Snape uniting the houses? Lucius a good guy?

[nkittyhawk97]

No: HPFGUIDX 102612

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "mnaper2001" <mnaperrone at a...> 
wrote:

> "Is this perhaps some foreshadowing for Snape? Will Albus die and 
> Snape take over Hogwarts in the subsequent disarray? Could [Snape] 
be the 
> one who unites the 4 houses at Hogwarts the way Septimius Severus 
> united Rome after a period of civil wars...?"

~~I was interested by your theory - however, I'm not sure that Snape 
has much of a hold on 'the 4 houses' as you say. I imagine a civil 
war between two main groups, and - as of now - the only two groups 
who seem to be in disarray would be the houses of Gryffindor and 
Slytherin. Hufflepuff and ravenclaw seem to have been, and continue 
to be in this case, irrelevant.

There is no doubt that Snape has a definite influence over the 
students of Slytherin, through what I would see as "a series of pay
increases and fringe benefits."

Through his somewhat valiant efforts to do his duty in remaining 
loyal to Dumbledore, we see a unity within himself. The question is; 
Will that be enough to unite the houses?

For the time being, Snape has been favored by the Slytherins (as he 
favors them) and seen as pretty much the opposite by Gryffindors. 
Will he gain favor on one side or lose favor on the other?

Perhaps a compromise may ensue - who knows? But I just can't see a 
perfect 'unity' - as in every Gryffindor accepting that he's a good 
guy, and every Slytherin accepting that Voldemort's motives - and in 
turn, Salazar's motives - were a little off kilter.

As for Lucius - the sixth book out of seven is a little late for a 
turnaround, let alone anything of the sort happening in the seventh. 
There are too many connections to historical figures with the 
name 'Lucius' to consider everyone to be parallel to the future fate 
of Lucius Malfoy. However, alternate references such as Lucius Verus 
who married his co-emperor's daughter to strengthen family ties, and 
Lucius Cornelius Sulla who was considered to have bought his way 
into political power do seem more fitting to the character.