[HPforGrownups] notreallynew!Snape Theory: KING OF SPAIN

[diana at slashcity.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 70980

> After reading OotP, I still like to think that Florence and Severus
> were the ones necking behind the greenhouse. Though given James'
> habit of hexing anyone he felt like, could he be the one leading the
> poor aspiring Herbology student down the road to the family way ;-)
>
> never the less, I suggest that is Severus Snape and FLorence
> Somethingorother were the two lovebirds that Bertha sniffed out. Once
> school finished, they remained close (Not married mind you, if you
> consdier his childhood scenes that there's a possibility that Snape,
> on his half, would prefer to wait until he was in better financial
> circumstances.) Somewhere, something happened and she was killed
> accidently on prpose by Voldemorts crew to either keep Severus inline
> or keep Severus from walking towards the light.


The main problem I have with the Snape & Florence theory is that Bertha is
two years older than Snape, so the kissing that she witnessed would, at
the latest, be when Snape was a 5th year (or roughly the time period we
see in the pensieve).  Harry, however, comments that Bertha looks to be
about 16, which would make Snape even younger - about 14 - when the
Florence incident occured.  Not impossible, kids have certainly been
fooling around at that age before, but Snape as seen in the pensieve
doesn't appear to be the type of boy who'd have girls flocking around him.
 I'd accept Sirius Black in that role easier, and he could possibly have
hexed Bertha, but I still think it was an older student that Bertha had a
crush on herself and that's why she was following him around and spying on
him.  That's why I lean towards Lucius Malfoy as being the one with
Florence, and he definitely would have hexed a spy - especially if his
marriage to Narcissa was already lined up.  At the time Bertha was a Fifth
year (15-16), Lucius Malfoy would have been in his last year at Hogwarts.

Diana W.