Rise Up, Oh Heart, For There is Another Battle to Win

lupinatic:

alliecat-person:

crazywolfchick:

“If you don’t support Snape and his problems, you hate the mentally ill.”

NEWS FUCKING FLASH

JUST BECAUSE HE HAD A SHITTY CHILDHOOD, JUST BECAUSE HE’S MENTALLY ILL DOES NOT FUCKING EXCUSE HIS ACTIONS.

I am mentally ill, and I ENCOURAGE people to call me out when I pull bullshit. I was bullied, I was abused as a child, and I have NEVER FUCKING called a friend a FUCKING SLUR.

I have never OBSESSED over a person when they didn’t want me around, and I would never TORTURE a child just because of my hurt fee-fees. Everyone wants to excuse him, and talk about how Snape just needed a little forgiveness.

No. What he did, despite mental illness, despite childhood trauma, was not okay. Stop fucking insisting that he is the beacon of mentally ill characters in that book.

You know who suffers from PTSD? You know who lived every day of his life, struggling because of his illness? 

Remus Lupin.

Lupin wasn’t a good person despite his illness. He was a good person WITH his illness. Maybe he made some bad decisions, but ultimately, he was a good person. A good person with PTSD, a good person with an illness. He never used it as an excuse, and he never expected anyone to just accept everything he did because of it.

What mental illness does Snape have?

I’ve seen a lot of his fans argue that he has depression and/or PTSD. Don’t think JKR’s said anything about it one way or the other, though.