DD and Snape

[Eric Oppen]

No: HPFGUIDX 126466

People on here have wondered what went on between DD and Snape; why did
Snape turn from the Dark Side, why did he go to Dumbledore, why does
Dumbledore trust and believe in Snape, even when Snape is being a gigantic
jerk?

I would be very unsurprised to find that the reason for a lot of this stuff
is that Snape is DD's grandson, or something similar.  That would account
for the trust between them, and for DD's willingness to forgive Snape for
shenanigans that, frankly, had they been committed by somebody working for
me, would have resulted in an immediate sacking.

The WW is small, and mostly inter-related.  Snape would about have to be
"pure-blooded" enough to get into Slytherin House, not to mention being pure
enough to join the DEs.  That would increase the chances that he and DD are
kin.

If Snape is DD's grandson, or possibly even a son ( we don't _know_ that
"Severus Snape" is his real birth name, after all, or that "Albus
Dumbledore" is the real birth name of the Headmaster---magical initiations
are often accompanied by the adoption of a new name to symbolize a new life,
rather like baptism or initiation in various religious contexts) that would
account easily for why Snape is protected by Dumbledore, and why he agreed
to work against the DEs.  "You want to kill _my grandfather?_  My dear old,
sweet, white-haired grandpa?  I think NOT!"

It might be that I'm barking up a completely wrong tree---but if Snape turns
out to be close-enough kin to DD for DD to protect him, I'll say "I told you
so!"

*going back to pacing the floor impatiently, counting the minutes until the
next book's in my hands*