An out-there Snape theory?

[romuluslupin1]

No: HPFGUIDX 110720

Lissa:

>(Just for the record, Sirius and Remus are the only male/male couple 
>I ship, although I'll entertain the amusing notion that Snape is in 
>love with Remus as opposed to Lily.  I don't think either's really 
>true, but I can really make the pieces fit for that one.  I mention 
>it because my junior high kids accused me of thinking everyone's 
>gay.  ::Sigh:: )


Must be a catching disease. My niece says the same thing about me ;-)

I was thinking, we all know Regulus Black was a Slyth, right? And so 
was Snape (probably). Their ages can't be all that much far apart for 
Regulus (who was younger than Sirius) to have been a DE and killed by 
LV. Even if we go with the highest possible age for Sirius (taking 
JKR comment that Snape, and therefore Sirius, was 35ish in PS instead 
of GOF) and the lowest possible age for Regulus (let's say he became 
a DE and was killed within a year from leaving Hogwarts) they can't 
be more than 7 years apart, probably much less. Which means Snape met 
Regulus when they where both at school. I think Snap's the one who 
enlisted Reggie as a DE. I think he befriended Regulus thinking he 
could get back at Sirius somehow, at least at first, and then he fell 
in love with him. After all good looks seem to run in the Black 
family, if Snape is gay Regulus is a more likely candidate as a love 
interest than Sirius (or James or Lupin).

Anyway, a few weeks ago I was helping my niece study for her history 
exam. I tested her on the subject of WWII and how I Hitler was paying 
families to have lots of nice Arian children to populate Germany (or 
was that Mussolini and Italy?). Well, anyway, Hitler was taking 
the "go forth and multiply" command very seriously (although twisted 
to suit his agenda. He even sent gays to Auschwitz and other similar 
places to be exterminated together with other "lesser races" (his 
idea, not mine). And I was struck with a (probably farfetched) idea: 
what if LV did the same?

We know there is *one* DE LV (had) killed because he refused to 
follow orders. What if he ordered Reggie to marry a nice, pureblood, 
female DE (or DE relative) and he was zapped. *This* is why Severus 
turned traitor on his former master, that's the story he told DD. He 
loved Regulus, the only one who loved him back, and he died because 
of that love. Regulus became a DE to make Snape happy and this caused 
his death. No wonder Severus wants revenge against LV and his 
henchmen. All in my opinion, of course.

Remulus Lupin, who's not sure if he made a lick of sense and ask 
forgiveness for his ramblings. My only excuse is that I'm not an 
English speaker and expressing "philosophical" concepts in another 
language isn't always easy