Lapdogs?? (wasRe: re:Ages/)

[potioncat]

No: HPFGUIDX 140544

Jessica wrote:
> Here's a question:  is it at all possible that the gang that Sirius 
> remembers Snape hanging out with are folks he acquired in his last 
two years 
> of Hogwarts?

Potioncat:
Here's the gang according to Sirius from GoF chp 27:
"Snape knew more curses when he arrivd at school than half the kids 
in seventh year, and he was part of a gang of Slytherins who nearly 
all turned out to be Death Eaters."
...
"Rosier and Wilkes...The Lestranges--they're a married couple--
...Avery...
But as far as I know, Snape was never even accused of being a Death 
Eater..."


Now, I suddenly read that passage differently. I always read it 
as "he arrived knowing" and later "he was part of" But what if he 
arrived knowing more curses and was already a part of a gang? Maybe 
someone here is a Prince cousin? A an older cousin who refers to 
ickle Sevvie as the "Half-blood Prince"? 

But, to the point. Bella is mentioned; Lucius isn't. According to the 
Lexicon Lucius was born in 54; Snape in 59 or 60. If Snape developed 
a friendship after school, Sirius wouldn't know about it. Because in 
PoA we discover that Sirius knew nothing about Snape after they left 
school. The "lapdog" taunt from OoP could have been only about the 
current relationship between Snape and Malfoy or it could reflect to 
the school days. 

So, the relationship with the gang had to happen before Snape's last 
two years; all of the ones we know the ages for would have finished 
earlier.

Potioncat: who really posted this time to correct the error in the 
subject line. All the other errors have to stand.