Addendum to Draco Snape's son (was Re: Snape and Malfoy (Narcissa)

[julie]

No: HPFGUIDX 169744

This is an addendum to the theory that Draco is Snape's (and Florence 
Malfoy's) son. I forgot to add a couple of other plot points that are 
neatly explained by this theory.

1. Why Snape is so determined to keep Harry safe. Dumbledore of 
course told Harry in PS/SS that he believed Snape protected Harry to 
satisfy that life debt to James. But when has Dumbledore ever told 
the WHOLE truth? ;-)

Can't you just see this conversation between Harry and Dumbledore's 
portrait:
"You told me Snape protected me because he owed my father a life 
debt!"
"He *did* owe your father a life debt, Harry."
"But my mother also saved the life of Drac--er, Snape's son!" Harry 
grimaced, as if he was still trying to come to terms with the idea of 
Snape having a son, especially a son who was none other than Draco 
Malfoy.
Portrait Dumbledore's eyes twinkled, much as they so often had in 
real life. "Well, there was that also."

Which leads into...

2. Why Dumbledore trusted Severus Snape "completely." It's because 
Snape told Dumbledore the story of Florence and Draco. He gave 
Dumbledore the knowledge that Draco is his biological son, thus he 
gave Dumbledore that power over him. Now even Snape probably knows 
Dumbledore would never in a million years hurt an ignorant, 
unsuspecting child just to punish Severus. But the fact that Snape 
would trust *Dumbledore* so completely with this information might be 
enough for Dumbledore to fully return the sentiment. 

And finally back to...

1b. If Lily saved Snape's son, i.e., gave Draco the chance to live, 
then Snape would feel such gratitude to her that he might well have 
promised then (or at a later time) to do the same in turn, to 
protect/save her son if he ever had the opportunity. If Snape is 
truly DDM, and left Voldemort because of a true crisis of conscience 
once he learned of the direct threat to Lily's son, it would make 
much more sense than Snape obsessing about some life debt (which we 
have no evidence would carry beyond the grave to James's son). IMO, 
since that sideways life-debt angle (transferred to Harry upon 
James's death) has never made much sense to me.

Julie, still highly doubtful this will all be proven in DH, but it's 
fun to speculate wildly anyway!