Deatheater Snape

[potioncat]

No: HPFGUIDX 99642

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "kiricat2001" <Zarleycat at a...> 
wrote:
> > Ally:
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> > Didn't Sirius describe him as a wierd little loner who was into 
the 
> > dark arts?  Not sure if he used the phrase "loner," but I got the 
> > impression he didn't have many friends from Sirius' description.  
> 
> 
> Marianne:
> 
> No, the word "loner" never comes up from Sirius.  He merely said 
that 
> Snape arrived at Hogwarts knowing more curses than half the kids in 
> seventh year.  And that he hung out with a bunch of Slytherins who 
> all became DEs.  This implies to me that Snape was not a 
friendless, 
> complete loner, as many want to believe after seeing the "Worse 
> Memory" scene. On the other hand, Sirius may not be the best source 
> of unbiased info on Snape.  
> 


Potioncat:
I think Sirius used the word "oddball."  It's my own theory that 
Sirius and Severus either knew each other before Hogwarts or had a 
very bad meeting on the train before Sirius met James.  Not casting 
guilt in either direction at this point. (But of course, taking aim.)

Some take the fact that no one came to Snape's defense in the 
pensieve scene as canon that he was a loner.  Or that his friends 
were from an older crowd who weren't around at that moment.  It might 
mean as well, that no one was going to challenge Potter who of course 
was known to hex people for the fun of it.  Or it could be that the 
next thing we would have seen was Snape's friends coming in.
Potioncat