Marauders and Snape as roommates

[meriaugust]

No: HPFGUIDX 88839

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "lizvega2" <lizvega2 at y...> 
wrote:
> Didn't Remus say somewhere that Snape was always sneaking after 
> them, trying to figure out where they were going, leading to 
Sirius 
> instructing Snape to follow Remus down the tunnel to the Shrieking 
> Shack? 
> 
> Someone on here said that it would be difficult for students of 
> different houses to determine if people were missing for any 
length 
> of time. But, if Snape was their roommate, he'd surely notice, and 
> become curious, right?
> 
> liz vega

I don't want to be arguementative (and I am still waiting patiently 
for JKR to reveal the secrets of the Marauders' respective pasts) 
but if MWPP were in Gryffindor and Snape was in Slytherin Snape 
would still be able to notice if Moony went missing every month for 
the simple reason that the Gryffindors and Slytherins have classes 
together, most notably Potions and Care of Magical Creatures. I see 
no reason to assume that twenty years ago this system was any 
different than it is in Harry and Co.'s present. Of all the words 
that can be used to describe Snape, "stupid" and "oblivious" 
certainly aren't on that list. There is every reason to believe that 
Snape, just through four or five classes a week, would have noticed 
Lupin's abscences even if they weren't in the same house. 
Meri (who loathes Snape but almost wishes he had a cool nickname 
when he was a teenager - something better than "brainless git with 
abnormally large nose")