Snape's mom-domestic abuse

[abergoat]

No: HPFGUIDX 159948

I completely agree with Prechi - the true question is whether the
people in the memory are Snape's parents (assuming the crying boy is
Snape).

Terri wrote:

> A witch caught in a domestic abuse situation has to have the mental 
> resources to be able to escape, all the magic in the world would not 
> help.

Abergoat continues:

I think Terri nails JKR's clue...JKR showed Eileen Prince as a woman
with mental resources. She was captain of a team that played a popular
game against other schools. If Eileen could take abuse from the
gobstones of her opponents I find it highly unlikely she would cower
in front of a muggle. Harry manages to perform magic without a wand
when he is angry.

Is it possible that Eileen was another Merope? We cannot rule it out
completely but not protecting a child at all costs is extremely
unusual. I don't think we need another Merope. JKR says Snape was
loved, I assume Eileen loved him - JKR's clues point towards the need
to question whether those people were Tobias and Eileen Snape.

Abergoat