Re: Where Snape belongs on the family tree

[jdr0918]

No: HPFGUIDX 79107

<<<"evangelina839" wrote:...And don't worry asking why Neville has 
never met Snape there; he has never even told anyone he goes there 
regularly himself, so they *could* have met, except Harry (and the 
readers) don't know. IMO, this is just perfect...>>>

The Sergeant Majorette says

This also gives Snape a better reason for bullying Neville than sheer 
nastiness. He wants Neville to be too intimidated to ever mention 
this connection to Snape, or feel close enough to him to sympathize 
or feel sorry for him.

Perfect indeed, giving Snape relatives and feelings! Now all that's 
needed is to tie James into this somehow, like maybe James knows, or 
even is related to, the elder Snape; maybe he tried to be nice to 
Snape when they were younger and ran into such hostility that he 
thought "Forget you! Suffer by yourself!"

--JDR