Eileen Pince

[abergoat]

No: HPFGUIDX 156258

Dang, is anyone interested in Eileen? She's one of my favorite topics
because JKR says she loved the title of HBP and that originally HBP
was the working title for CoS. I do think this suggests that Eileen
will tie into Hagrid's story. Book seven may mirror book 1 - with
Hagrid returning as a central character.

We seem to have strayed into Lily/James and Snape without dragging
Eileen along with us. Any chance I can rekindle interest in her?

What about this: 
In HBP, JKR told us Eileen was captain of a HOGWARTS team (delibrately
avoiding her house) and this team was important enough to get in the
Daily Prophet. The presence of a picture implies they were
participating in an international competition (the Daily Prophet
doesn't seem to be interested in Harry's quidditch captaincy - only
his tri-wizard champion post). Doesn't this sound like a clue that the
woman cowering in Snape's OoP memory was not Eileen? Why would a
magical Eileen with the leadership skills to captain an international
team cower in front of a MUGGLE husband? Seems unlikely. I bet JKR
wanted us to question Harry's assumption that those people were
Snape's parents rather than some other relatives. 

Abergoat