Severus Snape's Top Ten

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Well actually many 'Top Ten' Lists, and one 'Top 25', though none of them are listed in order of preference.  Apparently rating them was asking too much ;-).

Ten Movies Severus Snape Likes (some of these he must be watching in the afterlife ;-)):

 

1)      Casablanca.

 

2)      The Wizard of Oz

 

3)      The Village

 

4)      Doctor Zhivago

 

5)      The Godfather (why do all men like this movie?!?!)

 

6)      Schindler’s List

 

7)      The Illusionist

 

8)      Cat on a Hot Tin Roof

 

9)      Close Encounters of the Third Kind

 

10)   Cool Hand Luke

 

Severus Snape’s Ten Favourite Foods:

 

1)      Sticky toffee pudding

 

2)      Poached eggs on toast with the yokes of medium consistency – not too soft, nor too hard. Toast should be crisp and nearly cold.

 

3)      Treacle tarts

 

4)      Tea – black (odd considering the sweet tooth, and yes, I know this is a beverage – deal with it)

 

5)      Chocolate frogs

 

6)      Proper fish and chips

 

7)      Marzipan

 

8)      Turkish Delight

 

9)      Yorkshire Pudding (again, it really has to be done right or forget it)

 

10)   Malt whiskey (beverage again, if you could deal with the tea, then you should be able to deal with this)

 

Severus Snape’s Favourite Kinds of Weather:

 

1)      The fog

 

2)      Rainy nights (if there is the rumble of distant thunder, then even better)

 

3)      Sparkling winter days

 

4)      Crisp autumn afternoons

 

5)      Snowy days – the kind where big, fat flakes float slowly down like down.  These were only experienced at Hogwarts.

 

6)      Cool and starry summer nights

 

7)      The still before a storm

 

8)      The fresh clean smell after the rain

 

9)      The first days of Spring when the snow is just starting to melt back and brave little daffodils are starting to poke their noses through the sod.

 

10)  Golden harvest evenings.

 

Ten Brilliant Gifts Severus Snape Received:

 

1)      A new red sled from Father Christmas when he was a boy.

 

2)      A first kiss from Lily.

 

3)      His mother’s copy of  “Advanced Potions”

 

4)      A shoulder to cry on whenever it was needed – this from Regulus Black.

 

5)      A bottle of very good wine from Minerva McGonagall his first week of teaching.  They shared it over conversation.

 

6)      Tears Luna Lovegood once shed for him in his year as headmaster.

 

7)      Green eyes looking into his at the moment of his death.

 

8)      A light in the darkness.

 

9)      Hope when he thought all hope was lost.

 

10)   A second chance.

 

Ten things that stand out to Severus Snape about his Childhood and Youth:

 

1)      Other children had things he did not.

 

2)      He knew things and could do things that other children could not.

 

3)      His mother (Len) was a severely unhappy woman.

 

4)      His father (Toby or Da) was a severely unhappy man.

 

5)      He knew as a wee child to not do magic in front of Len (and had scars to remind him if he forgot).

 

6)      He knew as an older child not to do magic in front of his Da (and had scars to remind him if he forgot).

 

7)      He was a disappointment to both parents.

 

8)      If he had been around more after Toby died, instead of at Death Eater meetings with Malfoy, perhaps he could have stopped Len from slitting her wrists one night in the bath.

 

9)      Lily was a light that shone too bright and hot, and he should have known better than to ever think that something like that was for him.

 

10)  Hogwarts ended up being as much of a bloody disappointment as his home was.

 

Five things Severus Snape Loved about Teaching and Five Things He Didn’t:

 

Loved:

 

1)      The majority of his colleagues (Minerva especially)

 

2)      The truly gifted and intelligent students that made it all worth while.

 

3)      Summers off.

 

4)      Continued access to the Hogwarts Library.

 

5)      His rooms at the school (including the services of his assigned house elf)

 

Didn’t:

 

1)      Neville Longbottom

 

2)      Harry Potter

 

3)      Being denied Defense Against the Dark Arts year after bloody year.

 

4)      Dunderheads (which was the majority of the student population)

 

5)      The pay.

 

Ten Scents Severus Snape loves:

 

1)      Orange

 

2)      Gingerbread

 

3)      Autumn Leaves

 

4)      The slightly herbaceous and medicinal smell of his Potions stores

 

5)      The unique smell of his lover’s skin

 

6)      New mown grass

 

7)      The pavement after it rains

 

8)      The mustiness of old books and libraries

 

9)      Freshly brewed tea

 

10)  Freshly brewed coffee

 

 

Twenty-Five Things Severus Snape loves in a Woman (apparently ten wasn’t enough in this case):

 

1)      Intelligence

 

2)      The inside of the wrist

 

3)      Lips

 

4)      Eyes

 

5)      Hair worn down (it doesn’t have to be particularly long, just down and framing the face)

 

6)      Hands small enough to look small in his lean ones

 

7)      A really fine arse

 

8)      The nape of the neck

 

9)      Wit

 

10)  Tenderness

 

11)   Stubbornness

 

12)  Strength

 

13)  Vulnerability

 

14)  That she appreciate his brand of humor, and is able to dish it back to him with ease.

 

15)  That she permit him to protect her, or be there for her on occasion.

 

16)  That she can appreciate quiet pursuits (walking, reading, etc.), and doesn’t always have to be out in the social fray.

 

17)  Well read

 

18)  A curious mind

 

19)  A certain softness to body and soul (but not too much, as he also values strength as already mentioned).

 

20)  Maturity

 

21)  Some appreciation and/or understanding of the darker side of life.

 

22)  Empathy

 

23)  Kindness

 

24)  Punctuality

 

25)  That she be tidy is a nice bonus.

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