Snape's Secret

[seventhsqueal <seventhsqueal@yahoo.com>]

No: HPFGUIDX 52946

> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "greatlit2003 <hieya at h...>" 
> <hieya at h...> wrote:
> > Could Severus Snape be Voldemort's son?  We know that 
> > Snape knew more hexes and curses as a first year than half the 
kids 
> > in seventh year (sorry I don't have page numbers, but that is 
from 
> > GOF). 
> 
> (More evidence snipped)
> 
> And concerning Voldemort's 
> > assertion that the traitor DE would be killed, I don't think he 
is 
> > referring to Snape because JKR would not give away such an 
> >important piece of information in such a straightforward way. The 
> >problems I see with this theory is that it does not explain why 
> >Snape hates the Potters, or why he is apparently nervous about 
> >completing Dumbledore's mystery errand at the end of GOF. Any 
> >thoughts about this?
> 
SeventhSqueal responds:
As of book 4 when the series is read with the assumption that Snape 
 was raised by Voldemort and possibly even his son it works. It's my 
 current pet theory. This theory could easily fall apart in the first 
 chapter of the next book or from a single word from JKR. It is a 
 seductive theory though, because once that relationship is 
 established much of the info that one glosses over as two 
 dimensional, suddenly becomes a lot more relevant.
 
 Why does Snape still hate the Potters? Mostly because of the 
 shrieking shack incident when James saved his life, and established 
 a 'deep magical bond' between them. (a very clever way to neutralize 
 the son of Voldemort) 
 It is also possible that it was Snape's doing that saved Harry's 
life the night his parents died. This would explain why Snape is so 
 disgusted about Harry getting all of the credit, fame and celebrity 
 for defeating Voldemort. Snape tells Harry more than once that he 
 knows that Harry is nothing special, he is just a little boy who 
can't follow the rules. I discussed this in my first post here 
 Message #51967.
 
 Regarding Voldemort's crucial speech in the graveyard: O.K. Pretend 
 for a minute that you are the biggest bad ass wizard who has just 
 been resurrected after suffering a humiliating dissolution at the 
 hands of a BABY for 12 or 13 years. You gather your remaining old 
 cronies around you in their old places like ducks in a row. There 
are gaps due to death, imprisonment, infidelity, etc. As you are 
 addressing them one by one, you come to the place where your 
favorite, the one you personally trained and groomed, should stand, 
 the one you loved, but your favorite betrayed you 13 years ago. 
There you are surrounded by the faithful, who know all about it and 
are watching you closely to see how you react to the betrayal. What 
does  Voldemort do? He minimizes it. Sort of waves it off. Don't 
worry  about him, he'll be killed, of course. (He had already ranted 
earlier about how some people think that Dumbledore is more powerful 
than him. Oh he HATES Dumbledore more than ever he stole his boy.)

Peace,
SeventhSqueal