Irma Pince is Snape's mother in disguise? WAS: Re: Snape as having been loved.

[sgwood01]

No: HPFGUIDX 137216

> Ceridwen:
> I've been playing with this one, too.  Along with other threads 
about Irma Pince.  And have come up with a completely AU theory 
(don't laugh!), one that I don't quite believe myself, since Filch 
is a Squib:  Filch is the elder Snape.
 
> Juli: But Tobias Snape was/is a muggle, not a squib, that's what 
The Prophet reported, we knoe the Prophet is wrong sometimes, but I 
don't think such a meaningless news could be altered, IMO
> 
> I do like the whole Irma Pince is Mrs Snape, Jo has played with 
anagrams before (Tom Marvolo Riddle = I am Lord Voldemort), so Irma 
Pince could be I'm a Prince, I like this idea.

Sue W:

I will be very surprised if this doesn't turn out to be the case. I 
have a couple of thoughts to add. I went back to look at the quote 
from JKR about Hogwarts' staff having spouses. The actual exchange 
was:

"Q: Have any of the Hogwarts professors had spouses?
JKR: Good question - yes, a few of them, but that information is 
sort of restricted - you'll find out why." (from Quick Quote Quills)

First, the question says 'had', rather than 'have' which suggests 
that the spouses belong in the past, rather than the present. 
Second, JKR suggests that we will find out why this information is 
restricted - but we haven't yet. Given that there don't seem to be 
similar clues about any of the other staff, and it is a bit late in 
the piece to be introducing further plot complications, I reckon the 
odds are that 'Irma Prince' is the staff whose marital status is 
relevant. If so, I wonder what happened to Snape senior and how long 
Madame Pince has been at Hogwarts?

Thinking about this possibility I also thought of the similarity 
between Madame Pince's response to seeing the potion's book in 
Harry's possession (besmirched, befouled) and Mrs Black's 
screechings about her house being defiled in OotP. I originally 
thought that Madame Pince was yelling at the fact that someone had 
written in the book, and this is what is implied by Hermione's 
remark. But what if the besmirching and befouling was actually a 
response to the book (her book, the book of a full blood) finding 
its way into the possession of Harry (a half-blood)?

Sue W