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>Carol 
While I agree that Eileen wouldn't cower in front of a Muggle  husband
and that we may be expected to question Harry's assumption that  the
people in the memory are Severus's parents (wouldn't Harry  have
noticed that the man was dressed as a Muggle if he were Tobias?),  I've
always believed that the hook-nosed man in the memory is more  likely
to be Eileen's father, Grandpa Prince, than Tobias. I can't see  young
Severus coming to school knowing more hexes than most seventh years  if
he had a forceful, even cruel, Muggle father dominating his mother  and
preventing hier from teaching the child magic (or him from learning  it
on his own). IMO, something happened early on to get Tobias out of  the
picture and that Eileen perhaps moved in with her parents. It  seems
that young Severus identified with that side of the family even if  the
"pureblood Princes" rejected the precocious little half-blood.  (Why
else give himself that name?)
 
Nikkalmati:
 
I think the scene could be between Severus' parents.  We have seen two  
witches who lost their powers under the influence of rejection in love:   Merope 
and Tonks, so something like that could have happened to Eileen.   The scene was 
very dramatic and fleeting so Harry might not have noticed the  clothes.   On 
the other hand, I also like the argument that Snape was  brought up in part 
by his grandparents and taught magic by his mother.   Otherwise, I can't see 
him coming to school from a Muggle-father dominated  household knowing so much 
magic and using his mother's old  books.
Nikkalmati
 
>Carol
<snip>
>But I have trouble understanding (even  though I've read the interview
in which JKR made the comment) how the plot of  HBP could have been
used for CoS. <snip>
I'm completely thrown by  this particular piece of information,
frankly. Does anyone have any ideas how  the HBP plot could have been
interwoven with the Chamber of  Secrets/diary/interwoven wit
 
Nikkalmati:
 
Perhaps, JKR only intended to introduce the Half-Blood Prince title and the  
fact that Snape is not a pureblood.  I agree I can't meld these two plots  
(although I think JKH may have intended to introduce the UV scene in COS to  
confuse us more about Snape at an earlier stage of the books).  Clearly,  she 
decided that would be a bad idea.
Nikkalmati





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