#tobias
Severus Snape time-travel AU, but from Tobias’ external perspective (probably a less abusive Tobias than whatever it was Pottermore implied. Messy and awful and not liking anything much and estranged from his son for nearly a decade despite sharing a roof, but also just a human who’d had the world yanked out from under him and hasn’t yet stopped falling). So, how would a Severus Snape who’d just died thinking he failed (failed Lily, Dumbledore too, perhaps) after he’d spent a suffering year as the Headmaster at Hogwarts react to having another chance (albeit from after SWM) and what would that look like from the outside?
A mystery story: Who is this Severus? What has happened to his son, aged sixteen, home for the summer, only yesterday so full of rage (still so hurt over Eileen’s death last winter) and somehow no longer friends with that Evans girl? Why did Severus save his father’s life (and how had he known where to be?) when just the other day the boy had glared like he wanted to put Tobias in the grave himself? Can you build a father-son relationship on a foundation of sand and ruin when the son has suddenly become a stranger with some personal mission to stop a war and save the very people that wouldn’t’ve spit on him if he were on fire (that boy is acting like a soon-to-be saint grimly rushing towards martyrdom!)?
Years ago Tobias hadn’t wanted to believe in magic, when it was undeniably real, he’d resented magic (he still didn’t like magic). But Severus is acting like it’s his job to save the magical world and maybe there’s a chance that he might need his muggle father, maybe it isn’t too late for Tobias
(I like the image of Severus seeing Tobias’ approval in the Mirror of Erised. I like the idea of a very human Tobias who was utterly blindsided by magic being a thing and in over his head and still, possibly, capable of being better. But I’m not terribly prone to making angsty things or taking stories seriously for very long at all, so if it sparks any interest feel free to grab and go running)
@hbpx09 wrote a fic for this concept on ao3 at this link (https://archiveofourown.org/works/37600633 in case the linking thingy didn’t work)!
I really liked how they wrote Tobias unnerved by the new/wrong/stranger Severus!
“So…here’s how it went officer”.
*At the fence*
Four: Dauntless are in charge of guarding the fence…
Tris: *Looks out* What’s out there?
Newt: The maze.
Tris:
Newt
Four:
Tris: I’m sorry who are you?
Newt: Oh.. Lol sorry wrong movie set
Four: What the actual hell is going on
Tris: What’s your tattoo?
Four: You wanna see it?
Entire Audience: YES.
Patrons voted on which of my oc thumbnails I would render up first, and Tobias eeked out a win!! it’s fun trying to slap as much narrative aesthetics as I can without spoiling any book events. :)
rthis is a question that ive maded myself last time since Alola league is on.
It is something that fans hate the trainer that defeated Ash at the league?
lets discover each of them
RITCHIE (Indigo League/Kanto)
Ritchie is a trainer just like Ash, even he is closer same like Red, and just like Ash he has a Pikachu, but that defeat was just because Charizard didnt wanted to obey Ash’s orders.
But Ritchie appeared in future episodes helping Ash.
HARRISON (FORD, NAH) (Johto League)
Harrison came from Hoenn and he beated Ash with his Blaziken, but before the league started he helped Ash when he tried to get Ho-oh’s Sacred Fire, it was protected by a Sneasel, and Harrison catched it, harrison after he defeated Ash, he lost at other trainer, but at the end, he talks with Ash about Hoenn region.
(FUN FACT: With that Sport Clothers, he doesnt seems that he comes from Hoenn, HE COMES FROM (The Future) GALAR!)
(MIKE) TYSON (Hoenn)
Yup, PUSS IN BOOTS, his Meowth gain a Rivaliry with Not only Pikachu, also with Team Rocket’s Meowth, Tyson isnt hated, he is just…..Underrated, he is the first of the trainers that defeated Ash and won the league, thats seems….ok because there came the Battle Frontier
(I WANT TO DRESS POKEMONS, IMAGINE HOW IT COULD BE A MEOWTH DRESSED LIKE PUSS IN BOOTS)
TOBIAS (Sinnoh)
Here it comes, The Legendary One!!, He is hated for defeating Ash using legendary pokemon (Darkrai and Latios, and the 4 remaining are Unknown, MISSINGNO?) and being the winner of the league, there is no problem, this is the only one of the AshBusters that i hate, but the real problem with Tobias is “Maded Empty Without Personality, Backstory, and Relevance”, At least the three previous trainers had something in the story, in the show and won not only rivality with Ash, also they became his friends, Tobias No!
(Hey, Tobias, Ash Got a Meltan)
CAMERON (Diaz) (Unova)
Admit it, you are like Cameron, in the way of “Not Putting Attention”, actually, the rivals of Ash in unova are….DUMB! (Trip, Bianca And Cameron Too), he just had luck at his fight at Ash (Victini wanted to taste Ash tears), he has a Hydreigon (Hardes one on Evolve) and his Riolu became luckly lucario, but cameron apperared when Ash has the visit of Dawn and sawing Alder, and cameron came late, and cameron tought the league was going to be on Johto, were all like Cameron, sometimes luckly, sometimes dumb.
(Also he agrees that Mayonaise is an instrument)
ALAIN (Kalos)
And for the end, we got Alain
People hated him just for “STEALING ASH VICTORY”, who said “The league will be for Ash”?, if you think Alain is like Tobias, youre wrong, Tobias was written empty, while Alain is written “Better”.
If you havent saw the “Mega Evolution Special”, you dont know Alain from the bottom, he had Charizard since he was just a Charmander, he was assistant of Professor Sycamore and he maded friends like Mairin and Steven (People even hate Mairin too, the poor girl had her Chespin in a coma) but Lysandre helped him with mega evolution.
At the difference of all Ash rivals (Gary, Paul and Trip) that only maded fun of him, “ALAIN ADMIRES ASH” (and both had a Charizard), when they fought each other, Alain beated Ash, the fan beated the idol, and the fandom started to cry and even satanizing Alain, but he never did something bad, Team Flare of course “Lysandre used Alain… FOR LAND DEVELOPMENT” and near by the end of XYZ, Alain And Ash (Alongside of Serena and other Trainers) helped them for save Kalos.
Is a shame that fans only wants the main character victory more that the balance and safety of the world.
???? (Alola)
Will Ash Win Alola League?
Or Who Will Beat Him?
(But Whatever Who Beats Him, I Hope You See The Trainers That Defeated Ash More Different Without Ranting At Him (WELL, WITH TOBIAS YES)