Snape's housemates

[Hannah]

No: HPFGUIDX 113513

> Is it only me, or does it seem odd that we haven't heard of any of 
Snape's Slytherin housemates from his own year, other than the 
Mauraders? Assuming Snape was in Slytherin, why are all of his 
friends/associates--the "Slytherin gang"--so much older than him? If 
the older ones like Bellatrix and Lucius picked Snape specially to 
be part of their gang, what did they see in him that set him apart 
from the other Slytherins of his year? Or was there another reason, 
like a blood connection between Snape and the older Slytherins that 
we don't yet know about? Or, maybe Snape wasn't Slytherin, but he 
was invited into the Slytherin proto-Death Eaters gang because it 
was such a coup to get someone from another house to join their evil 
clan (especially if Snape was from Gyffindor). As others have noted, 
we still don't have any conclusive canon that Snape was in 
Slytherin. 
> 
Hannah now: I think the suggestions made about a quidditch team link 
are good, but I have another idea.  'Gang' is quite a loose term, it 
doesn't have to mean something organised.  For instance, who would 
Harry's 'gang' consist of?  More people than just him, Ron and 
Hermione.  

So expanding his circle of aquaintance (keeping within Gryffindor 
for the sake of simplicity), you quickly get the introduction of 
people from other years.  Fred and George (2 years older), Ginny and 
Colin Creevy (1 year younger) and even Dennis Creevy (3 years 
younger).  

I know some people might have a problem considering Dennis (or even 
Colin) to be part of Harry's 'gang,' but I bet they would consider 
themselves to be!  They're always hanging around him when they get 
the chance, and are part of the DA (which could also be considered a 
gang, if a secret one).  To an outside observer, such as Sirius was 
when considering Snape and the Slyhterins, it probably would appear 
that Dennis Creevy is hanger-on in a Potter 'gang.'

Hannah, who likes the term 'Snape's housemates' because it conjures 
up images of him sharing a damp student house with Bella, Lucius and 
the Lestrange brothers, and everyone hexing each other over who has 
to do the washing up!