Snape and Malfoy (Narcissa)

[Neri]

No: HPFGUIDX 169771


> Sonya wrote: <snip>
> > 
> > I've been wondering does anyone have any suspicions about Snape and
> Narcissa's relationship? 


> Carol responds:
> 
> Since others have provided you with the description of Lucius Malfoy
> that specifically points out his resemblance to Draco, I'll just call
> your attention to a theory of Neri's called ACID POPS. I don't
> subscribe to the theory myself, but I did come up with the words that
> the acronym stands for, "Alas, Cissy Is Despondent, Perhaps Old Pal
> Severus?" that was considered insufficiently passionate of SHIPpy, and
> it was changed to "Alas, Cissy Is Despondent, Perhaps Obsessively
> Passionate Severus?"
> 
> At any rate, Neri's description of Narcissa canonically shedding tears
> on Severus's chest is classic, as is the rest of his theory even
> though,as I said, I don't subscribe to it.
> 
> He's kindly provided what he calls "ACID POPS references for new guys":
> 
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/message/138593
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/message/138790
> http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/message/139141
>



Neri:
Thanks for supplying this information, Carol (and for supplying the
cool acronym). I perhaps need to clarify here that although I have
admittedly derived a lot of pleasure from being a rabid SHIPper <g>,
ACID POPS is in fact a very serious Snape theory. It answers in a
simple way at least two Snape mysteries that no other theory I know of
can explain in less than several paragraphs of energetic hand waving.
The first mystery is of course why did Snape make the Unbreakable Vow.
The second is why did Draco turn against Snape and Narcissa in HBP.
Note that the second mystery is what I term an "official mystery",
that is, Harry explicitly wonders about it in HBP. In fact it is the
first thing he asks himself while overhearing the talk between Snape
and Draco before Christmas:

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HBP Ch. 15:

Harry pressed his ear still more closely against the keyhole. . . .
What had happened to make Malfoy speak to Snape like this — Snape,
toward whom he had always shown respect, even liking?
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Until the end of HBP we don't get an answer to this question. Instead
the question becomes even more pressing, since Draco still resents
Snape and doesn't share his plan with him even after Snape saves his
life in the bathroom, with the critical results on the tower.
Therefore I believe we require an answer to this question too in DH. A
simple answer would be that Draco got some of the vibrations between
Snape and Narcissa and suspected that they had plotted together
against his father. Need I remind you that JKR has mentioned Hamlet as
a favorite reading?


Neri, who has just managed to stop himself from shouting down the
corridor "Snapy lurves Cissy! Snapy luuuuuurves Cissy!" ... oops...