Harry Potter from the perspective of Severus Snape.  By reddit
user /u/Mu-Nition  His home life left a lot to be wanted.
Poverty in the sixties in England was no joke, especially in a
mill town where alcoholism and beating the family was the norm,
rather than the exception. Pre-Thatcher UK was a different
place. Working class people did not get to hang around middle
class or upper class ones. It was unheard of. And even though
his father was worse than most, he still would have grown up
fine if he wasn’t different.  Crooked teeth due to malnutrition
causing his jaw to be underdeveloped. His nose had been broken
by his father so many times that it would never have a semblance
of normalcy. His mother didn’t do much. His father didn’t like
much of anything. Always hungry, resorting to hand-me-downs not
only from his father because they were too scarce, but from his
mother as well. He was bullied relentlessly. He learned to
steal, lie, cheat and fight very well by then.  He was nine
years old. Both his curse and