So, remember when you were reading Harry Potter as a child and James Potter was, like, really mean towards Severus Snape? And basically hated him for existing and would be cruel to him for no reason? That was weird, right? Well, imagine if you keep that dynamic, but suddenly Snape is Black. That’s what HBO decided to do.
It’s important to remember that Snape was almost always the first person that Harry blamed for anything. Something was stolen? It was Snape. Something went wrong? Snape. Changing Snape’s race makes the animosity between him and Harry look a little bit different than it’s meant to.
