TBAY: Lily Snape: Splitting off of LOLLIPOPS.

[booklovinggirl]

No: HPFGUIDX 40548

First of all, let me say that I am fully aware ducking Yellow Flags 
does not work. Which is why I'm going to be unconcious by the time I 
am finished writing this theory.

Second of all, let me say that I never was truly aboard LOLLIPOPS. 
But I will now be drifting dangerously close, and then heading for 
the other end of TBAY.

Third of all, let me disclaim that this theory has little canon 
behind it. And that I have commited the Original Sin of the group; I 
have proposed a whole new spell to make this work.

Though, I suppose this theory can go without it. Hmmmm.

Lily Snape Potter. Loving mother, beloved wife. Wonderful sibling to 
Severus Snape.

Yes, my friends. Lily and Severus. Twins. Or brother and sister, in 
any case.

But that's not all. Oh no no. Lily has no memory of being a Snape. 
She Truly Believes that she always was an Evans. Or, for the last few 
years of her life, a Potter.

So what happened here? Modified Memory Charm, that's what I say. The 
Snapes, I imagine, take being a pureblooded Slytherin family very, 
very, seriously. We couldn't have Gryffindors, could we?

But we do. Because by some freak accident, there ARE Gryffindors. 
But, of course, there ARE ways of dealing with them. Such as twisting 
around the Memory Charm and making it affect everyone who knows a 
certain person. Oh yes. I like it. I like it a lot.

If you would rather stick with the Canonical Memory Charm, you can 
always say the Snapes found out in advance, Memory Charmed Lily and 
Lily alone, and just happened to be a family who kept to themselves.

Could happen. But in any event, somebody still knows. Somebody 
like...Severus?

Imagine how traumatized this makes him. Watching his beloved 
sibling's terrified expression as someone advances on her with a 
wand. If you want to be especially cruel to Severus, say that he 
unknowingly or unwillingly participated. In any event, I'd be a Mean 
Ugly Schnook too.

Think of it. He didn't like the Marauders and hated them even more 
when he noticed that Lily and James had a romance going. I imagine he 
was rather protective of her, especially after he wasn't able to 
protect her earlier in life. And imagine how he feels knowing that 
Lily and James are dead, while he's been steeling himself all these 
years to tell her that they are related. As for Harry, well, just one 
look at his eyes, and he's reminded of everything that could have 
been. Angst Ridden Snape.

Now, I know what's going to be said. Lily looks nothing like Snape. 
Well, for one thing, she's a Gryffindor in a mostly-Slytherin family. 
And I'll remind you that she looks nothing like Petunia, either. And 
now my memory flashes back to a Scholastic chat with the great JKR. 
Someone asked how Muggles can have Wizard Children. JKR responded 
that "It's the same as two black-haired people producing a redheaded 
child."

Coincidence? Maybe. Probably. But still, I can't resist that 
particular piece of evidence.

Now. Come at me with your yellow flags! ^_^

-Katherine