Black and Snape

[frankielee242]

No: HPFGUIDX 44907

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "bugaloo37" <crussell at a...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Melody" <Malady579 at h...> wrote:
> > <snip> 
> > I just believe that Black and Snape are the from the same cookie
> > cutter but are decorated with different icing.  And they loath each
> > other for it.
> > Just the impression I had.

bugaloo37 wrote: 
> I think you are right on target.  Their tempers are similar.  IMO, 
> the loathing they have for each other must be based on something 
> deeper than that childhood prank- but of course, I could be wrong.  
> Childhood hurts can run very deep.  And when one has a tendency 
> to "hold" onto resentments-its easy to  keep the hurt fresh in your 
> mind.  >>>snip<<<


Let's try this on for size. I've been reading everyone's posts on
Black and Snape and had a thought. While there is absolutely NO
supporting canon and it's just wild extrapolation...

What if Black and Snape grew up more or less together, but not of
their own volition? What if their parents (muggle, wizarding or mixed)
dumped them together at the same baby sitter's house (muggle,
wizarding or mixed) day after day until they were old enough to go to
Hogwarts? 

Picture, if you will, our gentlemen as two four year old boys, forced
to spend several hours every week together because their mothers
(muggle, wizarding or mixed) were friends. When checked on, our boys
would smile and wave, but the second they're alone, they trade snide
remarks and fight tooth and nail as quietly as possible to avoid
notice. Example: Black dumps a jar or blue paint over Snape's drawing
for snapping all of Black's crayons in half because Black kicked him
when Snape shoved him into the radiator for ripping his shirt as they
fought over the... you get the point. 

Tiny Black: Um, I tripped over the footstool and landed on Sev'rus, so
that's why he's got a black eye. *blinks innocently*

Tiny Snape: Yeah, and I was trying to break a toffee in half with the
fireplace shovel, but I missed and that's how Sirius got a lump on his
head. *glares at Black*


Picture them a few years older and still stuck in the same situation.
After being dragged on a shopping trip through Diagon Alley, Black has
stolen a funny but gorey comic book and Snape has stolen a book of
hexes with gorey illustrations. And then they fight over who's more in
the wrong.

Day one at Hogwarts, they get sorted into the two houses with the
fiercest rivalry and subsequently devote a lot of time and energy into
making each other's lives miserable.


Sorry. It was just a funny mental image. Please don't shoot-- I know
there's really no canon whatsoever for any of this. 

Or for this... What if they're somehow related? Cousins?
Step-brothers? Worse yet, what if one of them is the result of an
extramarital affair and they're half-brothers?! =P 

Sorry again. I'm slap-happy and giggling madly to myself.


Frankie, who would like to thank everyone on HPfGU for being the
bright spot in a tempest of an afternoon.