Alan Rickman was amazing, but he was very different from book Snape. In the movies, Snape was mostly a tough but fair teacher who had to put up with a lot of nonsense. He is mildly creepy, but he is rarely outright mean. In the books, Snape is just a bully and a jerk. We learn that he has more depth as the series goes on, but he never has the charm that Rickman brings to the role.

The new Snape shouldn’t just be a retread of Rickman. For one thing, no other actor is going to be a better Rickman than Rickman was. For another, this show is supposed to be more accurate to the books, so we should get a version of the character that is inspired by the book version instead of the movie version of the character.

Was that book version Black? I don't remember... And book accuracy's great, but I can't help but wish Book Snape was more like Movie Snape, then maybe I would like him at least a little, instead of merely being neutral about him.

Just sayinnnnnn'...

And I'm sure Adam Driver would have a unique thing to bring to the table as Snape, he is more than just a replica of Alan Rickman, he is his own person and I'm sure he would preform as such if he was casted.

Apart from the vague description of “sallow”, his skin color was never brought up in the books. But I was referring more to characterization and personality than his race.

I’m sure Driver would be competent, but I think the fan casting comes from his similarities to Rickman.

Apart from the vague description of “sallow”, his skin color was never brought up in the books. But I was referring more to characterization and personality than his race.

Sallow AND Gaunt lol

Reminds me of HL... the Slytherins there are very adorably tasty lol

I wanna hug them and help them fight stuff forever haha

I’m sure Driver would be competent, but I think the fan casting comes from his similarities to Rickman.

Ah, well, it's a shame the fans never get to choose the cast.

That would be cool for fans to vote on who gets what part lol

James will be racist

It depends on how they do the scenes. It will help if Sirius and/or Lupin is Black. They will also need to make sure that it is clear that James’ animosity doesn’t come out of nowhere, and isn’t due to Snape’s race, but is due to his obsession with the dark arts.

One question: Snape invented Levicorpus, we all know this, but... did Snape hang James upside-down and pull his pants off first? I'm genuinely curious, because if he did, that might actually explain why James went after him, but if he didn't, then it just makes no freaking sense.

(I myself cannot answer my own question with a yes nor a no because on one hand, the books never show whether or not Snape did use this spell on James first or do unspeakable tragic things to him, but on the other hand, Snape does have a history of being an obsessive possessive creep towards Lily, hunts the Marauders like a predator, and laughed at whatever Mulciber did to Mary MacDonald, so it could be possible, but I can't be sure. What would your guess be?)

What would your guess be?

One word: *In Snape's voice, mocking Snape himself* Obviously.

My guess would be that Snape had used the spell on James, but made less of a production out of it than James did. James was the more popular kid, and knew that most students would be on his side even if he flipped Snape over in front of everyone. And James could kind of argue that it was self defense, even though James obviously provoked the situation. For Snape, I would imagine that he used the spell on James in an empty corridor, or somewhere else isolated to avoid getting in trouble.

I would prefer not to speculate if either of them actually pantsed the other. James was talking about it, but its unclear if he was actually planning to follow through, or if he was just saying that to scare Snape.

It's alright if you don't want to talk about it, I mean, not many people do, but I grew up watching a lot of raw horror films and I'm used to people talking about far worse stuff (not you guys obviously bc you guys are clean, I'm talking about other people who talk graphically), but what James did to Snape, no matter how much one could argue Snape deserves to be bullied (let's pretend he did deserve it, why did James go after Lily too when she wasn't even obsessed with the Dark Arts?), public v**lation can't be excused, however, one explanation of a similar experience James could've faced could potentially explain his motives. You don't have to explain because I know you don't want to, but if someone does I'd like an answer

It’s not that I find discussing a fictional event unsettling. It’s that there really isn’t any evidence one way or the other. James talked about it, but it wasn’t clear if he actually did it.