Post by Nymphadora Tonks on Jul 4, 2004 14:18:27 GMT -5
I'm sorry if I'm not allowed to start threads here, but this is really interesting!
OK, I got this theory from someone at Hogwarts Castle, who got it from an article Dan wrote at muggle net.
This theory is so well thought! After I read that, I immediately thought about Lily sticking up for Snape when James was picking on him! Maybe the reason why she always stood up for him, is because they are related in some way!
OK, I got this theory from someone at Hogwarts Castle, who got it from an article Dan wrote at muggle net.
Ok, I should tell you all that when I read this, I was in shock. This idea could go so many ways, but there has to be something about it. It's just WAY too much to be coincidental. This one is from Adam Davidson.
As I reread the chapter of OotP when Harry enters Snape's pensieve, I noticed that while he was inside Snape's memory at Hogwarts, no one addressed Snape as either "Severus" or "Snape." Members of James's gang called him "Snivellus" or "Snivelly" every time. We didn't even see Snape's name on the top of his O.W.L. test. I also noticed that James called Lily "Evans," and did so many times. I began to wonder whether or not Snape was called Snape back when he was at Hogwarts. I remembered how Tom Marvolo Riddle used an anagram for his name when he sold out to the Dark Side, and I thought Snape, the former Death Eater, might have done the same. Imagine my shock and horror when I realized that the same letters used to spell "Severus Snape" can be used to spell "Perseus Evans." Now, Snape did call Lily a Mudblood, so they are probably not siblings...but perhaps half siblings, or cousins? I did some further research into the name Perseus and f!ound that there is a constellation named Perseus, and also that Perseus was a figure in Greek mythology most famous for the slaughter of Medusa (Bellatrix Lestrange??). I believe that this is much too coincidental not to have some merit, and we could possibly find out a whole lot more about Snape and his background in subsequent volumes of this series. I hope you've enjoyed my theory.
I definitely think it means something. I also did some research on Perseus, and I came up with a few other things. First, there was a prophecy surrounding him that he would kill his grandfather, which he did fulfill years later, albeit on accident (conflicting sources say it was either in a discus or javelin competition). Perseus was sent on a suicide mission by some dude named Polydectes, who was in love with Perseus's mom. The mission was to get the head of Medusa. Apparently the gods really liked Perseus, because they helped him alot, and he did defeat Medusa. He then mar!ried a girl named...get this...Andromeda. Now I'm almost positive that that name is in OotP. Again, I don't have my copy, but I seem to remember that it may be the name of Tonks' mom. Connection? Who knows? He killed Polydectes and his followers too (Voldemort? Dumbledore? Seems like both Albus and Voldemort have sent Snape on what seems to be "suicide missions"). He also killed Atlas, but I don't know what that could mean. Anyone at all who may have some insight onto this topic, email me at HPotterLupin40@mugglenet.com.
As I reread the chapter of OotP when Harry enters Snape's pensieve, I noticed that while he was inside Snape's memory at Hogwarts, no one addressed Snape as either "Severus" or "Snape." Members of James's gang called him "Snivellus" or "Snivelly" every time. We didn't even see Snape's name on the top of his O.W.L. test. I also noticed that James called Lily "Evans," and did so many times. I began to wonder whether or not Snape was called Snape back when he was at Hogwarts. I remembered how Tom Marvolo Riddle used an anagram for his name when he sold out to the Dark Side, and I thought Snape, the former Death Eater, might have done the same. Imagine my shock and horror when I realized that the same letters used to spell "Severus Snape" can be used to spell "Perseus Evans." Now, Snape did call Lily a Mudblood, so they are probably not siblings...but perhaps half siblings, or cousins? I did some further research into the name Perseus and f!ound that there is a constellation named Perseus, and also that Perseus was a figure in Greek mythology most famous for the slaughter of Medusa (Bellatrix Lestrange??). I believe that this is much too coincidental not to have some merit, and we could possibly find out a whole lot more about Snape and his background in subsequent volumes of this series. I hope you've enjoyed my theory.
I definitely think it means something. I also did some research on Perseus, and I came up with a few other things. First, there was a prophecy surrounding him that he would kill his grandfather, which he did fulfill years later, albeit on accident (conflicting sources say it was either in a discus or javelin competition). Perseus was sent on a suicide mission by some dude named Polydectes, who was in love with Perseus's mom. The mission was to get the head of Medusa. Apparently the gods really liked Perseus, because they helped him alot, and he did defeat Medusa. He then mar!ried a girl named...get this...Andromeda. Now I'm almost positive that that name is in OotP. Again, I don't have my copy, but I seem to remember that it may be the name of Tonks' mom. Connection? Who knows? He killed Polydectes and his followers too (Voldemort? Dumbledore? Seems like both Albus and Voldemort have sent Snape on what seems to be "suicide missions"). He also killed Atlas, but I don't know what that could mean. Anyone at all who may have some insight onto this topic, email me at HPotterLupin40@mugglenet.com.
This theory is so well thought! After I read that, I immediately thought about Lily sticking up for Snape when James was picking on him! Maybe the reason why she always stood up for him, is because they are related in some way!
~Bellatrix Black~
