Snape as Head of Slytherin

[Cindy C.]

No: HPFGUIDX 30624

> > Littlered32773 at y... wrote:
> > > 
> > > Does anyone find it odd that someone as young as Snape (early 
to 
> mid
> > > 30's according to interviews with JK, and the fact that he went 
to
> > > school with James), could be Head of Slytherin House?  
> 


> > Littlered32773 at y... wrote:
> > > 
> > > Does anyone find it odd that someone as young as Snape (early 
to 
> mid
> > > 30's according to interviews with JK, and the fact that he went 
to
> > > school with James), could be Head of Slytherin House?  
> 

Actually, it doesn't surprise me that Snape has done well 
professionally.  Although I have my reasons for disliking him, you 
have to admit that he is a very competent wizard who is not easily 
outsmarted.  The trio have tricked him a few times, of course.  They 
created a diversion to steal polyjuice ingredients, for instance.  
Fake Moody broke into his office, but that was due to Fake Moody's 
cunning, not an error on Snape's part.

But unlike other of my favorite characters (Lupin and Black, for 
instance), Snape doesn't make many mistakes that I can recall.  Sure, 
he failed to disarm the trio in the Shrieking Shack so that they were 
in a position to attack him, but he had no reason to think his own 
students would attack him.  So I guess if you are a talented wizard 
and savvy enough that others don't outsmart you easily, you can be 
Head of House at a young age.

Cindy