Some (once private) thoughts on HBP/relationships/Snape's background

[potioncat]

 "...the delicate
power of
liquids
that creep
through human
veins,
bewtiching the
mind,
ensnaring the senses..."
I don't know
about the rest of you
but I'm
spaced out.

Kneasy wrote:
> Isn't it amazing that everything seems to be centering around Snape?
> With Harry we're wondering "how will he do it?" - fascinating 
enough,
> but at least we're not spending acres of board space on the 
fundamentals 
> of who and what he is.
> 
> This married staff-members question that Jo has pointedly refused to
> answer while allowing that it does throw light on what's going on, 
there's
> got to be clues somewhere (he said hopefully, trying hard to forget 
some
> of the strokes Jo has pulled already). But once it was announced 
that 
> neither Lily nor Harry  were related to DD most fans lost any 
immediate
> interest.
> 
> Snape as DD progeny (1st or 2nd generation) or even, as I've 
suggested 
> to you off-site, uncle-nephew (Aberforth taking  centre-stage at 
last)
> does have a certain piquancy. Additionally, a 'mudblood' as Head of
> Slytherin House doesn't really compute, either. Mind you, our 
Eileen 
> could have married more than once - first to an as yet unknown 
wizard,
> second time to this Muggle bloke. In which case the 'Half Blood 
Prince'
> could be an ironic expression of disgust for his mothers tastes, 
reflecting
> as it would on Snape's perceived status among the Slytherins.

KathyW:

Well, Severus's birth comes after the marriage to Tobias Snape, so I 
don't think two marriages would work. Unless there's a reason 
Hermione says "later" instead of "a year later". And it wouldn't have 
been Eileen Prince getting married but Eileen Malfoy...or some such.

How are wedding announcements handled in Britain? In America they are 
written by the bride's family and submitted to the paper. Some go 
into great detail about the dress, the families, bios on the bride 
and groom, a list of attendants, career and home plans.

Hermione states that it's a short announcement. So, did the family 
feel the need to announce the wedding even if they didn't approve? I 
wonder at the wording that allowed Hermione to know the groom was a 
Muggle? And does that mean the groom knew he was marrying a witch? 
Was anyone else mentioned as being at the wedding? Wouldn't Eileen 
and Minerva be about the same age? Hmmm, would Eileen and Gram 
Longbottom be about the same age too?

According to my dictionary, Eileen is Irish for Helen and Helen 
means "light" or "a torch" and Tobias means "God is good". Doesn't 
sound like a Dark Arts house, does it? Of course it doesn't sound 
like the couple in Snape's memory either.  And of course Lucius 
means "light" too.

Well, at least now we know Agnes wasn't waiting for a visit from 
Snape...


Kathy W. (what do you mean, who's Agnes?)