This alone doesn't contradict that he is a potions enthusiast first and foremost - potions obviously should be vital for defending vs evil.
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Replying to @BootlegGirl
But in the Half-Blood Prince, JKR forgets that Snape was never about "careless wand-waving," and conspicuously has him invent hexes
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Replying to @BootlegGirl
Philosopher's Stone Snape's diary would have been much different, filled with ways to poison or gain great strength and euphoria
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The majority of the Prince's book is still Potions lore. I don't think it contradicts anything for Snape to be a genius overall
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He has contempt for the other classes because he's earned it -- he legitimately is skilled at spells but finds potions more interesting
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i would to. So many things to try mixing. SO MANY POSSIBILITIES. Spells are like "i want a thing to happen, Latin-up-magikathing"
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My headcanon is he got suspended from Hogwarts for using Sectumsempra on somebody and that's when he dropped out to be a Death Eater
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And that cemented his preference for potions as a method of indirect action
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One of the main things about HP spells is they're too public, they can easily be seen and traced and copied
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He invented Levicorpus, then everyone started using it, then James used it on him in the most humiliating experience of his life
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He probably invented Sectumsempra thinking "Lets see anyone copy this sick shit"
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