OOP:Potions master, Lucius, characterisat, Harry/Snape, Wormtail, sayings, P

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No: HPFGUIDX 62847

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "catherinemckiernan" 
<catherinemck at h...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Debbie" <debmclain at y...> 
wrote:
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> > Rane wrote:
> > > It says, also, that Lucius Malfoy is 41. Which does definitely 
mean 
> > > he was in school with Snape - but were they in the same year? 
As I 
> > > recall, JKR said at some point that Snape was 35 or 36, but I 
have 
> > no 
> > > idea when she said that. The only way they could have been in 
the 
> > > same year is if Snape was 36 in book 1. Though I suppose I can 
very 
> > > well see a younger Severus running after the elder Malfoy.
> > > 
> > > Taryn wrote:
> > > I looked it up, and that was in a chat in 2001, which is after 
GoF. 
> > So I guess the assumption would be Snape was 35 or 36 in GoF and 
36 
> > or 37 in OotP. So Lucius should have about four or five years on 
> > Snape.
> > 
> > Me:
> > This is definitely the reason JK put Lucius' age in. I don't 
recall 
> > anyone else's age being defined (adult-wise), but just Lucius. 
And we 
> > knew Snape's age from before. So now we have the connection 
between 
> > Snape & Lucius attending school together. Hmmm... there has to be 
a 
> > reason why Snape is so good to Draco. Is it because he feels 
guilty 
> > about spying on his father? Or were Snape & Lucius 
friends? .........


Now me:

    I just have sort of a related question.  Going with the theory 
that Snape and Malfoy were in some way comrades/friends/whatever back 
in their school days, why would Snape have been terrorized by the 
Marauders?  I would think the best advantage to allying oneself with 
Malfoy in school would be so he could kick the butt of anyone who 
even thought of terrorizing you.  And you see Malfoy Jr. as sort of a 
pack animal - he's always got his entourage in tow.  It seems 
unlikely that Lucius and Snape would have been very close as Snape so 
far is always seen as solitary in the flashbacks and never in 
proximity to any allies of his own.  Any thoughts on this?

Stac