Tag: harry potter

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!

afirewiel:

“But Regulus was a racist!” I’ve this argument a few times and I have a few problems with it.

1. The person making this argument seems to completely over look the fact that Regulus willingly sacrificed his own life to try and bring Voldemort down, Voldemort who cared so little for of the lives of Muggles and Muggleborns that he wouldn’t hesitate to kill them. Regulus died to stop him and he’s the racist? Sure, Regulus might have believed as in such things at one point, but the fact that he gave his life in such a manner shows that he had a change of heart. If you can’t forgive him for that, I have nothing to say to you.

2. This argument is usually brought up when someone is comparing Regulus and Snape. Which I find laughable. Regulus was a racist, but Snape wasn’t? He called the girl he loved “Mudblood!” He joined the Death Eaters and only changed his mind when said girl was targeted, unlike Regulus who saw what Voldemort was doing was wrong.

3. We don’t know for sure that Regulus was racist. Hear me out on this. Unlike Snape, we never actually see Regulus. We never get to judge him for ourselves. We only ever hear about him from other characters. So there’s a lot that’s open to interpretation. How do we know Regulus wasn’t just some scared kid who was too terrified of his parents to cross them? How do we know he didn’t fall under the pressure to make his parents proud of him? The truth is, we don’t! Unless Rowling comes out will a book about him, Regulus’ character and actions can be interpreted in a number of different ways. So don’t hate on the character or other people’s interpretations of him.