Snape and Hagrid have something in common...

[Eric Oppen]

No: HPFGUIDX 108845

If this has been discussed-to-death at one of the times when I wasn't able
to access the list, please forgive me.  Rereading PS/SS, it struck me that
Hagrid and Snape have the same sort of eyes.

Could they be...related?  (On Hagrid's dad's side, I hasten to add!)

We've seen that the WW tends to have a poor opinion of some of the other
magical races, giants in particular.  What _was_ the response Hagrid's dad
got to his Cunning Plan, anyway?  ("Oh, I've got this giantess, Fridwulfa,
up the spout, so she'll have my baby and we'll raise it together...")  And
does Hagrid have any other relations---like, say, Snape's parents?

If they are related, would this have shaped Snape's outlook in any way?
_Particularly_ given Hagrid's talent for giant-size mess-ups?  (Think about
Hagrid in potions class...and shudder!)

And just _how_ did Hagrid's dad do it, anyway?  Could Dark Arts have been
involved?  Was Hagrid's dad not quite the benign figure Hagrid remembers?

Hey, a new theory---Hagrid's Dad Was Ever So Evil!  Whee!  I'll end up
suspecting everybody!