James Potter = Voldemort

[Potterfanme]

No: HPFGUIDX 81240

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, A Featheringstonehaugh 
<featheringstonehaugh at y...> wrote:
> 
> Not only would James = Voldemort be too Star Wars, I think it'd be 
awfully amateurish. 
> 
> Personally, I've long harbored the feeling that Snape is Harry's 
father. Yes, yes, I know...the physical resemblence between Harry and 
James, but Snape has black hair too, is thin and who knows, may clean 
up remarkably well?...Anyway,  Snape and Lily were in love... 
unbeknownst to all but a very few, but known to DD... (Lily exhibits  
a bit of missionary zeal toward the loner Snape and her sympathy 
takes on a new dimension)... Snape's pureblood family (part of the 
Tom Riddle family tree?) are against it, ...Harry is conceived around 
the time Snape leaves the Death Eaters, a betrayal by Snape that 
enrages Voldemort... The Plan:... to protect Lily and their child, 
Snape enlists the help of the one person NO ONE would expect to help 
him - James (who still cares for Lily anyway, so it's a pretty good 
deal for him) ....Snape goes to ground, James and Lily marry and soon 
(less than 9 months later) Harry arrives as a Potter and as such, has 
nothing to fear from Voldemort....but Voldemort
>  learns of the deception and goes after Harry both to punish Snape 
and to dispose of this infant rival to his power....Lily's own family 
know nothing of this, and so forever blame James for "compromising" 
their daughter/sister and hold him responsible for her death .... 
Snape is anguished at the loss of Lily but is determined to keep 
track of his son, whom he cannot acknowledge... so he goes to 
Hogwarts to teach, knowing that someday they'll be reunited there.... 
While he appreciates the ultimate sacrifice made by James, it rankles 
that someone he so dispised is revered by Harry and that his 
(Snape's) personal sacrifices and sorrows must remain hidden....His 
alleged hatred of Harry is a carefully crafted charade that must be 
mainatined in order to allow him to protect his son.  The End.
> 
> Thank you. You may now applaud.
> 
> AF 


Susan:

Could Snape and James be brothers?  That would explain how Harry 
could look so much like James.  It would also explain Snapes hatred 
of Harry....I would imagine it would irritate someone like Snape to 
have his son look like a brother who treated him so badly.