Severus Snape: *calls the girl he loves ‘Mudblood’*
Severus Snape: *takes delight in the Dark Arts*
Severus Snape: *joins the Death Eaters*
Severus Snape: *realizes the woman he loves is being targeted by Voldemort and begs Dumbledore to save her, but is willing to let her husband and infant son die*
Severus Snape: *is such a cruel teacher that he is literally Neville’s worst fear*
Severus Snape: *purposefully outs Lupin as a werewolf*
Severus Snape: *plays favorites and ignores everything the Slytherins do while unfairly punishing the Gryffindors for every little thing*
Severus Snape: *baits Sirius which ultimately leads to Sirius getting killed*
Someone: Snape is the hero of Slytherin!
Regulus Black: *realizes Voldemort is going too far and has a change of heart*
Regulus Black: *finds out Voldemort made a Horcrux and decides to do something about it*
Regulus Black: *purposefully drinks a torture potion so that Kreacher won’t have to*
Regulus Black: *willing sacrifices himself to a painful death to bring down Voldemort*
Regulus Black: *orders Kreacher not to tell anyone what he’s done in order to protect his family even though it means no one knows about his sacrifice*
Someone: Regulus was racist!