Yum yum yum! With the little information we have about the Snape/Black interactions, I think this post is as deep as we can get into the matter without becoming totally speculative.
I've always had very, very little interest in the house of Malfoy, mostly because Lucius for some reason is simply boring in my eyes (never got on the fanon bandwagon of Draco & his Malfoy Pride etc). Then came OOTP, Sirius' family immediately caught my attention, and imagine my excitement when I found out Draco was half a Black too! Now this is a family I could really sink my teeth into. While we've seen quite a bit of Black drama in HBP, there is bound to be more in the next book. Regulus certainly would be important, we likely would see more of Tonks and Andromeda, Narcissa and Bella would at least get some sort of resolution while Draco, I refuse to believe Kreacher's brief stalking job was just there to create comedy effect (though it *really* was funny).
Back to your main point- I think the case of Snape/Blacks is different from that of Sirius/Potters mainly in that Snape does seem to think positively of at least one of his parents. Thus, I don't think he would feel too keenly to be considered a 'somewhat' family member, since he certainly had not denounced his own the way Sirius did. But then again, I had overlooked the implication behind that "ugly flush", which like you said, was too strong an emotional response to an insult I'd have thought he could shrug off easily? Hmmm...... The only thing I can safely say is never underestimate Snape's role in *any* arc or sub-arc in Potterverse (all roads lead to Snape!), and a Snape who was some sort of friend and/or brother to Regulus? I'd *love* to read this fic!!!
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Date: 2005-09-08 12:51 am (UTC)I've always had very, very little interest in the house of Malfoy, mostly because Lucius for some reason is simply boring in my eyes (never got on the fanon bandwagon of Draco & his Malfoy Pride etc). Then came OOTP, Sirius' family immediately caught my attention, and imagine my excitement when I found out Draco was half a Black too! Now this is a family I could really sink my teeth into. While we've seen quite a bit of Black drama in HBP, there is bound to be more in the next book. Regulus certainly would be important, we likely would see more of Tonks and Andromeda, Narcissa and Bella would at least get some sort of resolution while Draco, I refuse to believe Kreacher's brief stalking job was just there to create comedy effect (though it *really* was funny).
Back to your main point- I think the case of Snape/Blacks is different from that of Sirius/Potters mainly in that Snape does seem to think positively of at least one of his parents. Thus, I don't think he would feel too keenly to be considered a 'somewhat' family member, since he certainly had not denounced his own the way Sirius did. But then again, I had overlooked the implication behind that "ugly flush", which like you said, was too strong an emotional response to an insult I'd have thought he could shrug off easily? Hmmm...... The only thing I can safely say is never underestimate Snape's role in *any* arc or sub-arc in Potterverse (all roads lead to Snape!), and a Snape who was some sort of friend and/or brother to Regulus? I'd *love* to read this fic!!!