[HPforGrownups] Snape's origins

[Janet Anderson]

No: HPFGUIDX 96789

Lilian says:

*snips brilliant idea of Snape's background*

I especially like this because while carefully thought out and in no way 
violating canon, it does not depend on Snape's being related to Harry, 
Sirius, Dumbledore, Crookshanks, Norbert the dragon, Trevor the Toad ...

And the cockroaches fit in too. In a place like Knockturn Alley, they are 
probably everywhere, all the time, and they may well represent Snape's 
greatest fear (either literally, or signifying a return to his life before 
he escaped the place).  When he showered Harry with them, he was probably 
throwing the worst thing he could think of at him that wasn't lethal.


Janet Anderson

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