ooh. I like that theory. :) I like that story. A lot.

ah, yes, of course, the Irma Price /I'm a Prince theroy. Ye gods, we spent hours discussing that on leakylounge.

I liked your fic! Very well-written.

Wow, wow, wow, where did this come from? It is brilliant!! And the fun theory as A/N at the end topped it off *gg*. I give you an "Outstanding".

A lovely piece, really well done! Your approach to Eileen and Tobias' relationship is very interesting and makes a lot of sense. It's nice to think that Snape will then have been close to his mother, too, imagining that Eileen became Irma Pince.

Very smart. Brilliant story. I really like it, you have a great knack for English. =]

I've read this fic several times before. This is definitely my faverate fic.

In book7, I was deeply disappointed with Snape's backstory. It's rubbish, pointless, and contradictory to his former charater.

There are so many question; How could only 11-year-old half-blood wizard like Snape master the N.E.W.T level cureses by himself? Why and how did Eileen might be powerful witch(she's a captain of Gobstoneclub!) married the meager muggle who bellows his wife and son? It's total nonsense!

So, I'm very happy for I can still find more resonable answer than JK's.

Very nice fic you have here. Certainly fills the reader with alot of thoughts. I don't think I've seen the Grandfather being the one arguing with Eileen rather than Tobias before. That's certainly an interesting take on the scene. ^_^

-- Selbiene Raveren, Middle Spring Berkano

Cecelle,

I particularly enjoyed this story because the focus was on Eileen. I really would love to know more about Severus Snape's family, since he's my favourite character, and I've never seen another story (one-shot or otherwise) like this one. I rather like with the theory that Madame Pince is in fact Eileen Prince... wouldn't that be something?

Thank you for sharing this amazing one-shot with all of us readers! It's an instand favourite!

~C. Sebastiene (Seba)

Eileen Snape is such a fascinating character. We know so little about her, making her such a lovely blank canvas on which to paint a literary work. Irma Pince=I'm a Prince is one of my favorite theories.

omg - i LOVE IT! i love the premise and the depth you've put into this character about whom we know mostly nothing. this was AWESOME and now i'm going to go bother your other fics =)

Very nice little story! And it would explain so much. It just doesn't seem right to me that the hook-nosed darkhaired man in Severus' memory is Tobias Snape. His wizard uncle or grandfather would make much more sense. I like the idea of Eileen being Mrs Pince, giggle. But we will see soon ...

Liebe Grüße
Andrea

I certainly hadn't expected a happy ending, but I am very pleased with this one, it made me smile. And who knows, maybe Eileen Prince lives... (I just saw she has the same initials as Elvis Presley ... ;-) )
Yours,
Meta

This was a good story. I like thinking that Tobias wasn't a bad guy after all.

In the absence of any definite canon information, I have been previously satisfied to believe that the 'hook-nosed man' was Snape's father, but your arguments for its being Snape's grandfather are very convincing. I do like the idea that Tobias was a decent kind of guy after all. One can't help thinking that if a witch/wizard went so far as to defy convention and marry a Muggle (especially if they came from a Muggle-hating family such as the Princes) the relationship must be a strong one. And I am assuming that there were more reasons than just the pregnancy which, presumably, could have been dealt with by magical means if necessary.

Your portrayal of Eileen suggests to me that Snape learned (inherited) a lot of his qualities from his mother - her resiliance, her ability to keep a secret and also to lie when she had to, her competence and her emotional reserve, her respect for Dumbledore... It fleshes out the 'sullen' Gobstones Captain of canon. You have also accounted perfectly for canon elements such as the potions book, Spinner's End and Snape's interest in the Dark Arts.

Clearly and touchingly written as ever.

Oh, I like this quite a lot! It very neatly takes care of all the various canon bits and pieces. The only possible catch is Bella's comment about being the first of "their kind" to come to Spinners End, but she might have no idea really - certainly Cissy had been there often enough one assumes, and if Cissy, maybe Lucius as well.

The mention of the "hook nosed man" in Snape's memory, whom Harry automatically assumes to be Snape's father, leads the reader to believe the same, but that could well be JKR misdirecting us. I like your explanation in part because it expands the Snape-Harry parallels by removing Snape from a happy home at a young age and placing him under the authority of a nasty relative who is prejudiced against at least one of his parents because of being different (a muggle in this case, instead of a wizard).

Not taking the story all the way to the Prince=Pince theory was a good decision. You leave the option open for the reader to fill in the blank with that ending if they desire.