[HPforGrownups] Snape's mom-domestic abuse

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No: HPFGUIDX 160138

Marion
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>Can you imagine, daughter Eileen returning to her family and dad is  
screaming at her, "how dare you return with your halfbreed child in  tow!"
They'd probably take Eileen and Severus in... reluctantly (like Vernon  and 
Petunia took Harry in - reluctantly) Maybe Eileen left with Severus, but she  
died after a while as well and Sev was taken in by the Princes. But I can't  
imagine he was taken into a loving home. He was described as looking like a  
'plant that had been kept in the dark too long', after all.
It would also go  a long way to explain why he took 'the Half Blood Prince' 
as a secret nickname.  If you've been told long enough by your family, "you? 
You are no Prince. You're  a halfblood Prince", you might take that insult as a 
nickname in defiance ("I'll  show them who's a Half Blood Prince!")
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Nikkalmati:
 
Oh, I like this suggestion because it increases the parallels between Harry  
and Severus.  If Severus was forced to grow up in a home with hostile,  
unloving relatives, he and Harry have something else in common (besides being  the 
victims of bullies and half-bloods, and being good at DADA, and following  DD's 
orders to kill him, (that green potion was no health  drink)).  JKR likes 
these parallels and it may be a way of bringing Harry  to understand Severus 
(along with the Potions book, of course).
 
Nikkalmati




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