazine's advice column/Voldemort), I am currently (dealing with playing daddy to the Boy Who Lived). Would (snarky/overkill reaction) be within the norm? Is it considered poor form to cut my own throat rather than suffer through such an excruciating evening?"
165	* ImAHumanitarian:
166	** [[spoiler: [=McGonagall=]]]. If you use a Blood Quill on her students, anyway.
167	** Lupin strongly implies this when explaining his "furry problem" to Harry; without wolfsbane, he will obsessively chase down any human he happens across. Even with wolfsbane, it's implied the urge can be hard for him to ignore, hence his insistence that Harry Stun him on sight if he ever runs across Lupin in werewolf form. [[spoiler:After the final battle, the transformed Lupin starts snacking on the bodies of Death Eaters and is promptly Stunned to keep him from destroying evidence.]]
168	* ImpliedDeathThreat: Dumbledore and [=McGonagall=] both give Snape one when they find out he hit Harry. Needless to say, Snape never hits him again.
169	* INeedAFreakingDrink: Non-alcoholic version, but the prospect of Harry calling him his guardian for the first time is enough for Snape to need two Calming Draughts and a cold cloth on his forehead.
170	* InsaneTrollLogic: Snape can literally count how far the IQ of his fellow teachers drops any time somebody says "Quidditch".
171	** As far as Snape is concerned, this is how ''that brat's'' mind works all the time.
172	* IntergenerationalFriendship: Between Harry, Sirius and Remus.
173	* IronicEcho: Following the troll incident, the ''Prophet'' runs a picture of Harry, Ron, and Draco with their arms around each other on the front page. Much later, Lucius deliberately echoes this with his "FUDGE IS AN IDIOT" banner, which has a picture of himself, Arthur Weasley, and Sirius on it to emphasize that if all three of them can manage to agree on something, it must be true.
174	* IronLady: [=McGonagall=], natch. Also Madame Bones,[[spoiler: especially after she becomes Minister of Magic.]] Jones is a teenage version, [[TheDreaded to the point that Fred and George fear angering her.]]
175	* {{Irony}}:
176	** Snape's threats of punishment if Harry doesn't keep himself safe and do well in school don't have the desired effect of instilling fear of consequences in Harry, but they motivate him anyway, because no one has ever cared enough to do even that much before and he wants to make his guardian proud.
177	** Dumbledore spends much of the story worried that Sirius is inevitably going to barge into Harry's life and make a bid for custody, destroying both Harry's sense of stability and his relationship with Snape in the process. He's blissfully unaware that Snape and Sirius have been in contact ever since Sirius escaped Azkaban and have already reached an understanding regarding Harry.
178	** Lucius Malfoy escaped Azkaban by claiming he'd been forced to serve Voldemort under the Imperius Curse. He really does get put under the Imperius at the climax, when [[spoiler:he's forced to deliver Snape and Harry to Voldemort's clutches. For extra irony points, everything Malfoy did was intended to benefit his family, and before Harry wandered into the Death Eaters' clutches, the plan was to force him to give Draco to Voldesnort as a sacrifice and punishment for his betrayal.]]
179	* IWantMyBelovedToBeHappy: Familial variation. Upon seeing how happy Harry is with Snape, Sirius chooses not to fight for custody.
180	* JustFriends: Snape and Brunhilde, the witch Sirius set him up with. While they share a mutual attraction, both acknowledge that they have too much going on in their lives to pursue a serious relationship at the moment and opt to maintain a long-distance friendship instead.
181	* KilledOffForReal: [[spoiler: [[LudicrousGibs Quirrel]], [[EatenAlive Umbridge]] and [[ThereIsNoKillLikeOverkill Voldemort]]]] definitely ain't comin' back.
182	* LickedByTheDog: Harry's near-HeroWorship of Snape defrosts most other people's concerns about him. Snape isn't sure whether or not he dislikes losing his fearsome reputation, or enjoy that others treat him like a human being rather than as something that crawled out from under a rock just to terrorize children.
183	* LittleMissBadass: Hermione.
184	* MaamShock: Sirius is horrified when Harry calls him "sir" and "Mr. Black" to be polite. Snape snarks that screaming at Harry and freaking out won't make him stop.
185	* {{Malaproper}}: Harry mixes up Wizarding terms to the point of RunningGag.
186	* MamaBear: Unlike her canon counterpart, [=McGonagall=] is ''extremely'' protective of her lions and she will [[spoiler: devour you alive if you mess with them]].
187	* MassOhCrap: Pretty much sums up the reaction of male upper years when they realize what spell Jones is about to use (see GroinAttack).
188	* TheMedic: Raising seven accident-prone children has made Molly Weasley very good at medical spells. She comments that she's practically a certified Healer.
189	* MirrorCharacter: Snape, to Harry. Despite their very different ages and personalities, both are survivors of childhood abuse and have lingering issues related to said abuse. In particular, both have deep-seated self-esteem issues and are quick to assume others think the worst of them. And both develop a strong bond with the other, finding healing and familial love in their arrangement as guardian and ward.
190	* MistakenForPedophile: While he probably doesn't seriously suspect it, when Arthur Weasley first gets to talk to Harry alone (Snape and Molly being busy fighting in the other room) he asks Harry if Snape ever does or says anything that makes him uncomfortable, or makes him take part in any "secret games" that no one else can know about. When Harry just gets confused and says no, Arthur drops the issue.
191	* MoodWhiplash: "The Case of the Mysterious Turban" quickly devolves into [[spoiler:"Don't Get Killed by Quirrel or Voldemort."]]
192	* MyGreatestFailure:
193	** It nearly broke Dumbledore when he realized Harry was afraid of him. He also regrets having overlooked so much of Sirius Black's misbehavior in school (due to being overly lenient because Sirius was the only Black in centuries to not be a dark wizard), which is part of what drove Snape to Voldemort.
194	** Snape feels enormous guilt once he realizes that he had allowed his resentment of James Potter to influence his treatment of Harry, who had never done anyone harm in his life.
195	* [[MugglesDoItBetter Muggles Do It Hardcore]]: After Hermione's explanation, nobody ever doubted that Muggles are 1) Psychopaths, 2) Unyielding, 3) [[WesternAnimation/{{Metalocalypse}} More Metal than the blackest black, times INFINITY]].
196	** Just to specify, said explanation is about Hermione's parents jobs as ''dentists''. Due to the Wizarding World's complete lack of contact with the Muggle world, mundane tasks like dentistry sounds like torture sessions since Muggles can't just magic away all their ailments. She does also get a more conventional Badass moment explaining how Muggles practice basic self defence with no magic.
197	* MrFanservice:
198	** After being broken out of Azkaban and recuperating from 10 years of imprisonment, Sirius Black quickly regains his status as a sex icon in the Wizarding World. His new "suffering the wounds of wrongful torment" story just makes him even more irresistible.
199	** Snape turns out to be this once he starts practicing hair care and stops skulking around Hogwarts like a human vulture, allowing his attractive features like his height and jawline to become prominent (like many a RealLife fangirl/boy already knew). Becomes even more so when it turns out he's a great parental figure for Harry.
200	* NeverMessWithGranny: [=McGonagall=], of course. Also, [[GreenThumb Sprout.]]
201	* NiceJobBreakingItHero: As much as [[spoiler: Lucius Malfoy]] counts as a hero, anyway. His efforts to further ingratiate himself with the Light end up [[spoiler:enabling Bellatrix and her brothers to escape from Azkaban and get him Imperiused into delivering Snape and Harry directly to Voldemort, kicking off the final battle.]]
202	* NicenessDenial: As Snape discusses with Harry who his new guardian will be now that he's been removed from his abusive Muggle family's custody, Harry asks if Snape can be his new guardian. Snape asks why he would want such a thing, and Harry says it's because he's nice. Snape vocally protests that he's ''not'' nice, even though he was the first authority figure at Hogwarts to notice that Harry had been abused and immediately brought it to the attention of Madam Pomfrey, the school nurse.
203	* NoodleIncident: When Harry is upset over having to miss playing in his first Quidditch match because he got detention, Ron mentions that a lot of Quidditch players miss games because of detention, including one Slytherin captain who did something so bad she was grounded for half the season.
204	* NotSoAboveItAll: Snape. [[HilarityEnsues Often.]]
205	** Snape is completely opposed to displays of physical affection... unless Harry is the giver or the recipient. He will enjoy hugging the boy while shooting a DeathGlare at anyone foolish enough to think about commenting on it.
206	** Harry's first Christmas present to his guardian -- [[spoiler:an essay about his Da and all the reasons Harry loves him]] -- outright reduces Snape to tears. Once he's successfully convinced Harry that he's just suffering from a cold, he tucks the gift away with his most prized possessions.
207	** Even Hermione's reverence for teachers can't overcome Umbrige's blatant bigotry, favoritism, and incompetence, and she spearheads the Splat The Toad campaign of anti-Umbridge mockery.
208	* NotSoDifferentRemark: Once he finds out about Harry's home life, Snape gradually comes to realize that he and Harry are not that different, both being raised in abusive households and bullied relentlessly in school.
209	* NoSocialSkills:
210	** Harry has a mild case of this due to his abusive upbringing, but is naturally outgoing enough to quickly make a few friends once he's away from the Dursleys.
211	** Snape, due to a lifetime of rejection and abuse (some of it self-inflicted), has little to no idea how to handle positive interactions with others. At one point, he notes that the only person he's really capable of having civil conversations with is Dumbledore. He ends up developing more people skills as Harry unwittingly drags him into several new friendships. Snape has no idea how it happens. Really.
212	* OddFriendship: Snape strikes one up with [=McGonagall=], Sirius, Lupin and Molly Weasley. Also Hermione with Jones and Ron with Draco.
213	* OhCrap: [[spoiler: The two Death Eaters holding down Snape consider changing career paths when they see Harry arise from being Avada-ed.]]
214	* OneDialogueTwoConversations: This happens to the point of being a RunningGag, thanks to Harry being ConditionedToAcceptHorror by the Dursleys. For example, he sees most of Snape's punishments for him as rewards because he wasn't allowed to do his homework (writing an essay), practice his handwriting (copying lines), or get new clothes (going shopping) at the Dursleys. Another example comes from dinner at the Weasleys, where Harry starts talking about how Snape doesn't know how to be a parent yet and hasn't figured out how to punish people harshly enough, leaving Arthur reassured that Snape is a ReasonableAuthorityFigure.
215	* PainToTheAss: Malfoy finds out the hard way that his family name doesn't entitle him to special privileges in Slytherin House, when he tries to push ahead of a third year in line to the showers and Flint punishes him by bending him over the back of a sofa and letting the other Slytherins use his backside as target practice for their stinging hexes.
216	* PapaWolf:
217	** No matter how much Snape denies it, he would go to any length, break any rule, face the Dark Lord and Dumbledore himself without hesitation if it mean Harry's protection. Soon enough most of the Wizarding World learned not to mess with Harry.
218	** Lucius Malfoy is a more chilly, stern type.
219	** Likewise with Dumbledore. He nearly hunted down Umbridge when he found out she used a Blood Quill on Harry. Also in the prequel, his casual warning to Snape if he should ever harm a student again.
220	* ParentalSubstitute: Snape to Harry, as well as Molly and Arthur Weasley.
221	* PayEvilUntoEvil:
222	** What both Snape and [=McGonagall=] do to Dolores and Fudge after they try to attack Harry. While Snape managed to personally destroy Fudge's career, [=McGonagall=] takes the cake by [[spoiler: Transfiguring and devouring Dolores alive]].
223	** What Snape does to the Dursleys. While Dumbledore forbids him from simply killing or outright mutilating them, he approves Snape's request of enacting a magic campaign of harassment against them, which Snape later enlists Sirius to enact, since Sirius is good-aligned, an experienced prankster, and has a massive grudge against them for hurting Harry. Snape also enlists the aid of an old acquaintance of his criminal father to help him enact non-magical revenge that Dumbledore won't pick up on. While he can't permanently injure the Dursleys, he CAN make life a living hell for them. When Snape visits them [[spoiler:as part of the legal process of officially adopting Harry]], he notes with satisfction that it takes five minutes for them to stop shaking long enough to sign their names legibly.
224	* PintSizedPowerhouse: Flitwick is considered the best duelist of the entire faculty [[spoiler: and he demonstrated why during the last battle against the Death Eaters]].
225	* PowerOfTrust: Snape finds himself simultaneously frightened and heartened by the nearly blind trust Harry has in him and annoyed by his continued attempts to live up to it.
226	* PsychicNosebleed: Hermione experiences this trying to save Harry from falling to his death in chapter 26. Even still, [[{{Determinator}} she keeps trying.]]
227	* ReasonableAuthorityFigure:
228	** Dumbledore and Snape consider letting the Weasleys adopt Harry, but Snape shoots down the idea on the grounds that Harry needs a ''full-time'' guardian. Although they would certainly love Harry, Molly and Arthur already have seven children and will be unable to give him the one-on-one attention and care he needs after 11 years of being abused by the Dursleys. He is, however, fine with Harry visiting the Weasleys and staying at their home for summer holidays.
229	** Snape also rejects the idea of either a younger or older married couple (even a childless one) adopting Harry, because any other children or grandchildren they have will distract them and the last thing Harry needs is to be competing with another child for his guardians' attention.
230	** Despite his cheery, carefree demeanour, Sirius admits that he's still recovering from his ordeal in Azkaban and cites this as one of the reasons Snape would be a better guardian for Harry than him.
231	* RefugeInAudacity: Death Eater Black [[spoiler: Granted Asylum in Switzerland!]] ''Really'', [[MagnificentBastard Snape]]?
232	* RhetoricalQuestionBlunder: While Snape is laying out the plan of how Harry's life is going to go with him as the boy's guardian, Harry is totally shocked that he's getting his own room. Snape sarcastically asks if Harry thinks he's going to sleep in a cupboard, and is astonished (and furious) when he finds out that, yes, Harry really ''was'' made to sleep in a cupboard by the Dursleys for the first 11 years of his life.
233	* RunningGag:
234	** Snape's [[ImagineSpot imaginary letters to various publications and people.]]
235	** Likewise, Snape constantly and ineffectively denying that he's attached to Harry. Or that he enjoys spending time with him. And his indignation whenever someone pokes a hole in said denial.
236	** Snape and Harry having OneDialogueTwoConversations, usually involving Snape being strict with Harry and Harry being impressed/overwhelmed by how nice Snape is.
237	* SadistTeacher:
238	** Snape tries to be this. See SternTeacher below.
239	** Umbridge fits this mold to a T: not only does she insist on teaching BlatantLies, she openly favors some students while outright bullying others and lays down [[DisproportionateRetribution unreasonably harsh punishments]] for small infractions. At one point, she laments that she's not allowed to beat Harry and has to settle for the no-less-sadistic but still-technically-allowed Blood Quill, then outright attacks him when he decides it counts as hurting him (which Snape explicitly told him to defend himself from) and tries to take the matter to an actual adult.
240	* SesquipedalianLoquaciousness: Wizards do love their big words.
241	* SeriousBusiness: Quidditch, to Snape's detriment. From forgetting that a student nearly killed himself in a broom to nearly starting a brawl in the great hall ''by the teachers'', Quidditch certainly brings out the best and the worst of wizards.
242	* ServileSnarker: Snape is this to Dumbledore.
243	* ShoutOut: One of the books Harry picks out is titled [[Literature/TheHobbit "There and Back Again"]].
244	* SmallNameBigEgo: Lucius Malfoy.
245	* SnarkKnight: Snape.
246	* SparedByTheAdaptation: [[spoiler:Dumbledore, Snape, Sirius, Lupin, Fred Weasley, Hedwig and Tonks.]]
247	** DeathByAdaptation: [[spoiler:Dolores Umbridge.]]
248	* SpitTake: Snape, of all people, in response to [=McGonagall=]'s "[[ImAHumanitarian Something I ate]]."
249	* SpoiledBrat: Draco starts out this way. His housemates quickly disabuse him of the notion that being a Malfoy actually makes him better by default. Slytherins ''respect'' the Pureblood families, but that doesn't mean you can act like an entitled little bastard just because you came out of Lucius Malfoy's balls. Draco finds himself ostracized for his douchebag behavior, but eventually redeems himself by maturing as a person.
250	* SternTeacher: Snape ends up being this, while trying to be a SadistTeacher. Most of his punishments are actually helpful, as Harry frequently points out. Snape constantly blames Harry and his friends for ruining his reputation.
251	** CoolTeacher: To [[SpringtimeForHitler his horror.]]
252	* StupidEvil: [[spoiler: Lucius]], ''why'' would you believe Bella [[spoiler: right after bragging about renouncing Voldemort to her face]]?
253	* SurroundedByIdiots: When you get to know the point of view of Snape for all the decisions around Hogwarts, especially Potter, you can't not only sympathize but wonder how Snape hasn't just [[IncrediblyLamePun snapped]] already.
254	* TantrumThrowing:
255	** Harry in Chapter 25, when Snape forbids him from playing in the Quidditch match as part of his punishment for going out and facing a full-grown troll in the previous chapter. Ironically, Snape considers this a good thing, as his research has informed him that emotional outbursts are a normal part of the healing process for trauma survivors.
256	** Harry has another outburst after being pulled into [=McGonagall's=] office; his frustration from weeks of being harassed and targeted by Umbridge, combined with the injustice of being punished for something he didn't do, boils over and he begins ranting at full volume. Thankfully, [=McGonagall=] is understanding and lets him off with ten minutes of standing in a corner and thinking about his actions, plus an {{Unishment}} for the original offense.
257	* TallDarkAndSnarky: Snape again.
258	* TheyCallMeMisterTibbs: After the MaamShock above, Sirius tells Harry to address him by his name as opposed to Mr. Black.
259	* TooDumbToLive: [[spoiler: Umbridge]]'s utter lack of self preservation when dealing with an enraged [[ActionDad Snape]] and [[NeverMessWithGranny McGonagall]] during her "Potter Should Be Silenced" spiel ends poorly. Even ''[[DarkActionGirl Jones]]'' admits to being frightened of an angry [=McGonagall=].
260	* ToThePain: How Snape decides to deal with the Dursleys. After being bluntly informed that a slow, lingering death is out of the question, he enlists some underworld contacts to afflict them with mundane harassment and Sirius to dole out magical harassment ([[spoiler:a duty Sirius later passes on to Kreacher, much to the house-elf's glee]]). When Snape briefly drops in a year later, the Dursleys have been reduced to gibbering wrecks.
261	* TraumaButton: In ''Harry's First Detention'', Harry accidentally trips Snape's when the man asks him if he's forgotten the rules and Harry says, "No snivel--" He meant "no sniveling," but Snape hears the beginning of his hated childhood nickname, "Snivellus", and it makes him so furious he lashes out and hits Harry. He quickly regrets it.
262	* TrueCompanions: Harry, Ron, Hermione and Draco plus others.
263	* {{Tsundere}}: Take a wild guess who.
264	* UglyGuyHotWife: While Percy is not ugly, he is defined as plain while Jones is often described as a very beautiful, willowy... and absolutely scary witch. Like a "saner, controlled version of Bellatrix Lestrange".
265	* UndyingLoyalty: This is shown as being the Hufflepuffs' biggest strength and weakness. During the war, Voldemort had quite a few Hufflepuff followers, who refused to abandon him after he showed his true colors, specifically because their personal creed didn't allow it. It goes even further than the Gryffindors, who will eventually abandon a traitorous or evil companion.
266	* UnstoppableRage: Snape has to be ''pried'' off of Umbridge after [[ToThePain the Blood Quill incident]].
267	* VillainsActHeroesReact: Inverted. Dumbledore may be content to react, but Snape acts and acts fast.
268	* VillainousRescue: Slytherin, as far as Hogwarts is concerned. But say what you will about the house, when one of their "Firsties" was in trouble, literally the entire House was moved to battle in seconds. As Harry's attackers learned the hard way.
269	* VitriolicBestBuds: Ron and Draco enjoy arguing.
270	* VolleyingInsults: Snape and Molly Weasley end up doing this in the Burrow's kitchen after a misunderstanding regarding Snape's views on corporal punishment. Somehow, it turns into a bonding moment and a friendly exchange of advice. Snape has no idea how it happened.
271	* WaterWakeUp: When Snape visits Lupin at his home when the other man is asleep, he wakes him up with a Aquamenti to the face.
272	* WhatCouldPossiblyGoWrong: [[spoiler: Lucius Malfoy]] decides to definitively prove his newfound allegiance to the Light by "getting rid" of a few of the Death Eaters in Azkaban. Then [[spoiler:Bellatrix offers to draw up a will naming Draco her sole heir before Malfoy kills her -- oh, but it's so hard to write with these heavy chains on...]] Needless to say, it goes downhill from there.
273	* WhiteSheep: According to Molly, Severus' mother Eileen was the only member of the Prince family who wasn't crazy.
274	* WitchWithACapitalB: This story features Umbridge in all her horribleness. Even the teachers mentally refer to her as "Umbitch".
275	* YouHaveGotToBeKiddingMe: Arthur's and Molly's reaction when Snape announces that he will be Harry's new guardian.
276	-->'''Molly:''' That's it. Dumbledore is senile. We'll have to alert the Ministry in the morning.

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