Family ties.

[potioncat]

No: HPFGUIDX 117243


 
> Kneasy:
> But there's a bit you missed out:
> "Voldemort put a bit of himself in me?" Harry said, thunderstruck.
> "It certainly seems so."
> That, combined with listing the qualities prized by Slytherin with 
no 
> indication that these weren't also passed across at the same time.
> Powers are different. There's only one we know of so  far 
(Parseltongue)
> though  DD does say that powers (plural) were transferred.
> 
> Now others may disagree, but I  reckon "...a bit of Voldemort.." 
is not
> the same thing as "Voldemort's powers." I think  the former phrase
> was used very deliberately.
> 
> Powers per se are not a problem, they  can be used without  hazard
> to the recipient (so long as he can control  them). But a bit of 
Voldy
> is a different cauldron of toads; it implies much more than just 
being
> able to  cast an unusual spell or two. IMO it's what allows the 
link,
> often at  considerable distances, much further than shown between 
any
> other pair, between Harry and Voldy. The Dark Mark calls his 
disciples;
> but it doesn't affect their minds, only their arms.
> Voldy can stroll round Harry's mind because he has a foothold 
there 
> already.
> Part of Harry's mind *is* part of Voldy.

Potioncat:
Oh, I agree there's a bit of LV in Harry,and I didn't mean it was 
only the Parseltongue.  I think Snape has been looking for something 
of LV in Potter all along. And there will likely be more 
bits showing up in books 6 & 7.(Wasn't there a thread about 
that...of course, let's face it, there's been a thread about 
everything.)

But I think the resourcefulness, disregard for rules and whatever 
the other was (snipped too well) are from James.  Discribes him 
perfectly. 
> 
> 
> > 
> 
> Kneasy:
> Pureblood is different to Muggle born is different to mudblood.
> Sometimes labels are useful, sometimes they restrict. 
> Two or three generations back and a dalliance with a Muggle milkman
> ruins a pureblood pedigree. But that wouldn't make the later 
descendents 
> Muggleborn. Far enough back and it'd be difficult to call them 
mudblood.
> Harry isn't Muggleborn - but he was thought suitable for 
Slytherin, even
> though Lily came from Muggles (we think).
> 
> No; I'm convinced that whatever Snape's motivation is for swapping
> sides (and most agree that there must be a strong one) I  reckon 
it's
> *personal*, something to do with family. It's not such a giant 
leap to
> wonder if his family had interesting connections.

Potioncat:
We agree here. There must be some surprising connection. And I 
wouldn't be surprised to discover that Snape was Halfblood like 
Harry.  He's a prince of a man too, everyone says so....
(No, I'm not serious about the last part.)