Snape's mother

[suehpfan]

No: HPFGUIDX 89863

Berit wrote:
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> Also, maybe Agnes's condition explains why 
> Snape is one of the best Potion masters there 
> is? Having an incurable mother on your hands 
> is quite a strong motivation for delving into 
> the exact art and subtle science of potions, 
> isn't it? Maybe he has worked for years and 
> years to find a potion to help his mother get 
> well... My theory is that even though Snape 
> loves his mother dearly, his worst fear would 
> be for someone (like Harry) to find out about 
> his mother's condition; it would be extremely 
> humiliating (Hm. Just notice how Snape resents 
> "dogs" and dog-like creatures like Sirius and 
> Remus :-). So my guess is that one of Snape's 
> three worst memories has something to do with 
> his barking mother...
 
I'll bite.   What if Snape is the one who invented the Wolfsbane 
potion in an attempt to help his poor yelping mum and instead it 
wound up helping someone he hates (Lupin).  How is that for irony.  
Maybe Agnes is related to the Lovegoods and Luna's mother is her 
sister making Snape Luna's uncle and they were all working together 
to try and solve some horrible family curse that effects only the 
women and it will be NEVILLE who saves them all by discovering a new 
use for the stinksap from his Mimbulus mimbletonia.

I like this one!  Not only does it make Snape simpathetic but it puts 
Neville in a position of being smarter and better than the big nosed 
bat.

Sue, who may have let her opinion of Snape show for the first time.