Missing pieces.

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No: HPFGUIDX 140477

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"Katerina" (Message 140457)


>Harry believes that there is a high probability that Dumbledore 
>never knew of Snape's parentage.  I say this probability 
>is very low, at least for me.  Imagine of Dumbledore, who had 
>become a Headmaster, seeing the name Snape appearing in Slytherin.  
>The name 'Snape' was never known in the wizarding community, simply 
>because it never existed. I am very reluctant to believe that 
>Dumbledore never checked on Snape's past.

 

"K":

Katerina, I believe what Harry cannot understand is how Dumbledore 
could have missed the parallels between Voldemort and Snape. How 
Dumbledore could have had so much trust in Snape due to those 
similarities. I don't believe Harry is wondering if Dumbledore knew 
of Snape's parentage. Snape's birth was public record and Eileen 
Prince was a student at Hogwarts. Dumbledore would surely know the 
mother of Snape.

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"Well...yes," said Hermione. "So...I was sort of right. Snape must 
have been proud of being 'half a Prince,' you see? Tobias Snape was 
a muggle from what it said in the Prophet."

"Yeah, that fits," said Harry. "He'd play up the pure-blood side so 
he could get in with Lucius Malfoy and the rest of them...He's just 
like Voldemort. Pure-blood mother, Muggle father...ashamed of his 
parentage, trying to make himself feared using the Dark Arts, gave 
himself an impressive new name--Lord Voldemort -- the Half-Blood 
Prince -- how could Dumbledore have missed --?"

He broke off, looking out the window. He could not stop himself 
dwelling upon Dumbledore's inexcusable trust in Snape...
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"Katerina" 
 
>Ps: In a way I hope Snape is not a vilain, since if he proves to be 
>so it will become so one-dimentional.  It will be as if Harry was a 
>perfect judge of character from the age of 12.  No one is like that.



"K":

Well, I agree with you but since this story is about Harry and his 
friends, I definitely see the author heading in the direction of 
almost perfect Harry. 

I wish I had time to comment more on some of the other 
points you made. For now I'll just say I believe Lily was the one 
who gave Snape his nickname. And for the record, I don't like an 
unrequited Snape/Lilly connection AT ALL. Just so you know that it 
is not wishful thinking on my part.  :-)