[HPforGrownups] Re:_Where_Snape_belongs_on_the_family_tree?

[An'nai Jiriki]

No: HPFGUIDX 79205


> Yeah, the fact that Snape calls Lily a mudblood is a
> good indication that h=
> e himself is 
> pureblood, but I still don't think it rules out the
> possibility of his fath=
> er being a squib 
> or muggleborn. 

This is what I think, but a friend gave an arguement,
that I shall repeat here, that could reasonably argue
that he is purebred, half-blood, and muggle-born. I
also think there may be two or more different lines of
purebred wizards in the Isles, of which Snape belongs
to or he's not from the Isles, but the continent. 

Calling Lily Mudblood could mean he's purebred (see
preceeding arguements).

Of course, if he is half-blood (purebred parent A and
muggle (or muggle born) parent B), then he could be
trying to just fit in with the rest of the Slytherins
by openly condemning muggle-borns. Or he could be
hiding what he is, mixing in well with a father that
is wizard from another purebred line, thus insuring
his name is known to the Malfoy line as pure. If his
father is from a little known branch, or a younger
son, then his marriage would not be tracked well. This
status and his insults to 'Mudbloods' would endear him
Voldie as another who hates what he is (possibly a
reason to why Voldie trusts/ed him so much).

Lastly, and a bit of a stretch, is that Snape
fulfilled the requirements for Slytherin, in all but
the pure-bred status, as a muggle-born. In the first
few hat speeches, it states that Slytherin has
ambition as its main attribute, and not to later do we
find out Slytherin wanted only purebreds, but the hat
never said it excludes all but purebreds. Hence,
little muggle-born Snape gets into Slytherin and in
order for him to be reasonably accepted and not beaten
up, he would need to denounce what he is. (This theory
gives a little more creadance to why no one, not even
Slytherins, but Lily helped Snape out in the memory)

Another thought I had was why Lucius Malfoy liked
Snape so much as an adult. I see the friendship as of
conveinence, much like many of the list here. I think
Malfoy saw Snape as a disallusioned child in his first
two (three??) years of Hogwarts and saw the perfect
canidate for Voldie (whether Malfory met Voldie before
or after Hogwarts doesn't matter as he still knew
Snape in school). So, through the DEs, Snape and
Malfoy know each other and only play lip service to
each other.

I welcome constructive critism. 

Chris


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