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This is really sad

Never forget Severus was willing to go down the Shrieking Shack

(and no, I'm not victim blaming)

The fact I dislike Sirius so much, and all the people who protected him and closed their eyes on his actions when he was a student, is because there is something else in that "prank" he played on Severus, like the fandom likes to call a near murder, that I find even more terrible than the attempted murder itself or the fact he used one of his best friends, nearly ruining his life and putting blood on his hands. It is Severus' behaviour that is the most telling and disturbing.

All Sirius had to do was tell him how to get into the Shrieking Shack. He didn't force him, he didn't pull him and abandoned him there, didn't threaten him to go down the tunnel. He just told him how to do it, and Severus did. Imagine the amount of abuse one has to have been through already, to willingly do what your bully told you to do. Severus was a brilliant person, and he was not a fool. He knew everything that came from the Marauders was a threat. And still, he decided to go down the tunnel, knowing something most certainly dangerous and forbidden took place there. He was so desperate to get rid of his tormentors he was willing to break the school rules and put himself in danger to expose them. Just imagine the mental state you must be in to do that. Sirius used Severus' trauma to try and murder him, he used his nearly irrational fear of them to harm him even more. He knew Severus would do anything to have them expelled as he told Harry. Severus was so damaged he was willing to go down the Shrieking Shack if it gave him any chance to get them expelled.

This is so horrible it hurts, and a situation than can be found with real victims of bullying. They are willing to do anything that would help ease their own suffering. It can be many things, from self-harm to becoming a bully yourself, or suicide.

And we know Severus must have thought, when he saw Lupin, "at least now they have to be expelled". He must have been relieved while he was nearly killed - so imagine how he felt after. When Dumbledore put all responsibility on him and let Sirius stay at the school. Showing him his life was worth nothing, while it already meant so little to Severus at the time, and this did not change.

Severus was so desperate, so abused already, that it did not matter to him anymore the risks he took if he could be freed from the bullying. He wasn't helped by anyone so he took the matter in his own hands.

In the hand, he nearly got himself killed in his attempt to be set free from his tormentors. And Dumbledore closed his eyes and looked away, while such behaviour should have alerted him on young Severus' extreme suffering and bad mental state.

So NEVER minimize the effects bullying can have on someone. Reminder that Severus is a perfect fictional example:

"Mona O'Moore of the Anti-Bullying Centre at Trinity College in Dublin, has written, "There is a growing body of research which indicates that individuals, whether child or adult, who are persistently subjected to abusive behavior are at risk of stress related illness which can sometimes lead to suicide." Those who have been the targets of bullying can suffer from long term emotional and behavioral problems. Bullying can cause loneliness, depression, anxiety, lead to low self-esteemand increased susceptibility to illness. Bullying has also been shown to cause maladjustment in young children, and targets of bullying who were also bullies themselves exhibit even greater social difficulties. A mental health report also found that bullying was linked to eating disorders, anxiety, body dysmorphia and other negative psychological effects."

- Wikipedia

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