[HPforGrownups] Snape commentary (was: Re: Harry's abilities/Hagrid as Reliable Source)

[Dave Hardenbrook]

No: HPFGUIDX 10873

At 06:29 PM 1/25/01 -0600, DrMM wrote:
>This could explain half of his irrational actions in PoA.  After all, he
>did believe Sirius betrayed James & Lily, and I'd be pretty irrational if
>someone betrayed someone I loved....

Well, as I've said in the past I think the idea that Snape was in love
with Lily is too Soap-Opera-ish, but I like toying with the idea that
Lily was a blood relative, e.g. his sister, half-sister, or cousin.  I think
Snape may have regarded himself as Lily's "protector", and he blames
James for fatally endangering her.  Of course, if Lily's family line is
not 100% Muggle, the question arises, "Where does this leave
Petunia?"  I see four possibilities:

1. Snape and Lily were both Muggle-borns.
2. Petunia is either a squib or a "repressed" witch.
3. Lily's mum married twice.
4. Lily and Snape were beloved cousins.

Number 3, which I also call my "Mrs. Moore" Theory (in reference to
_A Passage to India_, for reasons too lengthy to lay out here) is the
one I consider most likely, so I'll elaborate: In this scenario, Lily's
mum first married one Caligula Snape, an arch-Muggle who belonged
to three whites-only country clubs and was a speechwriter for the Nixon
administration (he coined that little remark about grabbing people by
the such-and-such).  By this union came Petunia Snape (a Muggle)
and a future Potions master named Severus.  Then Lily's mum came to
her senses and divorced Caligula (she got custody of Petunia and Caligula
got custody of Severus, who inherited his father's sensitivity and charm).
Then she married a much nicer Muggle, and they had Lily.
Snape and Lily never met until Hogwarts, but he took her under his
wing after he realized she was his half-brother.  He always hated James,
and it tore him apart to see his beloved baby half-sister throwing
herself away on a wild scapegrace.  But that resentment turned to
eternal loathing when Voldy killed Lily, which would never have
happened if that foolish child had not been so idiotic as to form a
consumated alliance with the Heir of smeggin' Gryffindor.



                                                 -- Dave