The worst is yet to come/Happy Families

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No: HPFGUIDX 80926

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "melclaros" <melclaros at y...> wrote:
> Yes, it's a possibility that "we've" got this wrong and what we're 
> seeing is Severus' proving himseld a miserable family man. But for 2 
> problems. It appears that the memories are appearing to Harry in 
> chronological order. 


Kneasy:
Not necessarily so.
As Snape himself so helpfully points out, memories are not neatly
sorted as if in a filing cabinet. So  chronological order is unlikely.
We are not even sure they are all  of Snape.
 
Mel:
> My biggest problem is TIME.
> How old would Severus have been when this cowering son of his was 
> born? It's made quite clear that Harry sees a "little boy"--not a 
> baby or toddler--but a crying little boy. Harry himself was what, 1.5 
> when Voldemort met his match in him? And we all agree that James and 
> Lily seemed to have started their family unusually young. 
> Now there are those among us who see the adult, mysterious, gliding, 
> honeytongued, he of the ironic bow, Severus as a stud-muffin but I'd 
> have to say that even the most die-hard of us, given what we see of 
> him at age 15/16 give him much hope of marriage/fatherhood at 18 
> (give or take a year) in order to produce a "little boy" for Voldy to 
> do away with prior to Snape's defection and his Voldy's subsequent 
> demise.


Kneasy:
Oh ye of little faith!
In the last book, Harry is, what, 16? And Snape 38, maybe 39. I'm sure
we can imagine interesting activities that give  us say, 4 years slippage.

And if things get *really* tight, well, maybe it was Snape that Florence
was  kissing  behind the greenhouses, and maybe things got a bit, um,
previous  shall  we say.

Anyway, I  don't have to be right, I just have to be interesting.
I may be wrong, but I'm not uncertain. It's more fun that way.