Clothes as Metaphor (was: Lily and Tuney and Sev)

[va32h]

No: HPFGUIDX 176447

Sorry for not quoting anyone - the post was really complicated and I 
sort of forgot who said what. 

But what I wanted to say was that it makes sense to me that Eileen 
would not have bothered transforming or otherwise improving her son's 
ill-fitting clothing. 

Harry notes that his father had that air of being well-cared for -- 
so very unlike Snape. 

Eileen could have done much for her son but did not care enough to. 
Perhaps she was depressed (and given what seems to be a miserable 
home life that seems a good guess).

My totally-made-up explantation is that Eileen fell madly in love 
with Tobias and ran off with him, to the ire of her pureblood family 
who then disowned her. 

Tobias turned out to be an abusive SOB, but Eileen is stuck - she's 
given up her family to be with this man.  So she stays in her 
marriage, falling ever more depressed, which saps her ability to do 
magic, making it even harder for her to escape, even if she wanted 
to. 

Aside from the magic, that's a pretty common scenario in abusive 
relationships. 

va32h