OoP - Snape the racist; Snape the victim; Snape Snape Snape

[Charles Phipps]

No: HPFGUIDX 62317

> Now, onto Snape and the Marauders themselves.
>
> I, too, wonder where the gang of Slytherins were. I don't buy that 
by
> the end of fifth year, Snape, who after all came to school knowing
> more curses than any seventh-year AND already had the "filthy
> mudblood" doctrine down pat, Snape has no Slyth friends.
>
[Maybe Snape, although he could get along with the other Slytherins, 
always kept himself somewhat aloof from him. I can see himself opting 
to be somewhat of a loner. Always have. He came into school so far 
ahead of them in at least one respect and has always seemed to have 
little patience for "dunderheads." Maybe he didn't hang with them at 
first as much as we have always thought, and it was only when he saw 
how it would benefit him to cultivate those relationships did he 
start seeking out their company more. They, of course, would have 
been happy to take him in, as they probably have been trying to 
cultivate his friendship for years because they know he could
be a valuable ally. Of course, this is all speculation.]

I think a more likely viewpoint is the fact that with friends like 
these who needs enemies.  Remus is a werewolf and they're not very 
secretive about it, James is the captain of the Quidditch team 
probably at this point, and Sirius is just dangerous.

Even with friends like this its possible they'd prefer not to get 
involved and get themselves pounced on.

Another guess is also probably that the Mauraders simply took 'care' 
of Snape everytime that he was alone....which is alot of time if you 
actually look for such.

I do think you have something in the fact that Snape has always been 
introverted and withdrawn.  Like Hermione he probably studied most in 
his spare time, though there's hints he played Quidditch

-Charlemagne