Why Half-Blood Prince? was: Snape's Parents

[huntergreen_3]

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Mangochee wrote:
> But isn't it interesting that Snape chose a name for himself that
> highlights his not so perfect lineage? Voldemort would never
imagine
> calling himself "half-blood" even just to himself. Snape naming
> himself "Half-Blood Prince" is very intriguing to me.

Clio replied:
>>[snip]
What kind of person would write such a silly name in a school
textbook, anyways? Snape must have known that the marauders would have
had a field day if they discovered that nickname. And yet we are to
believe that Lupin knew noone of that name.

If it wasn't for Snape's cheesy line in 'The Flight of the Prince'
('... I, the Half-Blood Prince ...') I would have written the name off
as a cynical teenager's idea of a stupid joke about his family.

[snip]From what we know of the Snape family
home-life and financial status I just can't imagine the future Death
Eater Snape to be overly proud of his mother or his ancestry in
general.<<

HunterGreen:
Perhaps Snape didn't know being Half-Blood was something to be 
ashamed of when he came up with the title. Its not long his mother 
would have told him 'we're dirty half-bloods' when it was her that 
married a muggle. But, I suppose even that is unlikely, because he 
most likely heard it from somewhere. But if he came up with the nasme 
at a young age, it could easily been before he became a proud 
Slytherin pureblood enthusiast.

Its the newt-level book, but did he start using it in sixth year, or 
did he come across it earlier? Young Severus might have come across 
it with his mother's old school things (it was her book), and learned 
all the potions himself. It must have taken a lot of experimenation 
(or a exteremely natural ability in potions) to come up with all 
those hints for potions, and he spent a lot of time writing them out. 
That might be why the book is kept there as a school copy, Adult 
Snape could have still been using it (unless he has all the potions 
memorized), and forgot it in his joy of getting the DADA job. 

We haven't heard the name mentioned by anyone before, so perhaps 
Snape never told anyone about it. If he came up with the name as a 
child, then later grew ashamed of his muggle father, I can see why 
he'd keep the name a secret. 


-Rebecca / HunterGreen