Snape the Gryffindor or Ravenclaw?!

[severelysigune]

No: HPFGUIDX 93308

Lynnette wrote:
<< Is there actually any canon stating Snape was in Slytherin? I do 
not have my books handy. I know Sirius said that Snape hung out with 
an older group of Slytherins, but is there actually CANON stating 
Snape was IN Slytherin? I do not think one would have to have been in 
a particular house to be head of that house as a staff member. In know
JKR was asked about the house affiliation of MWPP, but what about 
Snape? >>


Sigune now:
I have been following the discussion with great interest - but I 
cannot help wondering why anyone would assume or want Snape NOT to be 
in Slytherin. Is it because he is in the Order?
I suppose my argument ties in with something I mentioned in another 
post a few days ago - that the Slytherins are such cardboard baddies 
that we assume anyone with the tiniest bit of 'good' in them cannot 
possibly be a Slytherin. 
I also don't agree with the assumption that an interest in the Dark 
Arts would necessarily place you in Slytherin, even if that may seem 
conflicting with my belief in Slytherin!Snape (- I don't think it 
conflicts, anyway). It seems to me that a powerhungry wizard is not 
necessarily a Dark Wizard, or that in order to gain power one will 
automatically have to turn to the Dark Arts. Look at Dumbledore: if 
he wanted to seize power, he could do so easily with his 'White' 
magic alone. So I think the reverse holds true also: an interest in 
the Dark Arts does not necessarily make one evil or Voldemortish. And 
it shouldn't be a Slytherin exclusivity either.
And if it is perfectly possible for a Gryffindor to turn to the Dark 
Lord, why could not a Slytherin turn to Dumbledore? Heck, Snape is 
the only complex Slytherin we know of [and here I add, hopefully, 'as 
yet'].

Yours severely,

Sigune