Re:_Where_Snape_belongs_on_the_family_tree

[marika_thestral]

No: HPFGUIDX 79311

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wrote:

Marika:
> > About your question why anyone would want to pick on
> > him, I'd say that it wasn't "anyone", but two of the
> > smartest and most popular kids in school. Why would 
> > Snape's knowledge stop them from bullying him, when 
> > they were at least two against one? It's also likely that 
> > Black himself knew some stuff when he came to Hogwarts. 

Chris:
> If everyone picked on the mini-DEs in school, then why was
> everyone so afraid of them when they were out of school? 

Marika:
??? We don't know if everyone picked on Snape - we just know that the 
majority of the kids his year were not willing to stand up for him 
when bullied by Potter and Black, and we can assume from his body 
language that he had a low selfesteem and wasn't popular. When it 
comes to the DE:s in general, I don't think all of them were picked 
on. Weather feared or not in school, I don't have the slightest..., 
but why can't they be feared after they have left school, when 
belonging to a big group of fanatics and/or sadists. By the way, I 
believe most of the people who are scarred of the DE:s don't fear 
singel individuals as much as being attacked by a whole bunch of 
them - probably hooded as well.

Chris:
> It seemed to me that there were alot of names that were out,
> especially in GoF. If people knew (or guessed)that Snape was
> in the group that was playing with the muggles, why panic?
> He was wimp in school, and so easy to pick on. (I don't think
> Snape was there, but it's a name I could use)

Marika:
What muggle picking do you refer to? The ones that took place before 
Voldemort's disapearance or the one at the quidditch world cup? 
Anyway, why would a horrible act be less scary because one of the bad 
guys wasn't feared in school? 

Chris:
> It, in my opinion, was propoganda that was started by
> Sirius that Snape was more dangerous than he was, or
> we would have seen that in the memory and not seen him
> beaten so easily. Sirius beleived his own lies after a
> while. 

Marika:
The way I see it, is that Black could have been right about Snape's 
knowledge, but wrong about him being dangerous - if he ever thought 
so.

Marika - who will be very upset if Snape either dies or turn out evil.