The beautiful Eileen Prince
Eileen was a pure-blood witch. A Slytherin. In her fifth year, she was captain of the Gobstones team and the mother of Severus Snape.
Knowing a bit about her story, I can’t help but feel sorry for how she might have ended up. I don’t understand what could have led her, being part of the Prince family, to leave it all behind for Tobias Snape. Love, I suppose.
I don’t want to see her as a complete victim, but I can’t help feeling pity. Eileen was not an important figure in Severus’s life, and that says a lot. Knowing how little affection he showed, the fact that he never mentioned her seems very telling of his relationship with his parents.
In my opinion (and in my headcanon)Eileen wasn’t a present figure for her son. I like the headcanons that portray her protecting him from Tobias, but I don’t think that was entirely possible. Perhaps she wasn’t like her husband, but she also wasn’t someone Severus cared for… or loved.
She was probably just as neglectful, or simply someone who chose to ignore her own child’s existence.
Mother snakes rarely care for their young.