Snape's gang of Slytherins (Looks aren't everything! (was:Re: Sirius / Severus)

[marinafrants]

No: HPFGUIDX 86767

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "justcarol67" > Elsewhere 
Sirius refers to Snape as Lucius Malfoy's "lap dog,"
> apparently meaning that he was a "little pet" to the much older
> Malfoy, who would have been in his sixth year when Severus was in 
his
> first. Also given what we know of Lucius Malfoy, he was very 
probably
> the leader of the gang of Slytherins, with the leadership passing 
to
> someone else (Bellatrix?) after he left. (Look at their respective
> roles in the MoM scene.) I'm speculating, but the speculation is 
based
> on canonical evidence.

There certainly seems to be a past relationship between Lucius and 
Snape, but I think it must've started after Snape's first year (and 
therefore after Lucius left Hogwarts).  I have a lot of trouble 
imagining a 17-year-old Lucius Malfoy sparing any time or attention 
for a geeky 11-year-old.  I'm sure Malfoy had his own gang of 
Slytherins, and it may have overlapped with Snape's gang at some 
point,  but I think Snape himself wouldn't have come to Lucius' 
attention until he got older and did something to establish himself 
as worth noticing.  Maybe Bellatrix introduced him?  

Marina
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