Black and Snape

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No: HPFGUIDX 44859

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Melody" <Malady579 at h...> wrote:
> With this questioning about Snape's blood, I wondered about 
something.
> 
> In GoF chapter Padfoot Returns, Black said in the cave "Snape has
> always been interested in the Dark Arts."  From this, I left the
> chapter wondering if Black and Snape had somehow grown-up knowing
> about each other.  I know, those few words are not definitive 
proof,
> but it did leave me wondering...
> 
> I wonder if Black and Snape are from wizard families that are not
> necessarily close friends but are aware of each other and are 
civil.
> The feud between Snape and Black does not seem to be one that was
> inherited but rather started between themselves.  Maybe Snape and
> Black went to the same wizard pre-school and from the beginning 
they
> just crossed.  I know, I know I have no canon proof, but from that
> conversation between The Three and Black, it seemed to me that 
Black
> knows more about Snape than just as Hogwarts school chums.
> 
> I always saw them as equals in life.  They seem, to me, to be from
> close to the same backgrounds, same education, same brilliance, 
same
> cuteness (if Snape would wash the hair), hey, same hair color...
> 
> They both even have a fondness for hexes.  Black's recommendation 
on
> the dragon in Task #1 was a hex after all, and he also wrote to 
Potter
> advising him learn a few hexes for Task #3.  Seems Black knows how 
a
> good hex can help as I am sure Snape knows from his extensive 
research
> as a child. (*reading* all those books in his parents' library)  ;)
> 

Well, we don't know enough about Snape and Black to figure out if 
they knew each other before or not, but to me, it doesn't seem like 
Sirius knows anymore about Snape than Remus does. What I've seen of 
Sirius's knowledge, it seems to me like someone who hated someone at 
school and just knew enough about them to generate hate.
Kind of like how I hated all the obviouly fake blonde girls at 
school because they were cheerleaders, drank every weekend, and were 
really stupid (at least, they seemed so to me).
Sirius knew this about Snape: he was ugly (only to Sirius, of course 
<g>), he knew a lot of Dark curses, and he wasn't pleasant to be 
around. Add that to confrontations with MWPP, plus the prank, which 
WAS Sirius's idea, and aimed towards Snape, that generates enough 
hatred on Snape's side. 
As for Sirius's hatred of Snape, I'm guessing that Sirius had 
a 'holier than thou' attitude towards Snape, which he still seems to 
have, and when Snape started going off on the prank, and how it was 
attempted murder, Sirius had enough there to generate his own hatred.

> I just believe that Black and Snape are the from the same cookie
> cutter but are decorated with different icing.  And they loath each
> other for it.

Which lends the image of Christmas cookies decorated as Snape and 
Black. How would you ice Snape's greasy hair? I should try that one 
day.
> 
> 
> Just the impression I had.
It's a cool impressions, but like you said, it doesn't have canon 
evidence. I was just going based on what I saw in canon, which is 
based on my memory of canon, since canon is SIX HOURS AWAY! 
Ooh, what if they were brothers? I don't think that theory's been 
touched yet. Or has it? 

-Acire, who is going to invite her friends over to make Snape 
cookies next week, and who is four days away from getting her canon 
back! Yay!