My understanding was that Snape became a Death Eater as a way of being accepted. The bullying and whatnot at the hands of the Marauders pushed him towards the dark arts and he found an altitude for it. Thus gaining the recognition and respect of the dark lord and his posse. I would be interested in hearing what he actually did as a DE. As soon as Lilly's life was in danger he flipped at the drop of a dime. I definitely believe he was or would be on par with the trio given the opportunity. Def on the short list of my fav characters in cinematic history.
Yeah same I think he wanted to be accepted. And there is a certain similarity between the death eaters and the neo nazis in the real world so one of the motives of becoming a part of those groups is to be accepted and having a common goal. So it makes sense.
Idk on other magical talents, but I am certain that Snape’s occlumency skills are definitely on the same level as both Dumbledore & Grindelwald’s. Seeing as how Snape basically fooled Voldemort for years. never getting busted that he’s Dumbledore’s man all along.
Also, Snape was only in his 30s whereas the "powerful trio" are all beyond their 70s. Given how relatively little life experience he had in comparison it really pots his potential into perspective
"All beyond their 70s"? No. Tom Marvolo Riddle 'Lord Voldemort' was born in 1926 on December 31st. He killed James and Lily Potter on October 31st 1981 still 54 at that time... He died May 2nd 1998 at the age of 71. He also spent 13 of those years as "a dark shadow that posessed small creatures" Gellert Grindelwald was born in 1883. (no specific date given) The great duel between Albus Dumbledore and Gellert Grindelwald took place in 1945. (Also no specific date currently given) He was 62 at the time. Yes, he lived on in Nurmengard Austria until 1998 when he was 115, but was not actively trying to take over the world at the time. Snape was barely 20 when he was a deatheater and heard the prophecy. Yes, he was 38 when he died.
@@halvorson566 Meaning you have no source. Is it not time to stop this fan made about Grindelwald just because some gays and bitches are in love with Jonny Deep?
I think even if Snape could be the most powerful wizard, he would never care to actually rule over someone. That needs a lot of involvement, planing and human contact and he probably would rather stay in a nice house with a good potion laboratory only ever seeing a few people ever again.
there is chance that he fake his death. he know that voldemort will kill him and that he will use snake because wand could not kill his "real master" as a potion master he could use some potion that will fake his death and after some time heal him
Voldemort always had more raw power and was at a level Snape couldn't achieve, but his arrogance led him to ignore too many pieces of magic, such as the power of love, but also the power of occlumency. Snape understood certain intricacies of magic in a way that Voldemort couldn't and because of that, Snape could indeed have risen to a greater power.
@@headstrongbachelor3152 He may have done well in school but he definitely was arrogant and there was magic he could not achieve such as the power of love. He could not feel or understand love. Harry won overall with the power of love, love was one that harry had over Voldemort that helped him in the end.
@@Slytherinarmy He got TOP in any exam he took and he pushed the boundaries of magic no one else ever could. You Voldemort bashers are a complete joke and it annoys me that stupidity is not painful...
I think Snape would have needed to have Bellatrix and possibly Dolohov as side kicks, he's the brain Bellatrix is the inspiration or pure insanity and Dolohov the muscle plus some really evil curses. The combination may well have become unbeatable
snape did have calmness about him, but he still had some fits of mostly rage in the books that were not shown in the movie, making him look a lot more composed
When voldemort confronts snape in the Shack, he duly explains everything why he must die. Snape shows no emotions and voldemort feels it toom hence in some ways voldemort considered Snape quite strong
I think Snape COULD have become as powerful as Voldemort. He had control of his magic very young, just as Voldemort had, and later in life, he had both Voldemort and Dumbledore as examples of what he could achieve. He was one of only two wizards that could fly without a broom or other means, the other being Voldemort, and he would have learned all he could from Dumbledore as well. Also, he was a potions master, which wasn’t something that Voldemort or Dumbledore were ever shown or described to be. The only difference was that Snape was younger, and he tried to stay under the radar by not demonstrating his skill to it’s full effect. He had to rely on tact, strategy and subterfuge to achieve his most important objective: Killing Voldemort. I think that if he had left the UK, and found a place, somewhere in a far off land, and taken the time to perfect his dueling stratagems, potion craft, and increased his power through the same methods that Voldemort and Dumbledore had used, given enough time, he would at least rival them in power and technique. But that wasn’t his goal. He wanted to end Voldemort’s reign of terror, so he put his own needs second. I imagine that if he had lived, he would have been able to relax his disdain for Harry Potter, and mellow out a bit. Maybe he would have even found some happiness and closure knowing that Lily would have been grateful for his protection of her son. Who knows. To me he seems like a fairly even mix between Voldemort and Dumbledore.
nah. Snape is good, but not even close to dumbledore or voldemort. Voldemort created 2 horcruxes when he was like 17. Dumbledore had essays published about him in academic journals as a mere student. They absolutely blow snape out of the water when it comes to intellect, magical power and magical talent.
Snape was definitely one of the most powerful wizards in terms of pure skill and technique, voldermort and dumbledore definitely surpassed him in raw power and talent, but Snape being an individual that fooled voldermort into believing he was an ally, when voldermort was known to be able to see through people and know what’s in their minds and also being able to lessen dumbledores pain, as well as slow the spread of the poison dumbledore that not even he could do anything about, showcases snapes mastery of wizarding technique, and superior skill level in certain areas of magic, The movie does well to represent Snaped dueling ability , specifically defence when he dueled briefly with professor mcgonagall, where he remained strictly defensive, projected two of her attacks onto both death eaters standing behind him with precision without even looking at them, and using broomless flight to manoeuvre with angles too difficult for Mcgonagall to aim onto with her spells, sectum sempera also proved to be a nasty offensive spell in which Snape created, and seemed to have a way to reverse the effects of, when he helped Draco Malcoy recover the blood he lost back into his wounds before sealing them. Snape impresses me most as a wizard, as he was a loner and didn’t strike anybody as a special individual, yet through hard work, study, and relentless practice, reached heights that no other wizard achieved.
I thought it was Barty Crouch Jr rather than Dolohov who tortured the Longbottoms with the Lestranges. Great video! Would have been interesting to see Snape in power. If Lily was alive I wonder how far she would have gone to stop him given the opportunity.
It was jr.... I'm like a minute into the video so idk what you're talking about but it was Barty crouch jr who tortured the longbottoms with the lestranges
@@kastynm.9004 He sent four Death Eaters -- Barty Crouch Jr. and Bellatrix, Rodolphus and Rabastan Lestrange -- after another boy, the son of Alice and Frank Longbottom. While Voldemort killed Harry's parents and Lily saved her son through the power of love, the Death Eaters tortured Neville's parents with the Cruciatus Curs
I don’t think Snape ever really thought about Lily when he was fighting for Voldemort in the first war. Granted, he probably thought about it but just assumed she would be safe, and likely hoped James would die in the process. It probably wasn’t until the prophecy that the possibility of her death seriously dawned on him, and he realised what drastic action had to be taken to save her.
@@vincekelly5233 By that metric most people are terrible, because aside from lip service most people don't care that much about infants starving in real life. Which is normal. People care about their friends and family, to an extent about other people they "know". Many people wouldn't care if their bully was going to get murdered and have his child be part of that deal as well. Let's never forget that James Potter was indeed a swine.
@@CidVeldoril I most certainly not be ok with "my bully's" infant being murdered along with him. I don't think I would want to be friends with a person that would... I find it very strange that you think "most people" would be ok with it
@@vincekelly5233 I mean, I would not celebrate it, but it would be of so little importance to me as that part of the newspaper that lists the obituaries of people I have never met, or if I found out that a person on my street that I've never talked to has died. People care about people if they know them. Otherwise everyone would be in constant mourning because of the suffering in Africa.
I don’t think Snape was a highly respected death eater in the first wizarding war. He really only came into a strong position after Malfoy’s fall from grace.
He was very obviously a highly valued servant to Voldemort, as evidenced by Voldemort granting his request to try to spare Lily's life (he tells her to stand aside twice before finally killing her). Voldemort rarely if EVER did something that someone else asked him to without a price. Voldemort stood to gain nothing from granting that request other than rewarding Snape's loyalty, and keeping him happy in his ranks. This is all the evidence you need to show that Voldemort valued Snape's loyalty above almost anyone. He knew what a special person Snape was to have on your side.
He wasn't respected after the war because he had switched sides (as was vouched for by Dumbledore in a highly publicized trial). As such, the Death Eaters didn't really trust him until he killed Dumbledore.
I read your title thinking in terms of the book/movie timeline, not alternate events. The way I understood Dumbledore’s plan, being that Dumbledore also misunderstood wandlore, was that by having Snape kill him, Snape would become master of the Elder Wand. Once all the Horcruxes, including Harry were gone, Snape would have a better chance than anyone to kill Voldemort. Snape’s death was unforeseen by Dumbledore (and Snape for that matter). I think Dumbledore was as surprised as Harry to be in King’s Cross Station, and it was only then that he realized the path of the Elder Wand’s allegiance.
If they knew Snape was the master of the elder wand and could use it against Voldemort, why was it in Dumbledore’s tomb where it could be stolen by Voldemort? I need to re read the books….
Snape would've definitely been a better replacement for Voldermort than Malfoy because Snape was calm and Malfoy was always selfish. And Snape tricked Voldermort into thinking that he was still a death eater when in actually, he switched sides and worked for Dumbledore. So yeah, Snape in Malfoy out! P.s. I wonder how long it would've taken for Malfoy to have the Death Eaters all in shambles and rotting away in Azkaban?
I don’t think it’s safe to assume that all death eaters were tortures. They are simply servants of Voldemort and the reason Snape had more free range than the others speaks highly of how voldermort viewed his power. Great idea I just think it’s not as black and white as you make it seem.
I had a thought while watching Chamber of Secrets. What if Tom Riddle succeeded coming back. Would the wondering soul of voldemort still try to get its body back. Imagine the war with 2 voldemorts.
Imagine Riddlemort defeating Volde because the diary version had literally half of the original soul, thus being the biggest shard of the original being.
I'm not sure how much harm Snape was able to do during the First Wizarding War. We know he was spying Dumbledore for Voldy. We don't seem to know much more. I go back to Snape whinging about his soul when he's asked to kill Dumbledore, like it would place his soul in peril. Had Snape done a lot of evil for Voldy that wouldn't make sense unless he repented. Yet I accept your point that he didn't change a lot other than regretting his involvement in Lily's demise. So if he didn't change a lot, he couldn't have too much he'd done to imperil his soul prior to killing Dumbledore. Either he did the work to repent and heal his split soul or his soul was never torn. Clearly, he's repented (or tried to) over his role in Lily's death. My view is that he mighta been too young when Lily/James died to have done too much evil since he wouldn't have been high ranking and trusted till after he revealed the prophecy. If not, what am I missing?
My personal opinion is that it is because of the repentance process he went through (whatever that looks like in the wizarding world). Let's keep in mind that Snape created a spell on his own power and knowledge alone that would literally slash open somebody as if they were being cut open by a sword....My hunch is he did some pretty dark shit lol
@@ryanlythgoe444 Possible but he wasn't high ranking it seemed during the First Wizarding World. Maybe Rowling didn't want to making anything Snape did too explicit. But how much was he entrusted to do? If the spying part was to prove himself to Voldy, it couldn't have been too much though enough for him to need repentance of some sort.
YES but he would have become more powerful. He died at the age of 38. What if he made it to 50. Let alone 116 or 150 like Dumbledore and 71 like voldermort
In raw offensive power Voldemort is the strongest wizard in Harry Potter save for Merlin. Dumbledore is the greatest and strongest in DEFENCE. At first glance i thought Dumbledore was stronger but the more i read the books i realised that was definetly not objectively true. I perceive their duel as akin to Anakin vs Obi-Wan,Anakin is stronger and younger but he cant get past Obi-Wans defences Voldemort is canonically superior to Elder Wand wielding Gellert Grindelwald who was stated equal to Dumbledore in power but a shade less skilled. Voldemort fought on equal grounds with Dumbledore who: was wielding the Elder Wand(which while not unbeatable is definetly a significant advantage)had half a century more experience,had homefield advantage,was prepared to fight while Voldemort was taken of guard by his arrival,Voldemort spammed and relied on basically one spell. Voldemort was also so powerful without the ability to understand half the spectrum of magic(non dark),knowledge and understanding does play a role in power btw "Ofcourse he was propably the most brilliant student Hogwarts had seen"-Dumbledore about Tom Riddle "Voldemort had powers i will never have" Minerva saya its because of his morals but Albus doesnt necessarily seem to agree and its a point in the series that he isnt as pure good as he seems at first "I knew even my most powerful and complex protective magic would most likely prove to not be invisible if Voldemort were to return at full power"-Dumbledore right after fighting Voldemort "I wish i could frighten you and make you pay for your crimes but the time i could do that has long passed"-Dumbledore to Tom Riddle when the latter asked for DATA position Voldemort is treated as the big final boss throughout the series that people choose to believe in a prochecy in order for him to be defeated As for the perspective of fans,its simple,Dumbledore is the popular one while Voldemort tends to be shitted so by nature the former will be overrated and the latter will be underrated I know this isnt a popular perspective of things but it makes the story better as the villian would be more threatening.There is a good reason villians tend to have more power,its the superior choice for stakes from a writing perspective
Love your comment. The only thing I disagree with, although you did address it somewhat, is that the Elder wand will only be unbeatable ONLY IF the user is more powerful than the opposing wizard. So if I'm understanding the properties of the wand correctly, that would prove that they are either equal in power, or Dumbledore knew that only one person could defeat Voldemort, which is Harry solely because Voldemort made it so that night in Godrics Hollow. So for that reason alone I believe is why Dumbledore never tried to kill Voldemort himself.
@@ryanlythgoe444 Thanks for the positive reply,not something i was expecting. I heard Dumbledore himself apperantely said that the wand being unbeatable is a flat out myth,i havent heard what you said.What i understand is that its a significant magic amplier(if you are its master) but it doesnt guarantee victory
The duel between Voldemort and Dumbledore wasn't really on equal footing. By this time, Dumbledore had figured out that Voldemort had made multiple Horcruxes. There was no point in defeating Voldemort in that duel. His goal was to keep Voldemort there as long as possible until the aurors arrived in order to expose Voldemort's return. He was successful.
nah. Dumbledore was holding back at the ministry while voldemort was going full force. They still stalemated. And this was a 114 year old dumbledore who hasnt had a proper duel for about 50 years. Prime dumbledore is stronger than voldemort.
He wasnt near at level. Its more so he had potential to be similar to them. 38 is pretty young for a wizard to be in his magical which has nothing to do with your physical condition
Snape without a doubt had the potential but what separates wizards like Grindlewald, Dumbledore, and Voldemort was their hunger for power. Grindlewald wanted to be the leader of his envisioned new world, Young Dumbledore wanted to show off his magical ability and brilliance to the world, and Voldemort wanted to be both the undisputed greatest wizard ever and to be seen as godlike. That type of ambition trumps that of the average person
Snape was noble in his service to the greater wizarding world beyond any ambition. He had a good heart and need to do what he knew was right for all of wizarding kind, like Dumbledore. He is as selfless as Harry
Don't disagree that Snape would have led well, but disagree on his calmness to a point. Snape was given to shouting and rage, particularly when it came to sore spots like Harry or the Marauders.
On the question of whether Snape committed any crimes while in Voldemort’s service, we can examine from his time as Potions Master, after his “redemption,” that he thoroughly enjoyed humiliating and getting as close to torturing students as he possibly could; Taking points from Gryffindors for minor infractions, sneering at Hermione’s hexed buck teeth, his perpetual taunting of Neville and so on. Likely stemming from his abusive childhood, and bullying at the hands of James, Severus was addicted to power and it’s abuses as it gave him some measure of comfort and revenge to no longer feel weak or powerless. So if he had the means, motive and opportunity to either match or surpass the most horrific crimes of the Death Eaters in the first war, why should anyone doubt that? But more than that; If he had not just the protection of the Dark Lord, but the ability to gain his earned trust, why would he ever refrain from it? Snape was an immensely complicated character but the darkness within him animated much of his actions throughout his life.
Snape was cruel to Neville because if Voldemort had chosen to go after Neville rather than Harry, Lily would still be alive. To Snape, Neville was a living reminder and representation of his guilt from revealing the prophecy to Voldemort and the potential alternative for what could've happened, and as a result, from Snape's point of view, Neville embodied all of this and that made him detest and bully him.
Snape was only 38 at the time of his death. As for the prophecy concerning Harry, Voldemort found out about it through Snape, who overheard part of the prophecy being made by Sybill Trelawney. Snape only heard a portion before he was caught and thrown out, but he reported what he had heard to Voldemort. The prophecy could have referred to either Harry or Neville, as both were born at the end of July and both sets of parents had escaped Voldemort three times. However, Voldemort randomly chose to believe that Harry was the one meant by the prophecy and targeted him, thus unknowingly setting the prophecy in motion by "marking him as his equal." 😢
Great video as always! Question though. If wormtail was the one to tell Voldemort about the profecy, would Snape still have been in a position to ask Voldemort for Lillys life which ultimately was what led to the downfall?
There's a good argument he already was more powerful (or capable of more) than Voldemort. He just didn't crave power. Snape had ambition but it was confused.
He let himself be killed by Voldemort simply because he was done. After killing Dumbledore he was just living in a sort of twilight, going though the motions.
@@MrLifeissomething He wasn't totally done, he still needed to pass Dumbledores message, I wonder what his back up plan on that was, he must have had one, Snape was too smart of a man not too
Bullshit. Tom Riddle was a magical prodigy far beyond any other magical child and had from childhood a natural will to dominate. His magical prodigy and genius level of intellect was the 2 major traits that caused him to become the most powerful wizard at all time (yes he was more powerful than Dumbledore).
@@headstrongbachelor3152 Tom Riddle was born a frakking psychopath, no more no less. A human equivalent or non wizard put another way, would be John Gacey or Ted Bundy
I actually questioned if Voldemort learned some from Snape. If you remember they mention that when Snape started school he knew more curses and dark magic than most (I think it was 3rd years?) combined and that was when he was STARTING school at Hogwarts. So he had this knowledge prior to even starting Hogwarts. It is hinted at that Voldemort had quite a bit of respect for Snape. He tried to spare Lily based on Snapes request alone this was with her being a mudblood. Among other things
One question I have, not sure if it's been covered, is this: the professors at howgarts, seen through the movies, were they ever married and have families? Macgonnagal, hagrid, Dumbledore and others.
I think the really really telling part is that Karakroff, a headmaster in his own right, flees hogwarts when he thinks snape is after him. Snape was the only death eater that could keep the others in line, even the more eccentric ones like bellatrix, except voldemort.
Alice and Frank Longbottom were the parents of Neville Longbottom. They were both Aurors and members of the original Order of the Phoenix during the First Wizarding War before they were tortured to insanity by Bellatrix, Rodolphus and Rabastan Lestrange, and Bartemius Crouch Jr.
What i don't understand is right before the battle of Hogwarts. Why Snape went back to Voldemort. Snape could have fought off McGonagall and gained control of the situation. Then taken her and Potter to the pensieve to show them what happened and why. Or even could have done that with McGonagall sometime before that. That way McGonagall could have gotten Harry and took him to see Snapes memories too. Snape would have been very beneficial to Harry and everyone on that side. Plus I would have liked to see Snape in a good dual.
Theory. Did Sirius black blame Snape for James Potters death and was he planning to kill him after peter petigrew? What if he succeeded in killing him?
I think if Snape met Lilly in a confrontation. If it was just him and another deatheater. Snape would have probably killed the deatheater to protect her. Then tell Voldemort that the other deatheater was killed by someone from the order of the Phoenix. And sooner or later Snape would have had to choose to ether protect Lilly or stay a deatheater.
Lord Voldemort could solo the entire Potter verse effortlessly except Albus Dumbledore.Severus Snape surpassed the Dark Lord in some areas such as occlumency and potions, however this is also true for other characters.For example, Filius Flitwick is better at charms than Dumbledore and a dueling champion, however Dumbledore would still stomp him.Anything Snape can do Voldemort can do better, faster, and with fewer witnesses.
@@newhybrid101 Yet still the only person voldemort feared. Even up to his death with his powers diminished and his wand hand reduced to withered charred death.
I always thought Snape was considered one of the best duelists in harry potter he just didn't have the same raw power as some of the top characters, but like you said given the inside knowledge he had on voldemort its very possible he could have gotten the upper hand if it wasn't for the proficy and horcruxes
Yeah, but James didn’t know about the prophecy. The only one so knew it’s full content was Dumbledore. He told no one. Snape overheard only part of it.
Still, I do not think that either Voldemort, Dumbledore, or Grindelwald, would match up to the Ancient Wizards that used wandless magic. The generations that got accustomed to wands became too laid-back, instead of trying to understand how magic truly works as a form of energy, instead they would know X words give X spell, after you practiced it a lot. Ancient Wizards had poweful magic that could reflect killing spells, put a protection in exchange for a selfless sacrifice, evil ones such as Herpo were the original creators of the Horcrux, and also of powerful creatures such as the basilisk, who could kill you with their glance only. The Patronus spell is also likely ancient.
I don't think that James could relay more than what shape over heard because I don't think Dumbledore relayed more of the proficey that what shape already relayed that's why voldemort wanted to hear the whole proficey secrets and lies in the book about Dumbledore.
I think this is correct. Voldemort was in his 70s. Snape was only in his late 30s. He certainly was a magical genius on the same level as the two greats were. Someone here said he wasn't smart enough to see Dumbledore manipulating him... that has nothing to do with magic, more of a people skill issue. He's socially inept, we know that one.
“Power” in the HP universe in unironically knowledge and one’s willingness to use it. It’s not just about knowing spells. Are you willing to use even dark magic? If I use the killing cures on you it’s over. Voldemort’s “power” isn’t his killing curse will kill you even harder lol, that’s not how magic works in the series. He’s powerful because he will not hesitate to use it. Severus isn’t powerful because his Leviosa can lift more weight than yours can, that’s not how magic works. He’s powerful because he’s invented his one attack spells and there remedy.
I think Severus, was indeed to ever come close, to these 3 monsters (in terms of power not personality). No one was match for him in combat, in the Deathly Hallows book, unlike the movie, Minerva was struggling to fight him, and even when it was 4 (Minerva, Horace, Flitwick and Sprout) against him, it wasn't enough. They did their best, and he didn't even break a sweat, fighting them but in secret keeping them safe. He flew away because he wanted to show loyalty to Voldemort, playing like he is until the last moment. But what I wanted in the book, is that he will fight Voldemort and Nagini. I mean, if I was a warrior like him, and I knew for sure that I'm going to die, I would give all out for one last ride. Even if he would Avada Kedavra Voldemort, it would be just a temporarily delay, as Voldemort still had active Horcruxes. The moment he was unreadable for Voldemort, Voldemort should have used his intelligence, to realize something is wrong, long before the battle of hogwarts.
Snape couldn't fight back against Voldemort because it would have tipped him off that Snape was truly part of the Order and working for Dumbledore. They needed Voldemort to believe that he was winning and everything was going according to his plan to give Harry the best chance at defeating him. Snape wasn't unreadable to Voldemort. He just hid some things. He would have had to let Voldemort read him a little otherwise it would have made him suspicious that he was hiding something.
Kind of true. Although here's the thing, Voldemort was an exceptional student but what puts him above everyone else was his thirst for power, his obsession with being special, above everyone. He wanted to be The God. Snape, from the beginning wanted a regular life. He had emotions, feelings, and he'd have been happy if he had a normal life. Abused at home, mocked at school, dark arts were a way to defend himself. His love for lily remained his grace. It was strong enough to save him from any follies Voldemort committed. Now, whether it's Hermione, snape, Dumbledore, Grindelwald, tom riddle... They're all brilliant but you need to crave power if you want to be powerful. Snape didn't want power at the end. He wanted a happy life. So, I guess the answer lies somewhere in between. Or maybe no. Not because of capabilities but because he didn't have the intention.
He wanted Lily to be his wife. He wanted a happy home and a family that he never had growing up. His greatest regret was never telling Lily how he felt. Then when it all fell apart because James embarrassed him in front of Lily, it was to late.
I disagree that Snape ONLY wanted a normal life. Slitheryn is about ambition and self directive. At a point he named himself the half-blood prince. No, he never had the God complex Voldemort does. But, he definitely new he was special; and he certainly had the notion for greatness.
Personally for me Snape would be behind Voldermort (2nd) and Dumbledore (1st) I don’t feel like Grindelwald was as powerful…Voldemort Dumbledore and Grindelwald all had the Elder wand just imagine what Snape could of achieved with it at a relatively young age
LMAO Grindelwald is a nobody compared to Dumbledore and Voldemort magic power wise,only the elder wand had him on par with Albus and they were only only comparable in their youth,in their primes Albus was clearly better
Voldemort (in his prime), the most accomplished and powerful legilimens the Wizarding World has ever seen, confronted an aged Grindelwald who was rotting in jail for at least 5 decades without being able to perform any magic only for Gellert to laugh scornfully and resist Tom's legilimency. I'd say Grindelwald in his prime stomps Voldemort.
No Snape would not have become more powerful than Voldemort. Magical power is not even a thing in HP, magical knowledge is. The reason Voldemort and Dumbledore became great wizards is because they were interested in studying and experimenting with magic. There is very little canonical evidence Snape was interested in that sort of thing.
I do think Snape killed at least once and split his soul but never had a horcruxe. Later in life, I think he felt true remorse and his soul was healed before he died.
@@martiankaram9026 But he killed Dumbledore. Dumbledore's death being planned doesn't change the fact that Snape killed Dumbledore either. And I saw what she said, she implied Snape didnt kill anyone, it doesnt outright say it even though I also believe he didnt kill anyone but Dumbledore. And the books suggest so as well. Snape questions the damages it would inflict on his soul to killing Dumbledore, meaning his soul is not ripped yet.
I don't think Snape would have had the authority to keep the Deatheaters under control after Voldemorts downfall. He was respected, but only one among several members of the leading elite. People like Bellatrix, Malfoy or Barty Crouch Jr. would never have taken orders from him. Especially Bellatrix, considering how fanatic she was. Having a good strategy is one thing, but you have to have authority and a strong position as a leader for it to matter.
I think you have a point with Bellatrix, but Snape is likely more than capable of killing her off, and if he does, the other death eaters would quickly fall in line
@@HarryPotterFolklore I know that feeling all too well. Also, I agree that Snape is in the top-5 most powerful wizards, and probably number 3 or 4 behind Voldemort, Dumbledore, Grindelwald. But I think he's about tied for 4th place with Molly.
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snape is a brilliantly written character
My understanding was that Snape became a Death Eater as a way of being accepted. The bullying and whatnot at the hands of the Marauders pushed him towards the dark arts and he found an altitude for it. Thus gaining the recognition and respect of the dark lord and his posse. I would be interested in hearing what he actually did as a DE. As soon as Lilly's life was in danger he flipped at the drop of a dime. I definitely believe he was or would be on par with the trio given the opportunity. Def on the short list of my fav characters in cinematic history.
Yeah same I think he wanted to be accepted.
And there is a certain similarity between the death eaters and the neo nazis in the real world so one of the motives of becoming a part of those groups is to be accepted and having a common goal. So it makes sense.
Idk on other magical talents, but I am certain that Snape’s occlumency skills are definitely on the same level as both Dumbledore & Grindelwald’s. Seeing as how Snape basically fooled Voldemort for years. never getting busted that he’s Dumbledore’s man all along.
he did get busted voldemort killed him did he not?
Snape was probably the greatest occlumence in history
Also, Snape was only in his 30s whereas the "powerful trio" are all beyond their 70s. Given how relatively little life experience he had in comparison it really pots his potential into perspective
"All beyond their 70s"?
No.
Tom Marvolo Riddle 'Lord Voldemort' was born in 1926 on December 31st.
He killed James and Lily Potter on October 31st 1981 still 54 at that time...
He died May 2nd 1998 at the age of 71.
He also spent 13 of those years as "a dark shadow that posessed small creatures"
Gellert Grindelwald was born in 1883. (no specific date given)
The great duel between Albus Dumbledore and Gellert Grindelwald took place in 1945. (Also no specific date currently given)
He was 62 at the time.
Yes, he lived on in Nurmengard Austria until 1998 when he was 115, but was not actively trying to take over the world at the time.
Snape was barely 20 when he was a deatheater and heard the prophecy.
Yes, he was 38 when he died.
@@armegeddonschildren In the duel of 1945 we now know the date it took place was November 2nd.
@@MasterOfTheElements What is your source for that?
@@headstrongbachelor3152 bing!
@@halvorson566 Meaning you have no source. Is it not time to stop this fan made about Grindelwald just because some gays and bitches are in love with Jonny Deep?
Snape is my favourite character in HP, and he's so complex compared to the other characters that are only good or bad.
I think even if Snape could be the most powerful wizard, he would never care to actually rule over someone. That needs a lot of involvement, planing and human contact and he probably would rather stay in a nice house with a good potion laboratory only ever seeing a few people ever again.
there is chance that he fake his death.
he know that voldemort will kill him and that he will use snake because wand could not kill his "real master" as a potion master he could use some potion that will fake his death and after some time heal him
Voldemort always had more raw power and was at a level Snape couldn't achieve, but his arrogance led him to ignore too many pieces of magic, such as the power of love, but also the power of occlumency. Snape understood certain intricacies of magic in a way that Voldemort couldn't and because of that, Snape could indeed have risen to a greater power.
Voldemort did not ignored any species of magic. Tom Riddle got top in any exam he took!
@@headstrongbachelor3152 He may have done well in school but he definitely was arrogant and there was magic he could not achieve such as the power of love. He could not feel or understand love. Harry won overall with the power of love, love was one that harry had over Voldemort that helped him in the end.
@@Slytherinarmy He got TOP in any exam he took and he pushed the boundaries of magic no one else ever could. You Voldemort bashers are a complete joke and it annoys me that stupidity is not painful...
@@headstrongbachelor3152 pathetic
@@headstrongbachelor3152 He also ignored the power of house-elf, even ignored all facts about twin cores, accidentally horcrux
I think Snape would have needed to have Bellatrix and possibly Dolohov as side kicks, he's the brain Bellatrix is the inspiration or pure insanity and Dolohov the muscle plus some really evil curses. The combination may well have become unbeatable
snape did have calmness about him, but he still had some fits of mostly rage in the books that were not shown in the movie, making him look a lot more composed
When voldemort confronts snape in the Shack, he duly explains everything why he must die. Snape shows no emotions and voldemort feels it toom hence in some ways voldemort considered Snape quite strong
At the same age and with the same education Snape could have been much more powerful. He already knew things Voldemort did not when he was only 30.
I think Snape COULD have become as powerful as Voldemort. He had control of his magic very young, just as Voldemort had, and later in life, he had both Voldemort and Dumbledore as examples of what he could achieve. He was one of only two wizards that could fly without a broom or other means, the other being Voldemort, and he would have learned all he could from Dumbledore as well. Also, he was a potions master, which wasn’t something that Voldemort or Dumbledore were ever shown or described to be. The only difference was that Snape was younger, and he tried to stay under the radar by not demonstrating his skill to it’s full effect. He had to rely on tact, strategy and subterfuge to achieve his most important objective: Killing Voldemort. I think that if he had left the UK, and found a place, somewhere in a far off land, and taken the time to perfect his dueling stratagems, potion craft, and increased his power through the same methods that Voldemort and Dumbledore had used, given enough time, he would at least rival them in power and technique. But that wasn’t his goal. He wanted to end Voldemort’s reign of terror, so he put his own needs second. I imagine that if he had lived, he would have been able to relax his disdain for Harry Potter, and mellow out a bit. Maybe he would have even found some happiness and closure knowing that Lily would have been grateful for his protection of her son. Who knows. To me he seems like a fairly even mix between Voldemort and Dumbledore.
nah. Snape is good, but not even close to dumbledore or voldemort. Voldemort created 2 horcruxes when he was like 17. Dumbledore had essays published about him in academic journals as a mere student. They absolutely blow snape out of the water when it comes to intellect, magical power and magical talent.
It was Voldemort who taught Snape to fly without broom as it was his invention.
@@SouthpawsRule217 Snape is brilliant but not a prodigy. He is probably one of the strongest wizard after Dumbledore and Voldemort
Theres something about potions, that just screams "don't mess with me" like other magic doesn't. if you can just boost your stats with consumables....
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I agree with this. I put him more in Bellatrix’s, McGonagall’s tier etc.
Snape was definitely one of the most powerful wizards in terms of pure skill and technique, voldermort and dumbledore definitely surpassed him in raw power and talent, but Snape being an individual that fooled voldermort into believing he was an ally, when voldermort was known to be able to see through people and know what’s in their minds and also being able to lessen dumbledores pain, as well as slow the spread of the poison dumbledore that not even he could do anything about, showcases snapes mastery of wizarding technique, and superior skill level in certain areas of magic, The movie does well to represent Snaped dueling ability , specifically defence when he dueled briefly with professor mcgonagall, where he remained strictly defensive, projected two of her attacks onto both death eaters standing behind him with precision without even looking at them, and using broomless flight to manoeuvre with angles too difficult for Mcgonagall to aim onto with her spells, sectum sempera also proved to be a nasty offensive spell in which Snape created, and seemed to have a way to reverse the effects of, when he helped Draco Malcoy recover the blood he lost back into his wounds before sealing them.
Snape impresses me most as a wizard, as he was a loner and didn’t strike anybody as a special individual, yet through hard work, study, and relentless practice, reached heights that no other wizard achieved.
I thought it was Barty Crouch Jr rather than Dolohov who tortured the Longbottoms with the Lestranges. Great video! Would have been interesting to see Snape in power. If Lily was alive I wonder how far she would have gone to stop him given the opportunity.
Jr. denied having anything to do with the death eaters. And begged for his freedom.
It was jr.... I'm like a minute into the video so idk what you're talking about but it was Barty crouch jr who tortured the longbottoms with the lestranges
@@kastynm.9004 He sent four Death Eaters -- Barty Crouch Jr. and Bellatrix, Rodolphus and Rabastan Lestrange -- after another boy, the son of Alice and Frank Longbottom. While Voldemort killed Harry's parents and Lily saved her son through the power of love, the Death Eaters tortured Neville's parents with the Cruciatus Curs
I don’t think Snape ever really thought about Lily when he was fighting for Voldemort in the first war.
Granted, he probably thought about it but just assumed she would be safe, and likely hoped James would die in the process. It probably wasn’t until the prophecy that the possibility of her death seriously dawned on him, and he realised what drastic action had to be taken to save her.
He was o obviously a very terrible person. He was fine with an infant being killed...
@@vincekelly5233 By that metric most people are terrible, because aside from lip service most people don't care that much about infants starving in real life. Which is normal. People care about their friends and family, to an extent about other people they "know". Many people wouldn't care if their bully was going to get murdered and have his child be part of that deal as well. Let's never forget that James Potter was indeed a swine.
@@CidVeldoril I most certainly not be ok with "my bully's" infant being murdered along with him. I don't think I would want to be friends with a person that would... I find it very strange that you think "most people" would be ok with it
@@vincekelly5233 I mean, I would not celebrate it, but it would be of so little importance to me as that part of the newspaper that lists the obituaries of people I have never met, or if I found out that a person on my street that I've never talked to has died. People care about people if they know them. Otherwise everyone would be in constant mourning because of the suffering in Africa.
Snape was one of my favorite characters in the story besides the trio.
I don’t think Snape was a highly respected death eater in the first wizarding war. He really only came into a strong position after Malfoy’s fall from grace.
He was very obviously a highly valued servant to Voldemort, as evidenced by Voldemort granting his request to try to spare Lily's life (he tells her to stand aside twice before finally killing her). Voldemort rarely if EVER did something that someone else asked him to without a price. Voldemort stood to gain nothing from granting that request other than rewarding Snape's loyalty, and keeping him happy in his ranks. This is all the evidence you need to show that Voldemort valued Snape's loyalty above almost anyone. He knew what a special person Snape was to have on your side.
He wasn't respected after the war because he had switched sides (as was vouched for by Dumbledore in a highly publicized trial). As such, the Death Eaters didn't really trust him until he killed Dumbledore.
I read your title thinking in terms of the book/movie timeline, not alternate events. The way I understood Dumbledore’s plan, being that Dumbledore also misunderstood wandlore, was that by having Snape kill him, Snape would become master of the Elder Wand. Once all the Horcruxes, including Harry were gone, Snape would have a better chance than anyone to kill Voldemort. Snape’s death was unforeseen by Dumbledore (and Snape for that matter). I think Dumbledore was as surprised as Harry to be in King’s Cross Station, and it was only then that he realized the path of the Elder Wand’s allegiance.
If they knew Snape was the master of the elder wand and could use it against Voldemort, why was it in Dumbledore’s tomb where it could be stolen by Voldemort? I need to re read the books….
I got a what if video, "what if HARRY POTTER killed DRACO in the bathroom"
Snape would've definitely been a better replacement for Voldermort than Malfoy because Snape was calm and Malfoy was always selfish. And Snape tricked Voldermort into thinking that he was still a death eater when in actually, he switched sides and worked for Dumbledore. So yeah, Snape in Malfoy out! P.s. I wonder how long it would've taken for Malfoy to have the Death Eaters all in shambles and rotting away in Azkaban?
7:30 How did Death Eaters like Bellatrix and her crew react to an infant Harry being responsible for Voldemort's defeat and disappearance?
I don’t think it’s safe to assume that all death eaters were tortures. They are simply servants of Voldemort and the reason Snape had more free range than the others speaks highly of how voldermort viewed his power.
Great idea I just think it’s not as black and white as you make it seem.
I had a thought while watching Chamber of Secrets. What if Tom Riddle succeeded coming back. Would the wondering soul of voldemort still try to get its body back. Imagine the war with 2 voldemorts.
Or they could have just come together...
Imagine Riddlemort defeating Volde because the diary version had literally half of the original soul, thus being the biggest shard of the original being.
I have no doubt Snape killed and tortured people, just look how he was with children when working for Dumbledore.
I'm not sure how much harm Snape was able to do during the First Wizarding War. We know he was spying Dumbledore for Voldy. We don't seem to know much more. I go back to Snape whinging about his soul when he's asked to kill Dumbledore, like it would place his soul in peril. Had Snape done a lot of evil for Voldy that wouldn't make sense unless he repented. Yet I accept your point that he didn't change a lot other than regretting his involvement in Lily's demise. So if he didn't change a lot, he couldn't have too much he'd done to imperil his soul prior to killing Dumbledore.
Either he did the work to repent and heal his split soul or his soul was never torn. Clearly, he's repented (or tried to) over his role in Lily's death. My view is that he mighta been too young when Lily/James died to have done too much evil since he wouldn't have been high ranking and trusted till after he revealed the prophecy.
If not, what am I missing?
My personal opinion is that it is because of the repentance process he went through (whatever that looks like in the wizarding world). Let's keep in mind that Snape created a spell on his own power and knowledge alone that would literally slash open somebody as if they were being cut open by a sword....My hunch is he did some pretty dark shit lol
@@ryanlythgoe444 Possible but he wasn't high ranking it seemed during the First Wizarding World. Maybe Rowling didn't want to making anything Snape did too explicit. But how much was he entrusted to do? If the spying part was to prove himself to Voldy, it couldn't have been too much though enough for him to need repentance of some sort.
Snape was just as powerful as Grindelwald 💙 they’re so much alike in power and personality
YES but he would have become more powerful. He died at the age of 38. What if he made it to 50. Let alone 116 or 150 like Dumbledore and 71 like voldermort
In raw offensive power Voldemort is the strongest wizard in Harry Potter save for Merlin.
Dumbledore is the greatest and strongest in DEFENCE.
At first glance i thought Dumbledore was stronger but the more i read the books i realised that was definetly not objectively true.
I perceive their duel as akin to Anakin vs Obi-Wan,Anakin is stronger and younger but he cant get past Obi-Wans defences
Voldemort is canonically superior to Elder Wand wielding Gellert Grindelwald who was stated equal to Dumbledore in power but a shade less skilled.
Voldemort fought on equal grounds with Dumbledore who: was wielding the Elder Wand(which while not unbeatable is definetly a significant advantage)had half a century more experience,had homefield advantage,was prepared to fight while Voldemort was taken of guard by his arrival,Voldemort spammed and relied on basically one spell.
Voldemort was also so powerful without the ability to understand half the spectrum of magic(non dark),knowledge and understanding does play a role in power btw
"Ofcourse he was propably the most brilliant student Hogwarts had seen"-Dumbledore about Tom Riddle
"Voldemort had powers i will never have"
Minerva saya its because of his morals but Albus doesnt necessarily seem to agree and its a point in the series that he isnt as pure good as he seems at first
"I knew even my most powerful and complex protective magic would most likely prove to not be invisible if Voldemort were to return at full power"-Dumbledore right after fighting Voldemort
"I wish i could frighten you and make you pay for your crimes but the time i could do that has long passed"-Dumbledore to Tom Riddle when the latter asked for DATA position
Voldemort is treated as the big final boss throughout the series that people choose to believe in a prochecy in order for him to be defeated
As for the perspective of fans,its simple,Dumbledore is the popular one while Voldemort tends to be shitted so by nature the former will be overrated and the latter will be underrated
I know this isnt a popular perspective of things but it makes the story better as the villian would be more threatening.There is a good reason villians tend to have more power,its the superior choice for stakes from a writing perspective
Love your comment. The only thing I disagree with, although you did address it somewhat, is that the Elder wand will only be unbeatable ONLY IF the user is more powerful than the opposing wizard. So if I'm understanding the properties of the wand correctly, that would prove that they are either equal in power, or Dumbledore knew that only one person could defeat Voldemort, which is Harry solely because Voldemort made it so that night in Godrics Hollow. So for that reason alone I believe is why Dumbledore never tried to kill Voldemort himself.
@@ryanlythgoe444 Thanks for the positive reply,not something i was expecting.
I heard Dumbledore himself apperantely said that the wand being unbeatable is a flat out myth,i havent heard what you said.What i understand is that its a significant magic amplier(if you are its master) but it doesnt guarantee victory
The duel between Voldemort and Dumbledore wasn't really on equal footing. By this time, Dumbledore had figured out that Voldemort had made multiple Horcruxes. There was no point in defeating Voldemort in that duel. His goal was to keep Voldemort there as long as possible until the aurors arrived in order to expose Voldemort's return. He was successful.
nah. Dumbledore was holding back at the ministry while voldemort was going full force. They still stalemated. And this was a 114 year old dumbledore who hasnt had a proper duel for about 50 years. Prime dumbledore is stronger than voldemort.
Snape was on the same level as dumbledore, voldemort and grindelwald, Snape is the low key over powered character in HP.
He wasnt near at level.
Its more so he had potential to be similar to them.
38 is pretty young for a wizard to be in his magical which has nothing to do with your physical condition
Snape without a doubt had the potential but what separates wizards like Grindlewald, Dumbledore, and Voldemort was their hunger for power. Grindlewald wanted to be the leader of his envisioned new world, Young Dumbledore wanted to show off his magical ability and brilliance to the world, and Voldemort wanted to be both the undisputed greatest wizard ever and to be seen as godlike. That type of ambition trumps that of the average person
Snape was noble in his service to the greater wizarding world beyond any ambition. He had a good heart and need to do what he knew was right for all of wizarding kind, like Dumbledore. He is as selfless as Harry
Don't disagree that Snape would have led well, but disagree on his calmness to a point. Snape was given to shouting and rage, particularly when it came to sore spots like Harry or the Marauders.
On the question of whether Snape committed any crimes while in Voldemort’s service, we can examine from his time as Potions Master, after his “redemption,” that he thoroughly enjoyed humiliating and getting as close to torturing students as he possibly could; Taking points from Gryffindors for minor infractions, sneering at Hermione’s hexed buck teeth, his perpetual taunting of Neville and so on.
Likely stemming from his abusive childhood, and bullying at the hands of James, Severus was addicted to power and it’s abuses as it gave him some measure of comfort and revenge to no longer feel weak or powerless.
So if he had the means, motive and opportunity to either match or surpass the most horrific crimes of the Death Eaters in the first war, why should anyone doubt that? But more than that; If he had not just the protection of the Dark Lord, but the ability to gain his earned trust, why would he ever refrain from it?
Snape was an immensely complicated character but the darkness within him animated much of his actions throughout his life.
Snape was cruel to Neville because if Voldemort had chosen to go after Neville rather than Harry, Lily would still be alive.
To Snape, Neville was a living reminder and representation of his guilt from revealing the prophecy to Voldemort and the potential alternative for what could've happened, and as a result, from Snape's point of view, Neville embodied all of this and that made him detest and bully him.
0;05 i dont watch the name of the video, i just see ur logo and allready know its worth watching:D
Great video as always but may I suggest different background music and/or turning it down a bit? It was quite difficult to concentrate because of it.
Snape could of been more powerful he understood dark magic and most important love something Voldemort never understood
Correction it was Barty Crouch Jr who helped the Lestranges tortured the Longbottoms not Antonin Dolohov
Let's not forget Aberforth the other Dumbledore he should definitely be in the conversation about the Powerfuless Wizards Very Underrated
I feel like I have a life similar to Snape. Lonely, isolated, having to keep my true loyalties in the dark, being a double agent.
Antifa?
Yeah same here also a double agent.
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7:44 Rather than Dolohov, Barty Crouch Jr. was actually the fourth Death Eater involved in the torture of Neville’s with the Cruciatus Curse.
Snape was only 38 at the time of his death.
As for the prophecy concerning Harry, Voldemort found out about it through Snape, who overheard part of the prophecy being made by Sybill Trelawney. Snape only heard a portion before he was caught and thrown out, but he reported what he had heard to Voldemort. The prophecy could have referred to either Harry or Neville, as both were born at the end of July and both sets of parents had escaped Voldemort three times. However, Voldemort randomly chose to believe that Harry was the one meant by the prophecy and targeted him, thus unknowingly setting the prophecy in motion by "marking him as his equal." 😢
Barty Crouch Jr was with Bellatrix, her Husband, and her brother-in-law when the Longbottoms where tortured.
Great video as always! Question though. If wormtail was the one to tell Voldemort about the profecy, would Snape still have been in a position to ask Voldemort for Lillys life which ultimately was what led to the downfall?
I couldn't agree more with Dean
I thought the same... ALWAYS
You need to do a fanfiction video on this through talk of the movies as Snape being the best dark lord!
There's a good argument he already was more powerful (or capable of more) than Voldemort. He just didn't crave power. Snape had ambition but it was confused.
He let himself be killed by Voldemort simply because he was done. After killing Dumbledore he was just living in a sort of twilight, going though the motions.
@@MrLifeissomething He wasn't totally done, he still needed to pass Dumbledores message, I wonder what his back up plan on that was, he must have had one, Snape was too smart of a man not too
Bullshit. Tom Riddle was a magical prodigy far beyond any other magical child and had from childhood a natural will to dominate. His magical prodigy and genius level of intellect was the 2 major traits that caused him to become the most powerful wizard at all time (yes he was more powerful than Dumbledore).
@@headstrongbachelor3152 Tom Riddle was born a frakking psychopath, no more no less. A human equivalent or non wizard put another way, would be John Gacey or Ted Bundy
@@callmeishmael2415 Keep your pipe dreams...
I actually questioned if Voldemort learned some from Snape. If you remember they mention that when Snape started school he knew more curses and dark magic than most (I think it was 3rd years?) combined and that was when he was STARTING school at Hogwarts. So he had this knowledge prior to even starting Hogwarts.
It is hinted at that Voldemort had quite a bit of respect for Snape. He tried to spare Lily based on Snapes request alone this was with her being a mudblood. Among other things
One question I have, not sure if it's been covered, is this: the professors at howgarts, seen through the movies, were they ever married and have families? Macgonnagal, hagrid, Dumbledore and others.
Unfortunately, Dean and Morgan (from MovieFlame) has done a collab video covering all the professors at Hogwarts.
Your voice level is too low please raise it higher when making videos love the content
I think the really really telling part is that Karakroff, a headmaster in his own right, flees hogwarts when he thinks snape is after him. Snape was the only death eater that could keep the others in line, even the more eccentric ones like bellatrix, except voldemort.
I think you might be wrong about the 4 deatheaters who tortured the Longbottoms. I think you said Dolohov instead of Barty Crouch Jr.
Alice and Frank Longbottom were the parents of Neville Longbottom. They were both Aurors and members of the original Order of the Phoenix during the First Wizarding War before they were tortured to insanity by Bellatrix, Rodolphus and Rabastan Lestrange, and Bartemius Crouch Jr.
Can you do a video on how did albus knew that snap was a death eater???
TBH, Dudley Dursley would've probably been a better leader of Deatheaters than Lucius I Failed Every Task Malfoy.
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What would have happened to the Malfoys had Voldemort won the battle of Hogwarts? Were they preparing to go into hiding after leaving the battle ?🤔
There are many different people in an organization. All the people don't have the same duties or preform the same actions.
Voldemort when having all three hallows :
Dududududududududududududududuh! I wanna be the very best! No one ever was!
What i don't understand is right before the battle of Hogwarts. Why Snape went back to Voldemort. Snape could have fought off McGonagall and gained control of the situation. Then taken her and Potter to the pensieve to show them what happened and why. Or even could have done that with McGonagall sometime before that. That way McGonagall could have gotten Harry and took him to see Snapes memories too. Snape would have been very beneficial to Harry and everyone on that side. Plus I would have liked to see Snape in a good dual.
Theory. Did Sirius black blame Snape for James Potters death and was he planning to kill him after peter petigrew? What if he succeeded in killing him?
yes so is it!
I think if Snape met Lilly in a confrontation. If it was just him and another deatheater. Snape would have probably killed the deatheater to protect her. Then tell Voldemort that the other deatheater was killed by someone from the order of the Phoenix. And sooner or later Snape would have had to choose to ether protect Lilly or stay a deatheater.
It was the lestranges and BARTY COUCH JR that attacked the longbottoms
Snapeheads: I'm not a Snapehead!
Also Snapeheads:
Imagine snape dodging killing curses by flying, and shooting out his own. I wish they dueled in 7th book
Snape didn't give a rats ass. But thats probably what he wanted us to think.
Lord Voldemort could solo the entire Potter verse effortlessly except Albus Dumbledore.Severus Snape surpassed the Dark Lord in some areas such as occlumency and potions, however this is also true for other characters.For example, Filius Flitwick is better at charms than Dumbledore and a dueling champion, however Dumbledore would still stomp him.Anything Snape can do Voldemort can do better, faster, and with fewer witnesses.
Dumbledore is overrated
@@newhybrid101 anything to support your argument?
@@newhybrid101 Yet still the only person voldemort feared. Even up to his death with his powers diminished and his wand hand reduced to withered charred death.
Nah...it is not true. Tom won't last in front of Gellert. He can't kill him but he could still immobilize him or knock him out or disarm him.
if he could then how did he fail while putting effort in
You couldn't get a better actor for Snape
Book Snape was a lot less calm than the movie Snape. Book Snape yelled a lot more & was generally more twitchy imo.
I always thought Snape was considered one of the best duelists in harry potter he just didn't have the same raw power as some of the top characters, but like you said given the inside knowledge he had on voldemort its very possible he could have gotten the upper hand if it wasn't for the proficy and horcruxes
Wait...yeah, those four DID torture the Longbottoms. But what about Barty Crouch Jr.?
Yeah, but James didn’t know about the prophecy. The only one so knew it’s full content was Dumbledore. He told no one. Snape overheard only part of it.
Still, I do not think that either Voldemort, Dumbledore, or Grindelwald, would match up to the Ancient Wizards that used wandless magic.
The generations that got accustomed to wands became too laid-back, instead of trying to understand how magic truly works as a form of energy, instead they would know X words give X spell, after you practiced it a lot.
Ancient Wizards had poweful magic that could reflect killing spells, put a protection in exchange for a selfless sacrifice, evil ones such as Herpo were the original creators of the Horcrux, and also of powerful creatures such as the basilisk, who could kill you with their glance only. The Patronus spell is also likely ancient.
What if Voldemort got the dementors kiss
I like the way you think. Honestly a very fascinating question. I'd love to see a video made on that
I don't think that James could relay more than what shape over heard because I don't think Dumbledore relayed more of the proficey that what shape already relayed that's why voldemort wanted to hear the whole proficey secrets and lies in the book about Dumbledore.
I think this is correct. Voldemort was in his 70s. Snape was only in his late 30s. He certainly was a magical genius on the same level as the two greats were. Someone here said he wasn't smart enough to see Dumbledore manipulating him... that has nothing to do with magic, more of a people skill issue. He's socially inept, we know that one.
“Power” in the HP universe in unironically knowledge and one’s willingness to use it. It’s not just about knowing spells. Are you willing to use even dark magic? If I use the killing cures on you it’s over. Voldemort’s “power” isn’t his killing curse will kill you even harder lol, that’s not how magic works in the series. He’s powerful because he will not hesitate to use it. Severus isn’t powerful because his Leviosa can lift more weight than yours can, that’s not how magic works. He’s powerful because he’s invented his one attack spells and there remedy.
I think Severus, was indeed to ever come close, to these 3 monsters (in terms of power not personality). No one was match for him in combat, in the Deathly Hallows book, unlike the movie, Minerva was struggling to fight him, and even when it was 4 (Minerva, Horace, Flitwick and Sprout) against him, it wasn't enough. They did their best, and he didn't even break a sweat, fighting them but in secret keeping them safe. He flew away because he wanted to show loyalty to Voldemort, playing like he is until the last moment. But what I wanted in the book, is that he will fight Voldemort and Nagini. I mean, if I was a warrior like him, and I knew for sure that I'm going to die, I would give all out for one last ride. Even if he would Avada Kedavra Voldemort, it would be just a temporarily delay, as Voldemort still had active Horcruxes. The moment he was unreadable for Voldemort, Voldemort should have used his intelligence, to realize something is wrong, long before the battle of hogwarts.
Snape couldn't fight back against Voldemort because it would have tipped him off that Snape was truly part of the Order and working for Dumbledore. They needed Voldemort to believe that he was winning and everything was going according to his plan to give Harry the best chance at defeating him.
Snape wasn't unreadable to Voldemort. He just hid some things. He would have had to let Voldemort read him a little otherwise it would have made him suspicious that he was hiding something.
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Dumbledore defeated Snape very quickly when he came to bargain.
Kind of true. Although here's the thing, Voldemort was an exceptional student but what puts him above everyone else was his thirst for power, his obsession with being special, above everyone. He wanted to be The God.
Snape, from the beginning wanted a regular life. He had emotions, feelings, and he'd have been happy if he had a normal life. Abused at home, mocked at school, dark arts were a way to defend himself. His love for lily remained his grace. It was strong enough to save him from any follies Voldemort committed.
Now, whether it's Hermione, snape, Dumbledore, Grindelwald, tom riddle... They're all brilliant but you need to crave power if you want to be powerful. Snape didn't want power at the end. He wanted a happy life. So, I guess the answer lies somewhere in between. Or maybe no. Not because of capabilities but because he didn't have the intention.
He wanted Lily to be his wife. He wanted a happy home and a family that he never had growing up. His greatest regret was never telling Lily how he felt. Then when it all fell apart because James embarrassed him in front of Lily, it was to late.
I disagree that Snape ONLY wanted a normal life. Slitheryn is about ambition and self directive. At a point he named himself the half-blood prince. No, he never had the God complex Voldemort does. But, he definitely new he was special; and he certainly had the notion for greatness.
Ya...but it strength was also his biggest weakness...
Considering only snape could fly broomless besides voldemort in the books proves that hes actually powerful
Tbh snape didn't have much desire to live and continue, he was like a stagnant water.
It was Barty Jr. that tortued the Longbottoms... not Dolohov
Wasn't Barty Crouch jr. One of the four that tortured the Longbottom's?
Antonin dolohov did not torture the longbottoms, barty crouch Jr did
Snape was the only death eater capable of conjuring a patronus
What would Harry potter look like it was an anime and would the story have been different what do you think? Not a bad idea for a theory is it.
Personally for me Snape would be behind Voldermort (2nd) and Dumbledore (1st) I don’t feel like Grindelwald was as powerful…Voldemort Dumbledore and Grindelwald all had the Elder wand just imagine what Snape could of achieved with it at a relatively young age
Let’s be honest grindelwald was more powerful than voldy
Except Word of God Rowling directly contradicts that
LMAO Grindelwald is a nobody compared to Dumbledore and Voldemort magic power wise,only the elder wand had him on par with Albus and they were only only comparable in their youth,in their primes Albus was clearly better
Voldemort (in his prime), the most accomplished and powerful legilimens the Wizarding World has ever seen, confronted an aged Grindelwald who was rotting in jail for at least 5 decades without being able to perform any magic only for Gellert to laugh scornfully and resist Tom's legilimency.
I'd say Grindelwald in his prime stomps Voldemort.
Snape could have dueled Voldemort successfully before Voldemort murdered him if Nagini had not been used to attack Snape.
Hold up I thought Barty Crouch Jr was part of the group that tortured the Longbottoms
No Snape would not have become more powerful than Voldemort. Magical power is not even a thing in HP, magical knowledge is. The reason Voldemort and Dumbledore became great wizards is because they were interested in studying and experimenting with magic. There is very little canonical evidence Snape was interested in that sort of thing.
When he has invented his own curses and spells:
I do think Snape killed at least once and split his soul but never had a horcruxe. Later in life, I think he felt true remorse and his soul was healed before he died.
Well he did kill Dumbledore.
Jk said that he never killed anyone.
@@akhilanair4472 apart from Dumbledore...
@@denizkenger52 Rowling stated (after the series was finished) that Snape never killed anyone, dumbledores death was planned
@@martiankaram9026 But he killed Dumbledore. Dumbledore's death being planned doesn't change the fact that Snape killed Dumbledore either.
And I saw what she said, she implied Snape didnt kill anyone, it doesnt outright say it even though I also believe he didnt kill anyone but Dumbledore.
And the books suggest so as well. Snape questions the damages it would inflict on his soul to killing Dumbledore, meaning his soul is not ripped yet.
There is a whole book written on Snape.
I don't think Snape would have had the authority to keep the Deatheaters under control after Voldemorts downfall. He was respected, but only one among several members of the leading elite. People like Bellatrix, Malfoy or Barty Crouch Jr. would never have taken orders from him. Especially Bellatrix, considering how fanatic she was. Having a good strategy is one thing, but you have to have authority and a strong position as a leader for it to matter.
Yo you ever been to one of Snape's potions classes? Homie is dripping with authority 💀
I think you have a point with Bellatrix, but Snape is likely more than capable of killing her off, and if he does, the other death eaters would quickly fall in line
This is a stretch. He's closer to Minerva. Flitwick. Doholov than Dumbledore and Voldemort level.
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whose better, the power house or the one able to trick it. snape had to lie to voldemort who was a master occlumense
He could have been the best of Dumbledore and Voldemort
I love your content, but the editing on this one missed the mark by a fair bit.
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@@HarryPotterFolklore I know that feeling all too well.
Also, I agree that Snape is in the top-5 most powerful wizards, and probably number 3 or 4 behind Voldemort, Dumbledore, Grindelwald. But I think he's about tied for 4th place with Molly.
@@DobieTanpaw Bellatrix underestimated molly and toyed with her. She's not near the power of top 15
Hey, be fair. Snape bullied pure-bloods too.