Snape's son at Hogwarts?!!

[greatlit2003]

No: HPFGUIDX 77832

"There were only two other people who seemed to be able to see them 
[the thestrals]: a stringy Slytherin boy standing just behind Goyle 
was watching the horse eating with an expression of great distaste on 
his face, and Neville..." (OoP, US hardcover, 445)

"Snape-the-teenager had a stringy, pallid look about him..." (p. 640)

JKR doesn't use the word "stringy" too often. (I don't recall seeing 
that word in the book series before, if anyone *has* seen it, please 
let me know). So when she uses it twice in the same book, I am 
suspicious.

The boy wore a disgusted expression on his face. For me, this is an 
important clue, because JKR repeatedly mentions Snape's habitual 
sneers and smirks. If Snape has a son at Hogwarts, his position as a 
character will completely change. Perhaps he is not a spy for 
Dumbledore out of a sense of honor. Maybe he wasn't in love with 
Lily, or have some kind of vendetta against Voldemort. Perhaps he's 
just trying to protect his kid. 

Snape became a spy for DD circa 1980. I had previously assumed that 
this was somehow connected to Harry's birth in 1980. But what if it 
wasn't? If Snape's own son was born in 1980, he had a reason for 
stopping the violence. Maybe he had witnessed atrocities against 
other families, and he didn't want his own son mixed up in that. The 
possiblities are endless. And it also accounts for Dumbledore's trust 
in Snape. DD knows that Snape would never betray him, because by 
doing so he would be killing his own son.

As for Snape's hatred for James, I have a feeling that the mysterious 
Florence was Snape's girlfriend, and maybe James killed her in his 
work for the Order. Maybe the boy witnessed his mother die, which is 
why he can see thestrals?

If the boy is Snape's son, one might wonder why he isn't good friends 
with Malfoy, who clearly likes Snape? Maybe Snape has chosen not to 
tell anyone that the boy is his, because he is afraid that someone 
might harm him. The boy himself might not know.

Maybe Snape would like to teach DADA so badly because he wants to 
teach his own son how to fight, without anyone suspecting that the 
two are related.

Why doesn't Snape raise his own son? Maybe he's just afraid that he 
will be a bad parent like his own father was. He may not want his son 
to inherit his reputation and get picked on. More importantly, he may 
not want Voldemort to know he has a son, in case Voldemort wants to 
recruit him into the Death Eaters, or people like Malfoy try to 
befriend him. (I think that Snape dislikes the Malfoys deep down).

Does anyone else think it's crazy that although there are only twenty 
kids in Harry's Potions and Care of Mag. Creatures class (the same 
kids too, year after year), and Harry still doesn't know their names? 
We only know Harry, Hermione, Ron, Dean, Neville, Seamus, Parvati, 
Lavender, Draco, Crabbe, Goyle, and Pansy. What about the other eight?
But I digress.

Any thoughts about this?

greatlit2003
Snape Daddy: name has a nice ring