Sirius, Severus and the Potters

[darrin_burnett]

No: HPFGUIDX 100793


Jenny from Ravenclaw wrote:


> Sirius explained to the Trio in GoF that Snape knew more curses 
than any  other kid upon his arrival to Hogwarts.  Maybe Sirius knew 
that from  childhood experiences with Snape.  If Snape was known to 
be a nasty kid and Sirius, as a child, was already displaying the 
traits of a Gryffindor, I can imagine the tensions between the two 
starting even earlier than Hogwarts.
> 

Let's assume, though I know it might cause pain to those who worship 
Snape, that Snape, when he was a Slyth and DE, harbored much the same 
anti Muggle prejudice as the others. 

Actually, we KNOW he does, when he calls Lily a mudblood. Whether he 
still harbors those beliefs, I don't know, but his treatment of 
Hermione comes from somewhere. 

And if Sirius was the first Gryffindor in his line, perhaps Snape 
viewed him as a race traitor.

You and your sweetie sound like you get a lot accomplished in those 
discussions. :)

> I am also curious, as I think many are, about the Potters.  OoP 
gives us a  nice background of how small the wizard community is, and 
how so many wizards are related to one another.  The Potters, 
however, are never  mentioned.  I know they're all gone, or Harry 
would never have had to go to the Dursleys, but who are they?  Are 
they an old wizarding family?  Were they all mixed with Muggles?  
Pure bloods?  

Actually, if I understand D-Dore's spell correctly, it wouldn't 
matter if the place was crawling with Potters. Harry needs to live 
with an Evans. It was his mother who died to save him and he must 
dwell in a place with her blood. And Petunia apparently is the only 
Evans still left, which is in a way, just as interesting, because it 
begs the question, "Where the hell are the other Evans'?"

Now, does this mean there are Potters still alive? It is possible, 
but I doubt it. You'd think one would have contacted Harry by now, 
but perhaps there is a reason D-Dore doesn't want that. (And if he 
though Harry broke things when Sirius was killed, just WAIT to see 
the kid's reaction to that.)

We know that James' parents were alive when he and Sirius were 16. We 
know that James died when he was around 21 or so. Maybe they died in 
those years or maybe they actually knew Harry as a baby or MAYBE, the 
survived James and died sometime before Harry turned 11.

Inquiring minds want to know. Where's Rita Skeeter when you need her?

Darrin
-- Hi Jenny, how's that anti-Hagrid thing working out? :)