I find it rather sad that most fanfics of Severus Snape's parents almost always present his father as a drunken, physically abusive brute.

And yet truth be told, J. K. Rowling does NOT tell us that in the books.  Granted, she tells us precious little regarding Tobias Snape and Eileen Prince/Snape.  What we are shown is a little boy's memory of just ( Read more... )