Snape, You Think I am Your Father

[Rebecca Hoskins]

No: HPFGUIDX 137430

Cindy wrote:

> Missed what?  That Snape believes there's a possibility Tom
> Riddle could be his father?  That Tom Riddle got his mother
> pregnant, left her in the lurch and the talented leader Eileen
> Prince got a quickie marriage with the first muggle that came 
>along? 



A very interesting theory. Although, like you Cindy, I also feel
 that Tobias Snape is Severus' biological father. After all, the
 memory acquired from Snape shows a 'dark, hooked-nosed man' (may
 not be an accurate as I'm not at home and don't have OotP to hand)
. Snape has always been described primarily as having a 
'hooked-nose', which would indicate to me that Snape's looks were 
inherited from his father.

It had also occured to me that Eileen Prince would have attended 
Hogwarts at the same time as Tom Riddle. I wonder whether she was in 
Slytherin house? If so, she would have certainly known who Tom Riddle 
was and may easily have had a friendship with him.

I have a problem with the idea of Tom Riddle actually committing the 
act that is necesary to produce a pregnacy. He is so ego-centric, and 
so removed from the baggage of reliance (emotional or practical)upon 
another human being, that I cannot imagine him allowing himself to 
experiment with physical relationships in the slightest. I cannot 
imagine him desiring physical relationships like the rest of us do.

Of course, if I am wrong and Tom Riddle did engage in sexual 
relationships then i guess he would have used sex to manipulate 
people, to have power over them.

Not a nice thought really.

Of course, there is the possibilty that he might see it as his 
responsibility to continue the line of Salazar Slytherin...?

Rebecca