Of course Snape is a Slytherin

[justcarol67]

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Jazmyn wrote:
> Its a thought that the reason none of the Slytherin students came to 
> Snape's rescue when James and Sirius tomented him is that, possibly, 
> Snape is not a pureblood and the pureblood Slytherins snubbed him. 
> Maybe he did really outstanding in his O.W.L.s after that point and the 
> young DEs saw him as a tool/resource and decided to overlook his blood. 
>   Volde not being a pureblood either might have been drawn to Snape's 
> need for revenge and hooked him in.  Snape however, was too intelligent 
> to not realize he was only being used and perhaps Dumbledore turned out 
> to be the only REAL friend he could turn to.
> 
> Jazmyn


My impression is that the gang of Slytherins didn't come to Snape's
rescue because they were no longer at Hogwarts. Certainly Lucius
Malfoy wasn't; he's five or six years older than Snape. In fact, Snape
seems to have been a loner as a teenager, or so the Pensieve moment
where he's shooting down flies suggests. I don't think we have any
indication that Snape is not a "pure blood." He wouldn't have called
Lily a "mud blood" if his own heritage were questionable. I do think
that the DEs, especially Malfoy, later took advantage of his
intellectual gifts and skill with the dark arts, not to mention his
desire for revenge, but I don't think they would have left him hanging
upside down in front of the whole school if they'd been present, or
that James would have dared to do it if a gang of very sinister
Slytherins were anywhere near by.

Carol