The Gang of Slytherins/Lucius and Draco

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Carol:
I've said this before but my thoughts seem to become lost or forgotten
as people respond to other parts of my posts, so please forgive me for
saying it again. I'm sure you're right that the "gang of Slytherins"
was for the most part older than Snape, who entered Hogwarts already
knowing as many curses as they did. They may have been protective of
the greasy-haired, skinny little boy who was nevertheless markedly
intelligent and gifted, but they were apparently not around in his
fifth year to help him fend off James and Sirius. By that time he
seems to have become a loner.

    
If Lucius Malfoy and his gang did protect Snape from James and Sirius, it 
might explain several points:

1) Sirius's description of Snape as Lucius Malfoy's "lapdog".

2) James's extreme prejudice towards Snape (not that it's excusable), since 
he is in the DE fast track group, and James hates the Dark Arts (does anyone 
else think that James''s parents were in an early version of the Order?  I can 
actually see young James wanting to fight Voldemort, and being deemed of course 
too young, turning his anger toward the Slytherin contingent at school 
instead)

3) Snape's favor of Draco, perhaps not sucking up to Lucius Malfoy, but 
actually Snape seeing it as a debt of honor, since Lucius protected him from James 
and Sirius, to "protect" Draco from Harry and Ron, whether he needs it or not.

Amber


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