Quote: Necratoid wrote:Effects of Snape loving Lily? Possibly minimal. She considered him to be a childhood friend rather than a romantic interest.
The first thing that needs to be done is list off the effects that Snape loving Harry's mom had in the first place.
For example,, Harry probably wouldn't get as much flack as he does in the cannon... James didn't swipe his girl... he was still a jerk, but Snape
isn't going to have as much hate for Harry specifically. Son of a jerk, but not the jerk who swiped 'his' woman.
If we start off with a major change like giving Petunia magic.... it guts the series like a zombie fish. With magic she won't hate Harry near as much...
as she wouldn't have met Vernon and spent a decade or so learning to hate the non 'Normal'.
Harry getting less flack? Not necessarily. If Snape and Petunia didn't work out, he can hate Harry for being the nephew of the horrid woman he once loved.
Vernon is not the source for Petunia's hatred of magic, Snape is. A young Snape was very nasty to Petunia, even going so far (IIRC) as to use magic to
break her arm. If the two of them got together and then had a nasty breakup, she would still probably hate Harry.
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