Theory: Snape/James Connections

[Heather Moore]

No: HPFGUIDX 29536

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., laurence59 at y... wrote:
>  Heather said
> > I know it gets told out that the Dursleys were Harry's only 
> relatives, but were I Dumbledore, I'd certainly wouldn't put Baby 
> Harry anywhere *near* Snape's care for a lot of reasons.
> > 
> >   a) Snape is, to begin with, not the nurturing type (to put it 
> mildly).
> >   b) As a "turncoat" to the Death Eaters, Snape would have 
> immediately drawn attention to himself as Harry's guardian.
> >   c) One could imagine that James Potter had a clause in his will 
> about the raising of his children should anything happen to him. It 
> probably didn't specify "my wife's horrible sister," but I can easily 
> see it saying, "Uh, not Severus, for god's sake, man!"
> 
> Yet whilst in the pub Dumbledore said that Sirius was Harry's 
> godfather and should anything happen to James and Lilly, would have 
> looked after Harry. I assume that when Sirius was taken to Askaban, 
> it would be quite difficult to bring up a one year old child... 


 Uhm, yes. I crossposted this to Snapefans, and I went into greater detail on the theme of Severus' near-hysterical aversion to Sirius. Everyone already knew from years before that Sirius had, in fact, nearly killed Severus *as a prank*. If the "Potter worthy/Snape unworthy" family connection idea holds true, it would naturally follow that Snape would strongly and bitterly resent James wanting Sirius Black the irresponsible attempted murderer for Harry's godson.  Neither James nor Severus give each other benefit of the doubt. Severus doesn't even logically have to be interested in being Harry's godfather himself - it would still be an insulting snub for James to have chosen *Sirius*  over a relative or even someone like Professor McGonagall.