Snape adopt Harry?

[arcum42]

No: HPFGUIDX 77074

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "klra2ra" <jennyemike3 at c...>
wrote:
> Goblet of Fire, Chapter 22p 392 US paperback edition:
> 
> "...Snape, of course, would no sooner let them play games in class 
> than adopt Harry."
> 
> Any hidden meanings? I haven't given it a whole lot of thought, but 
> I thought I would run it past the "reading too much into things" 
> experts :) and see if anyone thought this was one of those offhand 
> remarks that might mean something in the future.
> 
> klra2ra

It could be that Snape had the option of adopting Harry at one point. 
I'd file this under "Severus Snape = Perseus Evans".

If Snape was a relative of Lily, however distant, it could be that his
blood would also protect Harry, and that he may have refused to adopt
Harry when Lily died, causing Harry to go to the Dursleys.

All speculative, but it's fun imagining Harry's reaction to finding
out that:

a) He is related to Snape.
b) If it wasn't for Snape, he wouldn't be living with the Dursleys.
c) Growing up with Snape was a possibility at one point.

You still have to assume a slightly tangled family tree with a 1st
generation muggle or so on Lily's side to account for Snape's
"mudblood" comment, though...

--Arcum