[HPforGrownups] Re: What's going on under Snape's robes (longish)

[SnapesSlytherin at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 74828

In a message dated 8/1/03 5:07:50 PM Eastern Daylight Time, 
snapesmate at hotmail.com writes:
> It never actually states they are HE and HIS 
> parents.  For all we know it could have been HIM, his wife and their 
> child....  uh oh...  new conspiracy/spy theory...  what if it WAS him 
> and he was angry because his wife and son were in danger or 
> something...  

Ack!  I've been fighting this in the Theory Bay for a while now.  *puts on 
her SILK SHIRTS Captain's hat* 

OoP US Hardback Page 592:

Snape staggered; his wand flew upward, away from Harry - and suddenly Harry's 
mind was teeming with memories that were not his - *a hook-nosed man* was 
shouting at a cowering woman while a small dark-haired boy cried in a corner .... 
A greasy-haired teenager sat along in a dark bedroom, pointing his wand at 
the ceiling, shooting down flies .... A girl was laughing as a scrawny boy tried 
to mount a bucking broomstick - (Emphasis my own)  (END QUOTE)

Harry, apparently, saw the man's face if he knew enough to call him 
"hook-nosed".  And, even if Harry only saw the profile of the man, Harry has seen 
Snape's profile before and I daresay he would recognize it again:

PoA US Paperback Page 165:

Harry opened his eyes a fraction and squinted up to where they stood; 
Dumbledore's back was to him, but he could see Percy's face, rapt with attention, and 
Snape's profile, which looked angry.

While there is no canon that directly says that Harry saw Snape, Snape's 
supposed wife, and Snape's supposed child, in my opinion I feel confident that the 
child Harry saw was Snape himself.

~*~*~Oryomai~*~*~
--Who doesn't think that it's fair when people who obviously have certain 
feelings about certain characters deny them.


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