[HPforGrownups] Re: Of course Snape is a Slytherin

[Thren]

No: HPFGUIDX 84690

Carol said:

> 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. 
>
And Thren says:

You are correct that we have no evidence that he's not a pureblood, but 
neither do we have any evidence that he *is*. One could make a case for 
him using the term in a 'I might be low on the food chain, but still 
higher than you' kind of way. It would show any Slytherins (or anyone, 
really) that he had distanced himself from the more undesirable bits of 
his parentage and had embraced the Slytherin ideal even if he didn't 
couldn't actual live up to it.

I have my suspicions about him being a half-blood, though I'm not sure 
how likely that is. He seems to be in pretty thick with Malfoy Senior, 
and he doesn't seem to be the kind of person to hobnob with anything 
less than purebloods if he can help it. On the other hand, I've always 
gotten a vibe off their relationship, like Snape was somehow not quite 
equal to Lucius (even without the 'Malfoy is better than everyone' 
mentality). Perhaps his parentage is 'forgiven', but not forgotten? Now 
I'm just thinking out loud. :)

Either way, it'll be interesting to see what JKR has to say on the 
subject (and she'd better do at some point, or I'll be miffed).

Thren