[HPforGrownups] Re: Of course Snape is a Slytherin

[Taryn Kimel]

No: HPFGUIDX 84668

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.

Carol:
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. 

Taryn:
But we DO know he was in a gang of Slytherins whilst in school. Sirius talks about it. My copies of PoA, GoF, and OotP are with a friend or I'd get the quote (in GoF, I believe). (A little help?)

Carol:
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.

Taryn:
I agree here. Although Voldemort does go around using the term and he IS a half-blood, he's also a mentally unstable meglomaniac, which Snape doesn't seem to be. ^_^;; I'd imagine Snape's a pureblood.

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