Welcome to Harry Potter Theory. Today we’re diving in to a theory addressing the REAL reasoning for Snape’s motivation to create his signature dark curse: Sectumsempra.
While a student at Hogwarts, Severus Snape scribbled all sorts of spells and curses in to his Advanced Potion Making textbook under the moniker the ‘Half-Blood Prince’.
And when Harry first takes Slughorn’s potions class, he’s fortunate enough to find the very same textbook that a young, troubled Snape once jotted pure gold in to.
“This book is the property of the Half Blood Prince”
And Harry ends up using the book for quite some time, as for each and every one of Slughorn’s lessons, the book provided easier and clearer instructions that he could follow. The book was like having cheat codes to all of the potions lessons. But the book didn’t just contain advice on how to make potions or perfect existing spells, there were also spells written inside that were totally new to Harry…Spells he hadn’t heard of before. Because you see, these were spells that Snape had created HIMSELF.
One such spell was Sectumsempra.
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The show we really need. The Marauders
Great vid
You mean snape was subject to relentless harrassment combined with a stupid incident that nesrly killed him combined with relentless spying with a dark magical artifact and humiliation?
Could the spell specifically even be.. A 'silver' sword?
Your forgetting his fathers abuse as well during the summers whats not to say snape wanted to go after his father as well and if snapes father disliked it whats to say snape never caught him hitting his mother and such and he wished to protect her theres too many what ifs
I think Snape created Sectumsempra not just for using against Remus. He said "for enemies" which he probably meant all 4 marauders (because who else would he consider an enemy at this point? Later Voldemort for killing Lily but much later) however I will admit the theory is fascinating. So if this curse is as effective on magical creatures as it is on humans, it should be taught as a standard for self-defense weapon. And as for James I think Snape also subjected him to the curse, only he aimed it to be much weaker just for sending a message. It is most likely Snape used it on all 4 marauders at some point at least once.
Snape, being very smart, knew he needed a spell in his back pocket to use if Malfoys group in school attacked / turned on him, knowing their not trustworthy, especially riddles group
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The problem with this theory is that it's based on a bit too many reaches and even incorrect information.
It actually is confirmed where Remus got his scars, they were all self inflicted yes because he still had cravings for flesh and decided to inflict them on himself (it was also confirmed by Rowling). He had no access to the wolfsbane potion as it hadn't been created yet when he was young (hence the shrieking shack and womping willow setup) and he simply had no knowledge of it's existence for awhile after. He then could not afford said potion when it came to be as an adult, until Dumbledore promised him limitless potion access if he came to teach DADA at Hogwarts.
Oh and multiple interactions after Snape found out? I'm sorry but this wouldn't have been possible as Dumbledore swore him to secrecy immediately after the "Joke" Black played that night. Not only that, Remus ended up leaving or hiding away any time Snape was bullied by the rest of the Marauders since he hated bullying but still loved his closest friends. Then the whole Order of the Pheonix joinning, followed by Peter Peterigrew and Sirius black incidents, and Remus was gone and wandering alone for a long time.
What happened with George, I mean it wasn't much a secret who hit George, even Dumbledore knew. He used this curse enough for it to be considered one of his specialties (there are even threads asking why he used this specific curse to try and hit another death eater, when it can be easily be traced back to him and him alone).
Just a whole lost of misinformation being used and/or lack of correct information, information that easily debunks this theory.
I think it could be possible that Snape had not yet fully developed the curse when we saw him use it on James during their fifth year.
It's quiet a sinister explanation but I suppose you had in mind also the fan base movie Snape and the Marauders where Snape effctively uses the curse on Remus and that the injuries created actually look like a repetition of the previous scars.
i always kind of assumed the spell was made for the marauders, but myself, i supposed it might have been made out of anger towards sirius after what happened between them, sure, for protecting himself against a werewolf, but i think a young severus would have been very vengeful and directed it more towards sirius, but that’s just my two sense no one asked for! thank you for the continuous videos!
Why does everybody point out that Snape was bullied, when he hung around future death eaters like himself who used dark magic against students and said it was a joke? He’s not an innocent guy
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9:15 What if, he created Sectum Sempra, to inflict lacerations on himself or another (who'd be in on Snape's plan), after finding about Lupin, to FRAME Lupin by making it look like he atacked Snape/Stand-in so he'd possibly get expelled from Hogwarts?
so according to your theory…
Malfoy should have had wounds on his face and body as well
because of the dark curse thing (or do you think "Vulnera Sanantur heals cursed wounds completely – or just the wounds caused by this specific curse?).
I am totally in with Snape inventing the spell for Lupin
I am however really displeased with the suggestion that he might hav used it on Lupin.
Creating it for him makes perfect sense
since he had a nrea fatal encounter as a teen.
I however do not see him use it on Remus in adult life – just because he could.
For me the wounds Remus sported were either self inflicted / accidents during transformation (like gettin kicked by Buckbeak) or maybe (if you want to stay with the "cursed" theory – woulds inflicted by another werewolf (which would make them cursed as well – thereby healing slower/not properly)
For me Remus recognizing Snape in the battle of the 7 Potters is sort of a "I knew my enemy" thing.
Remus has been on the giving and reveivig end of Snape for 20+ years I do not think he needs to see the face of someone he knows so well.
Snape (and I mean book Snape) has a very distinctive way of movement – I think it highly plausible, that Remus (who has been "duelling" or fighting with Snape) would recognize a mannerism or special hand movement or something.
I think it might not be neccessary to let you know Snape is my favorite character (the best written one in the series) – I don't see him as the best teacher and I see his flaws
(but after 20+ years of always hearing what an "as…le" he is – I am sort of fed up with things that are thrown his way.).
2:17, but not for some young kids in Magic Awakened, even in the wiki and super highly unlikely she knows, Robyn Thistlethwaite, use that spell onto the Monster book of Monsters only to make it angry
Grindelwald used Vulnera sanentur in Fantastic beast. The timeline doesnt makes sense
This makes so much sense!
Can you make a video on all potions in harry Potter or all monster .