Harry Potter & The Cursed Child: 18 Biggest WTF Moments
4. Snape?!
The timeline may have changed dramatically thanks to Albus and Scorpius' interference, but the changes to Snape's character are too illogical to accept even with a giant slice of timeline japery to take into account.
He shares jokes, he seems a nice guy and most fatally of all, he uses students' first names. That is not on.
This is fan fiction retconning of the highest order. Yes, Snape's story changed dramatically when his deception of Voldemort was revealed, but he was still not a good person. He was spiteful, vindictive and a bully who turned to the dark side because he couldn't get his own way.
And yet here he is sharing a bit of mirth with the lads.