Bullying WAS: Re: Prodigal Sons

[a_svirn]

No: HPFGUIDX 140863

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> vmonte:
> But he is a bully and a sadist according to canon, therefore he is 
> the perfect recruit. He was probably never recruited anyway, he 
> probably enlisted himself. 

a_svirn:

Personally, I don't understand this argument. For one thing Snape is 
certainly not a sadist, for another he would have to be really 
obtuse to join Voldemort just so he would be able to indulge in 
bullying. He might be an "ESE" horrid man but no one ever called him 
a fool. Certainly a career in the ministry is safer and presents far 
more opportunities for this kind of thing. Just look at Umbridge. 
Moreover, in his capacity of a Housemaster and a Professor he wields 
far more power and enjoys more opportunities for harrying the weak 
(pardon the pun), than he ever be able to do in his guise of a Death 
Eater.  

And how did he "enlist himself", send an advertisement to the Daily 
Prophet? 

> vmonte:
> 
> By the way, Tom Riddle is also a loner, outsider, sadist, and 
bully. 
>

He is indeed. 
a_svirn