Harry/James, Crabbe or Goyle/Snape connection

[potioncat]

No: HPFGUIDX 101874

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Carol wrote:

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> 
> Also, it's important to remember that Sirius is the same age as
> Severus and would have seen him with Malfoy only (or mostly) in the
> short time when the three were in school together. It appears that
> Sirius lost contact with Severus immediately after they left 
school.
> He didn't know that Snape had become a Death Eater or that he was a
> Hogwarts teacher, which would have happened either just before or
> shortly after Sirius himself was sent to Azkaban. It's evident from
> his ignorance of those two important elements in Snape's history 
that
> Sirius was not keeping tabs on Snape (though perhaps as a member of
> the Order he was watching Malfoy).
> 
> To reiterate, the only time that Sirius would have seen the two 
former
> Slytherins together and formed the idea that Severus was Lucius
> Malfoy's "lap dog" was those two years at school when Severus was a
> child of eleven to about thirteen.
> 

Potioncat:
Hi, Carol, you have been sorely missed by your fellow Snape 
supporters!  Things have been fast and furious around here!

I'd like to add, that I think Sirius' reference to Lap Dog has 
something to do with Severus' current duties for the Order and his 
interactions with the Malfoy family. And may also reflect on Snape's 
role at Hogwarts around the DE kids.

Potioncat (who wants Carol to know that the twins still pop in from 
time to time)  ;-)