[HPforGrownups] Re: More Snape conundrums...

[Lady Macbeth]

No: HPFGUIDX 71931

 K Said:
>>> But there aren't any real cross-year friendships. Harry gets on with his
teammates in the early books but I wouldn't have said he was friends with
any of them - except maybe the Twins and that's more because they're Ron's
brothers. And 4 years is quite a gap when you're a teenager. Sev would have
been a third year when Lucius sat his NEWTS - other than a theoretical
interest in Quidditch (and I'm not entirely convinced I can see Sev as a
Quidditch player, although I imagine all that swooping around would suit his
dramatic tendencies) what on earth would they have had in common?<<<

Lady Macbeth:
The Dark Arts for one thing.  Depending on how much weight you give
commentary by various persons, Snape came to Hogwarts knowing more Dark Arts
than most seventh years.  Malfoy seems to have a small storehouse of Dark
Arts materials and knowledge of how they are used in his manor - he even has
to get rid of some at one point so that they won't be lying around when the
Ministry walks in.  The casual attitude that both have toward the Dark Arts
suggests that they've both been long-immersed in them.

Also, if it's true that JK said Dumbledore never gives Snape the DADA job
because he's afraid it'll bring out the worst in him, that suggests that
Snape feels that TEACHING Dark Arts is something Snape would like to do.
It's entirely possible that he feels as many do that the Dark Arts are a
tool, and that it is the wizard who determines what to do with that tool.
Malfoy seems much the same - he doesn't hesitate when the Dark Arts are
useful, but if galleons will do the trick he'll throw them out instead.

Both have a solid passion for Slytherin House, and do their most to uphold
the honor of their house.  It wasn't by chance that the Hat yelled out
"Slytherin" for Draco before it even touched his head.  He'd been taught
from a young age that Slytherin was a source of pride for his father.  Snape
also demonstrates that by doing his most to try to get Slytherin to win the
Quidditch Cup and the House Cup.  He and Malfoy both seem to feel that their
house is deserving of merit and honor in it's own right, without bending to
the ideals of the other houses.  While other Slytherins don't complain about
their house, we don't necessarily see this idealism in them.

-Lady Macbeth


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