There are many fanfics that portray Eileen as a cold, arrogant, and petty woman who only cares about herself, who hates her own son to the point of trying to kill him, who only cares about that idiot Tobias and nothing else.
But nobody researches how the mind of a woman who suffers physical and psychological abuse works.
If you don't know, I'll explain: abuse doesn't just start with insults and aggression; manipulation is also a form of abuse. Before everything started, it started with Tobias's manipulation, and YES, Eileen was manipulated. She thought she would be happy with Tobias because he manipulated her into thinking that way.
Now let's go back in time. Severus was born in 1960. Do you think it wasn't common for women to be beaten back then? Well, let me remind you, back then hitting a woman was like drinking water, it was the most common thing. If Eileen left her husband, she would be looked down upon by everyone around her and couldn't even work, because nobody would want to be associated with a woman who left her husband.
Eileen most likely loved Severus with all her soul and would do anything for him, but she couldn't. She was a woman, who had a child, suffered abuse from her husband, but the society of the time wouldn't help.
If it's difficult for a woman to get rid of her abuser today, imagine that in the 60s and 70s. It was practically impossible. And another thing, men who killed their wives could be acquitted with the excuse of "cleansing their honor." Yes, many women were murdered by their husbands, but they were acquitted.
So before you say that Eileen hated Severus, was a negligent mother, or was a terrible person, remember, she was also a victim, a victim of Tobias and a victim of the society she was born into.
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