Snape's reaction to Harry in Slytherin (was : Re: Changing Houses)

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> JoAnna :
> > Apart from Dumbledore, however, I don't think anyone else knew.  
> > (Unless that was one of his memories Snape saw during the 
> > Occulmency lessons?... I don't have my copy of OotP handy so I 
> > can't say for sure.)
> 
> Del :
> I don't have my books either, but I'd love to know what would go 
on 
> in Snape's head if/when he learned that Harry should have been in 
> Slytherin according to the Sorting Hat. One of the reasons he's so 
> mad at Harry is because Harry is in Gryffindor just like James and 
> Sirius, so he sees the son as bound to follow in the father's 
> footsteps. So how would he have reacted if Harry had been landed 
in 
> Slytherin ? He would have been forced to review his judgment 
> somehow, and I wonder what would have come out of it ?
> 


Potioncat:
I think it was one of the memories that was seen, but I don't have 
my book to verify either. If so, we didn't get Snape's reaction.

The discussion DD and Harry had about the similarities and reasons 
for sorting into Slytherin bothered me.  It seemed that DD was 
agreeing that being in Slytherin was a bad thing.  Although to my 
mind many of the qualities Harry possessed that made him eligible 
for Slytherin were his own inate qualities, not ones that LV 
transferred to him. 

However, I cannot imagine how his being in Slytherin could have been 
good for him!  Nor can I imagine how Snape would have handled it!

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