Prince/Snape family (Re: Snape's Speech patterns)

[Jen Reese]

No: HPFGUIDX 142166

Pippin:
> If Filch *is* Snape's father, that would mean that the hook-nosed
> man in the pensieve is someone else. We do see Filch standing next
> to Irma Pince at Dumbledore's funeral, and then there's that bit
> about it's classified information whether any of the teachers are 
> married. Hmmm.

Jen: How 'bout Snape's stepfather? They fell in love at Hogwarts 
when Irma entered the Dumbeldore Witness Protection Program. Which 
also moves Filch up in the standings as the one to do magic late in 
life when Irma is threatened. 

I've read Carol's suggestion the hook-nosed man was Eileen's father. 
I found that an interesting possibility, given the scene we 
witnessed between Mr. Gaunt and Merope when he discovered she was 
sitting up nights watching that Muggle Riddle drive by. Was the hook-
nosed man yelling at the cowering woman in the Pensieve also a 
father enraged by his pure-blood daughter falling in love with a 
Muggle? 

The evidence against this is we now have Tobias in canon, but no 
mention of Mr. Prince. So hook-nosed Tobias seems likely unless JKR 
wants to keep connecting Riddle's and Snape's backgrounds for plot 
reasons. Tobias would have met an untimely death, but Snape's quick 
turn to Dumbledore's side was soon enough to save his mother (is my 
speculation, since LOLLIPOPS doesn't do it for me <g>).

Jen