Why do people think Snape is Harry Potter's father isnt it obvious that James is Harry's father ??

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"Why do people think Snape is Harry Potter's father isnt it obvious that James is Harry's father ??
What made the Fans who didnt read the book think that way ??"

Because they didn't read the book.

I don't understand how anyone could possibly think that Snape is Harry's father, either. There is nothing in canon that could even be construed as such. C'mon...seriously? They hadn't spoken to each other since they were fifteen years old. That's six years. What? One night Snape just shows up at the door, Stupifies James, Impirios Lily and does her? And the boy comes out looking like James? And Snape spends six years telling him "you're just like your father", and "your father was a swine"?

I think...not.

I can see why people who didn't read the Bücher could have somehow jumped to that conclusion.

1) The Filme only ever showed that Snape liked Lily and that they were very close. It never showed them ending the relationship oder why they ended it.

2) In the movie when Snape asks for Dumbledore's help, only Harry and Lily are mentioned so it sounds like Snape is asking Dumbledore to specifically only protect Harry and Lily.

3) Lily's and Jame's eye colour change throughout the movies. Child Lily has brown eyes, adult Lily has blue eyes and ghost Lily's eyes look brown again. Child James has blue/green eyes, teen James has brown eyes, adult James has blue eyes and ghost James eyes look brown also. Harry's eyes stay constantly a bright blue.

4) As to Harry looking like James, they are wizards so a spell could have been used to disguise their looks. Why would Harry look like James? Perhaps to protect Snape's cover as a spy?

5) The way Snape looked at Harry and sagte “You have your mother's eyes” sounded somewhat paternal.

To give those people credit, most of them didn't come out saying categorically that Snape was Harry's father, rather they left confused because they were gegeben somewhat ambiguous information.
Also when you're watching a movie at the cinema Du don't have the luxury of being able to stop and replay a scene to check if Du heard something right oder if Du miss a bit of information. For that Du have to read the Bücher oder watch the DVDs.

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because people get confuse with the patronus.. some people thought that the patrunus was from Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban.. and in that movie harry sagte that was his father who made the patronus but later we all knew that was harry.. so people doesn't remenber that.. so when snape sent the patronus for help harry to find the sword of griffyndor there is the confuse..I say this because I heard it in the theater and then when he sagte "always" people thought again that maybe lily and severus had some kind of a affair.. but in my case a Sekunde later I sagte this is impossible because harry is identical to james

A better Frage is, why do those who read the book look down and laugh at those who didn't? Du can't see why they would think Snape is Harry's father I can (Flashes of Snape with Lily seem to indicate there was something between them and then Dumbledore says don't tell Harry the secret) come on people Du couldn't be that lame that's what they do in Filme leave something to the imagination. Weiter time Du read a book and then go see the movie try not going in with preconceived notions (con, I already know what happens doesn't look good on Du when you're laughing at others because they don't) and really watch the movie like you've never heard the story before and stop sitting there dictating every line, that's no fun. Besides when watching Filme some people like it to be a story they've never seen oder heard and for the record Filme don't always follow the book to the letter. I guess alot of those who read the book know nothing about Filme and how thay make things appear to be something their not and oh yeah EVERY DETAIL is not included in a movie from a book and important details get left out. The real idiots are those who insult someones intelligence because they didn't read the book. So, Be nice don't laugh at people beacause they don't know what happened in the book, Weiter time Du could be the clueless individual.

well the people that say that are soooo wrong. it is 150% James but i guess they think that because snape loved her and in the beginning Du can tell she liked him before she met james. go to link and in the beginning of snapes memories as shown Du will see his adventures with lily as children. Du will see that in their first Jahr at hogwarts lily and james met in gryffindor and eventually got married and snape and lily were separated when snape was put in slytherin. Du will see that people must think this because of the Liebe connection between lily and snape, anthough james is totally harry's father, not snape. Also, later in the memories, Du will see that snape sends his patronus which is a doe (hmmm....) and dumbledore says "after all this time?" and snape replies, "always." hmm.... as Du can see, lily, james, harry, and snape's patronuses are all types of deer. so when Du hear this Du aren't really sure what this is supposed to mean and Du really don't get much help from the Bücher either. Some people think that to have the same patronus as another person Du must be blood-related somehow... which is possible but not really mentioned in the series, Bücher oder movies...anyway, i think some people might get the idea from this misleading conversation oder idea. Von the way, this scene is in DH (part 2) when snape dies and harry takes the tears to the pensieve and Ansichten snape's memories. Also, something interesting: snapes patronus is not a hirsch it is a doe, same as lily's. This makes me believe that if Du Liebe someone truly, your patronus is the same as theirs- it depends on what kind of situation. So because snape's patronus is Lily's, i guess people who believe the blood-related patronus thing must think that he is related to harry because harry is related to lily...Therefore, i think the reason why dumbledore says "after all this time?" is because he just figured out that because his patronus is a doe then he is in Liebe wth lily. and snape probably says "always." because he is saying that he has always loved lily.

Snape loved Lily.

I had the same Frage when I watched it before Lesen the book. In Snape's memories, there was a lot to do with Lily in there. How much he loved her. So when Harry was talking to Dumbledore after he died, he sagte "Isn't it curious that Snape and my mother share the same patrons us?" and I took Dumbledore's response as implying he was.

i think people got confused bc they gave alot of details on how snape and lily were really close Friends and snape really did Liebe her. i mean he evn has ta same patronus as her.

I've also read all the books, and I knew that Snape wasn't Harry's real father. But maybe when Voldemort kills Snape, and he gives the teardrop to Harry, maybe that confused her oder something. I'm not sure, but anyway I loved the movie!

I'm not sure where people have got that idea. Characters in the Bücher that knew James clearly state that Harry is James' son because he looks like James.

I think it made people think that because they only wanted to believe it because no-one liked James, they thought Severus Snape was Harry's father because of his relationship with Lily but people totally misunderstood it because when Severus cqlled her a mudblood he never saw Lily again only when she was dead. So no harry;s father was definitly not Severus Snape. Although i would have found it interesting if he was though but sadly he's not so there Du have it.

I found it annoying as well but Harry sagte to Albus, Snapes patronus is a doe, isn't that courious & Albus sagte no. I know for a Sekunde I was thinking the same thing but in all the Filme & Bücher they say he's a spitting image of James but has his mothers eyes. And that when he agrees to protect Harry he says no one can know. I think people were just kind of grasping at straws. He loved Lily for over 16 years. But no, he wasn't Harrys father! lol

I Saw People Saying That on Tumblr before I Saw oder even Read The Final Book, So That was a Shock.
I Think People Just Like Drama, So They assumed...

'simple. some people are just plain dumb

People think that?! O_o

Because he is. lol!

These Bücher have to be read *carefully.* DON'T under-estimate J.K. Rowling, she has a 160 I.Q.
There's hints throughout the novels, starting with the *very* first Beschreibung of Harry Potter in the very first chapter of the very first book. It's a "don't be naive" kind of thing.
And Lily's wand was especially good with - charming. Rowling is like - "C'mon. Don't be a fool. Do Du *actually* think she didn't use it?"
Harry Potter's arrogance was superseced only Von that of his father. And he had no measurable talent.

Minute 83:54. The scene with Severece's tears in the memory thingy in dumbleweinies' office. that whole scene ended on that possibility. that harry is the son of the half blood prince... snape is exoneratesd. BOOM

People just don't get looks right.

Lulz.xD
If people actually read the Bücher then others wouldn't jump to conclusions on the most simple parts of the Filme that can be answered easily.
Lily and Snape were only close Friends even though hechad feelings for her, bur instead married James and thay is what it came to be.

People obviously don't pay enough attention and they are Lost in the moment of the realisation of snape actually being a pretty good guy, because at first I felt the same way too

People think Snape is Harry Potter's father even though James Potter is Harry's because Dumbledore sagte "Make sure Harry is safe, sicher and pretend that you're is his father."

Because it seems like a interesting idea. I mean seriously after years of "you look just like your fathers" and the fact that lily never was romantically interested in snape during the movie, only him towards her,you would think people would know James is Harry's dad. I also find it insulting to lily because it implies she's a cheater.

Why would anyone think that?!?!?! I mean really!! Du see your self in DH 2 James making a fool of Snape and James looks just like harry for a REASON!!!

are Du guys really watched the movie? the answer is easy, it was because when Harry saw Snape's memory, it showed that Snape's patronum is also a deer which means there should be a blood line between them. even the novel delivered that message

Because they ship Snape and Lily, despite the fact that it was Lily and James who got married, not Lily and Snape.

I think people ask that because when Du are going through Snapes memories in the last book it just shows how much Liebe he holds for Harrys mother and some people might think that the pure Liebe he shows her translates to Liebe for harry as a father figure but honestly if one of Du followed this logic please tell me what I just sagte because I have no idea.

i think cause snape had a thing for lilly

Because the Filme leave out Mehr than half the details from the books. It makes me mad. From the beginning I knew that the Filme wouldn't do justice to J Rowlings masterpiece.
If they had made it a series instead - like they've done for A Song Of Ice And Fire......then I think it would've been another story. Of course it wouldn't be as good as the books,but still.
It's my dream that sometime in the future, when desperate moneymakers are trying to make a remake of the films, they decide do make it a tv series instead.

Just like it's in my fantasies that Lily and Sev did have a child of their own that died a tragic death ..or maybe a miscarriage? I don't know, but to me their story is the best and the saddest Liebe story I've ever known

PS I hate James Potter:)

Because in the movie, dh2, in the death scene where harry is talking to dumbledore in the train station, harry references the visions he had from snapes tears. Snape had a doe as his patroness. Harry asked about his mothers patroness also being a doe. Dumbledore confirmed the similarity...

Ironic how people missed that reference and then accuse others of not paying attention. They were very clearly trying to cast some doubt in the movie.

well,snape is like harry's stepfather because he loved lily but lily saw james so lily liked him and when the sorting hat was putting everyone into houses james and lily did the dramatic stare so they loved each other so they got married

What made them think THAT, of all things. Haven't they read Philisiphers Stone? It clearly states that BOTH of Harry's parents are dead. Including the father. It's just a fact. But if they don't quit asking, tell them to tell Du the reason why they think Snape is Harry's father.

Okay, now I read the books. Obviously from the books' standpoint James is Harry's father. The only thing that made me think otherwise is the JAMES that they picked for the movie. Look again, the guy doesn't have black hair. They do both wear glasses. But Snape is always, always helping Harry and them bumping heads as they do, well... I wouldn't have been surprised. It seems to me that your sister was trying to read inbetween the lines. She was putting Mehr thought into than most people who read the books.

I think people like your sister, gegeben how Du explain it, just haven't read the Bücher and gotten the entire story, so they get confused. It could have been easy to mix up Snape's confession of a decades long unrequited Liebe for the pair of them having been in love. In the books, the resemblance between James and Harry is pretty much stuffed down our throats, but it isn't possible to find two unrelated actors who'd be that similar.

Other people just like conspiracy theorising. The idea of Harry being Snape's illegitimate son is just Mehr interesting to them. They like the twist.

porbaly because harrrys mom was snapes crush

james potter is his father

Who asks this kind of question? It's obvious Snape is NOT Harrys father. Muggles these days. . .

Can We dream it? I dont like James and Lily - yes even-though I know we wouldn't have Harry, - he is the only good thing that came from them. Snape and Lily make a better couple.
To answer your Frage they were probably speaking hypothetically, oder in a wishful thinking kind of way, oder that Snape was a father-figure Von protecting Harry all his life. Cause obviously James is Harry's father but some prefer he wasnt.

it was quite obvious that james was harry's father, right from the first part of the movie..noone needs the Bücher to know that..because right from the beginning its shown that james is harry's father and he look so much like him except that he has his mother's eyes...plus, in the ending part it is shown how snape loved lily potter and how he sacrifices himself for harry even though harry was not his son, but the son of the woman he loved and her husband, who used to bully him

I actually thought Snape was Harry's dad for a while. The reason? Suchen engines. I typed in "When Harry finds out..." And the Suchen engine oben, nach oben result was "When Harry finds out Snape is his father" Thank goodness it was wrong...

Ok, Snape was a death eater and if the death eaters and voldermont were the people who killed Harry's mum and dad why would snape help kill his wife and attempt to help voldermont kill harry obvioulsly guys THINK

I happen to know exactly how Du feel since my DAD and sister feel that snape is the real father. They think that Snape is the real father because the whole time he spent odd amount of time watching Harry and making sure he didn't screw up and not just because Dumbledore "Was raising him like a pig for slaughter." Towards the end of the series Du start to notice Snapes attitude discreetly change and in the last movie Du could see he really did care for Harry. And maybe they thought that because of Snapes memories of Lily and how he really did Liebe her and still did until he died. Well hope this wasn't to bad I tried my best

It is as clear as the sun in broad daylight! Harry’s father is, was, and will always be James Potter. James Potter who is good in quidditch. Get what I mean… It’s just so unbelievable! Snape as the father of Harry! So unbelievable!

Who has ever heard of Severus Potter anyway?

I am wondering the same thing about Snape being Harry's father after watching all of the movies, and even after Lesen everyone's response about this idea being ludicrous.

My 9 Jahr old has read all of the Bücher and watched the Filme with me and he is questioning the same thing now. At first he told me there was no way, Snape and Lily had the same doe petronus because they were best Friends and loved each other. But, today when I was watching Prisoner of Azkaban, Harry tells Hermione that it was his father's petronus that saved him and when she asks how he knows, he replies, "I feel it in my soul". There are several other times the Filme elude to this idea but this was the main one that caught my attention.

Ok so I'm one of those people who haven't read the Bücher (not because I didn't want to but because I'm bad at reading). People tell me how it's Mehr detailed but I get where and why people think snape is Harry's father. Well for one, some make fanfictions and theories about the story. And two, a lot of things in the Filme suggest snaps is always protecting him and helping him. He mightve sagte "you're just like you're swine of a father" but when I heard that he sagte father as if in inverted commas. Also looks can be deceiving as Harry's hair could've been a mix of Lily's and snapped to brown. Also most kids want to look like their parents. The only thing making James and Harry look alike is the glasses and hair (plus they're just actors anyway). Also the doe spell (can't spell it) matches lilys who he can mean a multiple of things. Maybe he loved her still, maybe they were blood related oder maybe had the same memory.
In all fairness, it's better not to know. Leaves mystery in our minds to imagine what we think. Du shouldn't say someone is stupid for not Lesen the novels oder thinking "what of snape was the father". I'm sorry but it's a novel full of mystery and people make up theories all the time (eg the one about longbottom being the one child). Both Bücher and Filme were and are great :) and one Tag I will hopefully be able to read them.
Just my opinion and sorry if I offend.

So the first time I say DH pt. 2, I hadn't read the Bücher yet (i actually started Lesen them about 3 oder 4 years later) and I still knew nothing, but I knew that man was NOT Harry Potter's father. I read the first book and I instantly knew that Snape was an enemy of Harry. Even just from his name, Snape, it sounds like snake, usually associated with evil. Plus, in the Filme we saw that he looked EXACTLY like James. Plus, James is even in the movie! No one ever asked that question, but I knew right off the bat that he wasn't his dad.

In the Deathly Hallows Part 2, it seemed like Snape could have possibly been Harry's father from:

1. Both Snape and Lily's protronus was a doe... Including Harry's.

2. After Voldemort killed Harry, he and Dumbledor were talking at the "Parting" and Harry asked Dumbledor "My mother's protronus was a doe, and so was snape's... It's a bit curious don't Du think?" And Dumbledor replied, "actually when I think about it, it doesn't seem curious at all." It's like Dumbledor knew something that he didn't tell Harry at that moment.

3. The fact that Harry named his son (partially) after Snape 19 years after the battle. Dumbledor I can understand, but Snape??? I would have used Sirius Black instead since after all, he was Harry's godfather and that they really did not get to bond for very long (about 2 years)...

4. I Du look back at book/movie 3 (Prizoner of Azkaban), Harry til Hermione that it was his dad's Petronus that saved them that night... Even though it was himself... But still... How could it have been James Potter when the only ones who have a doe Petronus is Harry, Lily, and Snape..,


That is why some people were confused... It was like there was a little hint/clue thrown in there and some people caught it and it confuses them...

That's because Snape has always liked Lily since childhood. He's always had a crush on her even when they started Hogwarts. When Lily got sorted into Gryffindor, and Snape into Slytherin, he got a bit envious and started disliking James.

I am certain the cruel reveal of Vader as Luke Skywalker's father a generation Vor has left a mark on pop culture's psyche so people always consider it as a possibility now.

Moreover, despite being spiteful and bitter he did act in loco parentis on occasion such as shielding the children from Werewolf Lupin and trying to scare off Quirrell (They are much clearer in the films, where the storytelling is necessarily condensed and storytelling breadcrumbs happen with a Sekunde on film instead of spread over dozens of pages).

The movie watchers are confused, just as I am, because when Harry is in the pensive with Snape's memories, Snape and DD are talking. DD says....don't tell me you've come to care for the boy. Snape waves his wand producing his potronus and it's the same as Lillies.
Then, when Harry and DD are in the "train station" after Harry gets killed, Harry asks DD about the their patronus charms being the same. DD says....I don't find it curious at all.

It's probably a conspiracy theory oder something like that. Ore they're just idiots.

Why people think Snape is Harry's father?


That Frage is easy to answer.

From the last movie, with a songline the movie : The "Sound of music".

"Doe, a deer, a female deer. "

When Harry Potter see Snapes memory after he just been killed Von Voldemort. Du see Snapes memory as he talk and argue with Dumbledorf. Snape is very angry over Lillys death and the fact that Harry is going to die. He then illustrate it Von a doe. Just like Lilly had, Wird angezeigt his great Liebe for her.

Since Harry Potter had a Buck and Snape had a doe, this is proberbly why people think so.

The reason some people believe this is because in the movie when harry dies and meets Dumbledore, harry asks if its curious that Snape has the same Patronous as Lilly. The D Antwort Von saying... its not curious at all. My dad just asked me this same question..

I think the doe petronus shared Von Snape and Lily can have another less sinister explanation than Snape is Harry's father. The petronus is a bloodline link but on the maternal side, Snape and Lily could be brother and sister, it explains all the growing up together memories and Snapes Liebe for Lily and Von extension Harry.

I did not read Bücher 5-7 so I'm not sure what they say. I never thought Snape was Harry's dad, after watching the movie I did however immediately think that Snape was actually Lily in disguise. My thoughts were Snape loved Lily would do anything for her so sacrificing himself wouldn't be far fetched and I cant imagine disguising a dead body would be difficult. We know from the Goblet of feuer a person can maintain disguise via polyjuice potion for as long as they have access. Snape did confront Harry about the missing ingredients for the potion. Coincidence? Snape showed Albus the doe after he asked Snape if he had developed feelings for Harry. Maybe a way of coming clean? And Albus didn't find it curious that Snape and Lily had the same Patronus because maybe he had realized they were the same person. As far as a crazy 'open-ended' plot twist, that's where my mind took it. Would Liebe to hear what anyone else thinks about it

The answer is simple, though harry looks a bit like James, he has Mehr of snappes features, as Du see in the movie Lilly and James are very alike so just because they say he is like his "father " they might just se his mothers features instead.
And I have read the books, and it doesn't actually say that James is potters birth father, just that he has the role of the father.

It is 100% obvious that James is Harry's father because Sirius is his godfather because Sirius was James's best friend. James was probably a jerk to Snape because he sensed that Snape was in Liebe with Lily. James is the one who ended up with Lily and married her thus conceiving Harry.

It's definitely Snape. i.m.o. J.K. Rowling spells it out, clear as day, in "The Chamber of Secrets." She said, flat-out, that Harry resembled no one in his family - and that he had "thick, messy black hair."
Exactly like Severus Snape.
Gotta take a hint sometimes, folks. ;)
Taking the above with the degree of intimacy and closeness between his mom and Severus - yeah, I'd say that Severus is definitely Harry's father.
One other thing to consider - Why is Snape "distant towards" Harry? Is it because he hates him? oder is it because he's trying to protect him from the truth?
And speaking of protecting him, notice how protective Snape is towards Harry when it comes down to it.
He LOVES him. DEARLY. :)

I think there is enough ambiguity it’s possible. (I did read the Bücher awhile Vor and recently watched the movies)

We overhear dumbledore telling snape to tell Harry and snape saying “no I don’t want him to know the truth” followed Von flashes of snape saying “your father is swine”. I took this as snape putting himself down ...

At the end he names his child after snape & not James.

Anytime Harry was even remotely in danger (following the marauderers map at night, in the tree, with the patronus, etc) snape was always there keeping a close eye, very paternal.

We see snape there right after Lilly is killed

I could go on and on... I actually suspected snape as Harry’s father before the ending but once he named his son Severus I was like “yep”.

Maybe the Filme are just slightly different on purpose- maybe they leave things slightly open ended to be able to add on to the franchise at a later datum like star, sterne Wars, who knows. But the movie gave soooooo many signals that snape was Harry’s dad.

from a genetic standpoint, it seems unusual Harry has coal black hair color, like Snape, when his alleged parents each possess the gene for red hair as seen in the movie showings of Lily and James when they were children. If Snape was jealous of James, it would make sense such jealousy could result in disabling James, who essentially persecuted Snape during Hogwart's schooling. Snape's adult life at Hogwarts is craftily disguised as a Professor who despises Harry, when in fact Snape loves Harry and has determined, at Dumbledore's request, to save Harry at all costs, including death. Something a father would do.