Snape's child/ren? Evidently not a daughter...TBAY (from IM with Julie!)

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No: HPFGUIDX 129172

Kaylee Tonks-Lupin and Julie:
> That  screams 'but he has a son' at me...odd, but it rings true. 
> In that case, could  his son be someone we know?" Kaylee asked.  
> 
> "It could be," Julie replies. "Who is the  question."

<snip>

> "Or...quite possibly...Snape's son could be...wait for it...the 
> Half-Blood Prince!" Kaylee exclaimed triumphantly. "Especially if 
> he's dead already!" 

<snip>  

> Kaylee agreed wholeheartedly. "Do you think this theory is used 
> already, or could it use a ship of its own, maybe?" she pondered, 
> staring out over Theory Bay. "Not that I'm going to leave my 
> Captain," she added hastily. "I wouldn't mind captaining my own 
> ship *and* being a shipmate on DRIBBLE SHADOWS at the same time.
> Maybe I'd better ask Captain Susan  before going any farther," she 
> added. 


SSSusan peers down at Kaylee & Julie, lying in their sleeping bags on 
the beach.

"What's this I hear?  You're thinking of establishing your own ship 
in The Bay?  But you're not sure about protocol?"

"Exactly!" exclaim Kaylee & Julie.

"Well, what the heck are you asking *me* for?" asks SSSusan.  "I'm a 
newbie at this captain stuff, too!  Tell you what, though.  I don't 
see any reason why you two can't captain your own ship.  The DRIBBLE 
SHADOWS is a mighty small dinghy, and I'm pretty sure Jen & Potioncat 
& I can handle the sailin' or the bailin' if you need to go man your 
own boat."

"Really?" says Kaylee.

"Sure," says SSSusan.  "Now, if you're looking for a NAME for this 
ship, though, I'm not so sure about Dead!Snape'sSon!Half-
BloodPrince.  Nope, nope.  Definitely a dearth of VOWELS in those 
capital letters.  You might want to sit here and write out some 
possibilities in the sand.  You know, for something which can be used 
as an acronym when you're done?  And you might want to take a peek at 
Inish Alley and see what other kinds of acronyms have been used in 
the bay before now.  Like FEATHERBOAS or MAGIC DISHWASHER or VASSAL.

"Another thing to consider," SSSusan continues, warming to the 
topic, "is that there may already be something in the bay which talks 
about Snape's dead son -- in fact, I *know* for a fact ol' Kneasy 
long ago proposed that Snape's wife and son were killed by or at the 
request of Voldy.  Not sure if he captained his own ship, mind you, 
but you might get some additional fodder for your theory by searching 
the archives.  And o' course his wouldn't have had anything about the 
Half-Blood Prince in it...."

"Wow," says Julie, "Looks like we have a little more work ahead of 
us. Thanks, Cap'n SSSusan."

"You're quite welcome.  Now, I must get back to my ship.  She appears 
to be listing a little, and that Jen is nowhere to be seen!  Happy 
acronyming!"

And with that, Siriusly Snapey Susan dashes off to her boat.