Snape's memory

[va32h]

No: HPFGUIDX 164534

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Jeremiah LaFleur" > Jeremiah:
> 
> I dont' understand something...
> Why would Snape have someone else's memories in his head? If the 
child is
> not Snape then who is it? Would this not be as complicated a point 
as Snape
> sudeenly having a wife and kids? (which i truely doubt is the 
case... the
> wife and kid(s) that is...). And for the scene to be Snapes 
grandfather is
> only the same idea that it would be meaningless to go along with 
the theory
> that Snape is really MarriedManWithKids!Snape. So how would
> StuckWithTheCursesFromHisGrandfather!Snape be any more of a 
solution?

va32h:

Now I don't understand something...I certainly didn't say that Snape 
had anyone else's memory in his head. As you said yourself, why would 
he?

I don't think that whether the hook-nosed man is Snape's father or 
grandather fundamentally changes the impact of that scene - his 
mother is scared and Snape is crying. It would be more interesting if 
it were his grandfather. StuckWithCursesFromSomeSignificantMale!Snape 
is what we have either way, isn't it? Assuming there was some purpose 
to JKR's showing us those memories other than fleeting sympathy. 

It helps explain what drew Snape to the DE. He and Voldemort would 
have similar upbringings. 

AvengingWifeandChild!Snspe is an entirely different animal, IMO.

va32h