Write an epitaph for you, Severus

Vallie 2022-04-19 09:01:08

This is probably the quietest movie theater I've ever seen. No one walked around, no one made a phone call, it was quiet as if someone was about to suffocate, and the quiet one even forcibly resisted coughing. This movie may have maintained too many people's memories, and may have carried too many beautiful dreams of their childhood, so everyone was afraid to take a breath, and didn't want to miss a second or miss a single detail.
The Harry Potter series slowly came to an end. Thinking back to the movie I just watched, thinking of the time I just read the entire Harry Potter series, and thinking carefully about what made me so deeply attracted? Is it ever-changing magic? Maybe not. Those terrifying dementors floating over Hogwarts? Probably not. Is it the affectionate kiss of couples? Maybe not. Is it the happy ending of Harry Potter's bumpy and triumphant ending? All kinds of factors are mixed together, but I still can't satisfy the true voice in my heart.
It was Snape, yes, it was him. It was this uncle of black magic with long hair, a dead face, a black belly and arrogance. If the entire Harry Potter series is regarded as a martial arts novel, the story about Harry, Dumbledore and Voldemort is bloody, happy and grieving, while about Snape, it is lingering. , sacrificing self and redeeming the world. But this truth came so suddenly, so violently, and unfolded so long. When we doubted and hesitated to speculate on the real meaning of Snape's existence, the truth suddenly rushed to our eyes, making people feel a sudden sadness in their hearts, and tears welled up in their eyes. And Snape's dull tenderness was all said in the sentence "You have the same eyes as your mother".
The moment Snape died, emotions had begun to brew quietly. I believe that many people who watch the movie have read the original book and already know the ending well. But as the story in the Pensieve slowly unfolded, the theater became more and more quiet. Many people, all of them, were silent, but silent tears fell on their cheeks. Maybe it was inspired by him, everyone suppressed their emotions, no one cried out, but after watching the movie, the tears on everyone's face and the shiny things in their eyes all unintentionally made us Emotional exposure is no doubt. Maybe this is Snape's tenderness, this is Snape's charm. All the love and facts, in the tears he shed after his death, condensed into eternal memories.
It was him, at the moment of death, still a little indifferent, still calm and calm. But when he was holding Lily Potter in his arms, I really realized the turbulent emotions under his calm face. He could give up everything, and perhaps it was nothing to give up life. For love, he even gave up Own. Many people could die in order to protect themselves in their hearts, but he gave up. He gave up completely and chose to bury this emotion deeply in his heart. At this moment, he chose to drift away from the world, he chose to be the enemy of everyone, he chose to wear the mask of the bad guy and surrender to the enemy. , and ultimately sacrificed his life for it. He was still begging Dumbledore a moment ago, but the next moment, he said fiercely to this plea: "No one will know my heart." Silent sacrifice, silent giving, silent love, silent thinking, maybe this is what Snape.
And what kind of complicated feelings does he have about the Destiny Child he wants to protect. He failed to get love, and finally showed it in such a form. He always believed in his heart, and he was always circling in the abyss of contradictions, but he could never forget the girl who once loved so much. The plot is also as contradictory as Snape. Dumbledore, who was once Harry's mentor in life, knew the ending early on. He wanted Harry to step on the altar of self-sacrifice, but Snape, who had all these charges, became a stepping stone under the altar. Just like the hero in the ancient Greek tragedy, he turned his black cloak into a thick dark cloud, and then poured down heavy rain to nourish the dry soul of the lost.
Thank you, Snape. Thank you for not taking the last tenderness into the grave, thank you for shedding the last tears before closing your eyes, thank you for leaving a beautiful memory in your tears. In the puzzle of fate that has been written, everyone rushes forward, only you are the opposite. In the future achieved by fate, everyone has completed their mission and gained a new life, but precisely, we have lost you.
If you hadn't died, would we still be crying? Will we still deeply cherish it? If you just hide your face in the palm prints of fate and cling to your lonely love, will we still suffer? At this point, I even want my fate to die, and if that can bring you back to life, I would, and maybe, many others, too. However, we all know that such an ending, you do not want.
Fate chose Harry Potter, and it chose you, Snape. Without you, without your sacrifice, if, in all the ifs we can think of, maybe none of your ifs. Your life may be about accepting, bearing, facing, and sacrificing. The world behind you is thus reborn, happy, peaceful, and redeemed. In your last look before you die, you look through the boy's eyes, see your loved one, and close your eyes. I think after you die, they will give you a heroic burial and a god-like worship, but all this may come too soon and too late.
If you want me to mourn, I want to write this epitaph on your tombstone:
He loved until the last moment of his life.
Severus Snape (1960.1.9—1998.5.1)

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Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows: Part 2 quotes

  • Hermione Granger: We can't just stand here. Who's got an idea?

    Ron Weasley: Don't ask us. You're the brilliant one!

  • Professor Albus Dumbledore: You wonderful boy. You brave, brave man.