Conspiracies and re-assessments

[arrowsmithbt]

No: HPFGUIDX 112264

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "potioncat" <willsonkmom at m...> wrote:
> 
> It's very likely that Snape was well versed in Dark Arts.  And it 
> seems that's one of the reasons the Marauders didn't like him.  I'm 
> not sure that tells us that he's ever used them at school as a 
> student or teacher.  Or that he has an obsession with dark arts.
> 
> Something about the way we've been told about his desire for DADA, 
> and something about the way we were told about his Dark Arts 
> reputation as a kid make me think we're being set up. 
> 

Don't forget, it's two different Snapes we're talking about here - the
schoolboy who the Marauders don't like and the adult who has spent
years as a DE. The level of knowlege/expertise in the Dark Arts
would differ enormously between the two.

Kneasy