[HPforGrownups] Snape's House

[Richelle Votaw]

No: HPFGUIDX 42604


"the gremlin" writes:

> We are debating as to what house Snape might have been in.
> Logically, he was most likely in Slytherin, but I am lookin for
> evidence that he wasn't. My boyfriend as pointed out Sirius's remark
> about Snape in GoF: "...and he was part of a gang of Slytherins who
> nearly all turned out to be Death Eaters" (pg. 531). I told him that
> this doesn't necessarily mean Snape was in Slytherin, and he could
> have been in Ravenclaw and hung out with Slytherins.
> Does anyone else have evidence supporting or debunking this?

Well, I don't see how you can be "part of a gang of Slytherins" without
being a Slytherin.  If Snape had not been a Slytherin it would have read
"ran with a gang of Slytherins."  But it says "part of a gang of Slytherins"
which means he *was* a Slytherin unless there's a huge error in the wording.
The only possible way he could've not been in Slytherin his entire time was
if the possibility of resorting is brought into play.  But there's no
evidence that one can be resorted and moved to another house.

Richelle