OOP: Re-Snapes worst memory and his parents

[magicalme9]

No: HPFGUIDX 64310

> Thursday, June 26, 2003, 6:30:17 AM, joanna barra wrote:
> 
> jb> Snapes seemed to lacking love no matter where he was. He was 
crying as a
> 
> jb> small child in the corner as his parents were shouting at him...
> 
> Were they shouting at *him*?  I thought he witnessed his mum
> (described as "cowering") getting verbal (and more?) assault from
> his dad... (Domineering-Father-Submissive-Mother household??)
> 
> I, Marc, write:
> 
> When I first read this, the first thought that came to my mind was 
that
> fatefule night that the Potters died. I took the little black 
haired boy to
> be Harry. and maybe it was Snape that was doing the yelling. I'm 
waiting to
> reread the book to be sure, since it was very early when I read the 
book.
> Did anyone else think the same?
> 
> 
> Marc

You know Marc, that was the first thing I thought, too. Snape yelling 
at Lily to get out of the house to rescue herself or something. But 
then this definitely can't be. First of all, Baby Harry, was well, 
just a baby. So how could he sit in a corner and cry? He'd be more 
likely in his little bed sleeping. Second reason: Lily doesn't seem 
to be a submissive character. I just can't imagine her "cowering" 
while Snape was shouting at her. More likely she'd just shout back or 
(better) put a charm ( which her wand was very good for, SS) or hex 
on him to stop shouting. 
I just think Snape was a mistreated child, the poor thing :)

magicalme (who greatly supports Snape and thinks that being terribly 
humiliated in front of the whole school at age fifteen by the coolest 
people in the school may well be the very worst memory, well the most 
humiliating anyway)