Dear Sara,

Severus Snape, living or dead? I’ve read the books, seen the movies, read everything JK Rowlings has said about Snape and I ask you, is Severus Snape alive?

SnapeSnogger

Dear SnapeSnogger

In my opinion Snapes lives. He was a double agent, extremely paranoid AND he was a potions master, not just any potions master but one that was able to come up with an antidote for Nagini’s bite in time to save Arthur Weasley. The idea that he would not always carry anti snake venom potion with him is ludicrous. Even first years knew a potion master could “put a stopper on death”. His body was never found and buried. When Nagini was killed there were no leftovers of Headmaster Snape found spilling out of him. His portrait never appeared in the Headmaster’s Office as all are supposed to at the death of a Headmaster of Hogwarts. If the castle had never recognized him as a Headmaster it would not have permitted him to use the Headmaster’s Office while he was there. It had locked out Dolores Umbridge despite the Ministry having appointed her to head the school.

It’s In The Bag,
Sara Bellum, Editor-at-Large Buzzy Mag