[HPforGrownups] Re: Was Severus in the Slug Club? (Was: Snape liked Hogwarts? )

[fair wynn]

No: HPFGUIDX 154364


> > Carol adds:
> > I'd say that his being at the Christmas party is pretty strong
> > evidence, considering that the only other teacher we see there is
> > Trelawney, great-great-granddaughter of a famous Seer, and all the
> > other guests are apparently either current Slug Club members like
> > Harry, Hermione, and McLaggen and their dates or former Slug Club
> > members like Eldred Worple and their guests. (Or perhaps Worple is a
> > current celebrity who was somehow overlooked by Slughorn in his
> > Hogwarts, but I doubt it.)
>>Leslie41:
>
>You know, I can't agree, because in that case wouldn't Hermione have
>been asked to join?  She wasn't, was she (I don't have the book with
>me, but that's what I seem to recall)?  I know that the whole "house
>loyalty" thing might have come into play, but I don't think that
>would have been enough to get Snape into the club.  He was very poor,
>and ugly, and not at all well-liked. Despite his perceived
>intelligence I can't see Slughorn letting him in.  And truthfully,
>intelligence is not always (or even most often) the best indicator of
>how important a person will be, or how high they will rise.
>
>As for why the adult Snape was invited, well they're colleagues now,
>and Slughorn has taken over Snape's old position.  In addition, Snape
>has now achieved a position of trust and is head of house.  There's
>no way he couldn't invite him.
>

wynnleaf
I don't have my book here, but I'm fairly certain that Slughorn *did* try to 
get Hermione to join.  Wasn't that part of Ron's jealousy?  That both Harry 
and Hermione were considered of interest to Slughorn, but not him?  
Hermione's primary attribute (in Slughorn's estimation) would probably be 
her intelligence and possibly her link to Harry.  She's not wealthy, 
well-connected, beautiful, or popular.

I agree that Slughorn's inviting Snape to the Christmas party is strong 
evidence that he was in the Club.  No other faculty member was there other 
than Trelawney (and she did have "connections" from her ancestry).  If it 
was simply professional curtesy that Snape was invited, then all other 
faculty would have been invited as well.  If that was the case, wouldn't 
professional curtesy have brought at least a few other faculty members to 
accept their invitations and attend the party?  It's hard to believe that 
Snape's professional curtesy (if that's the only reason he was invited) was 
so much better than all the other faculty who chose not to accept 
invitations.  Therefore, since other faculty members didn't come, I'd assume 
the entire faculty were not invited.

We really don't have much evidence to go on.  There is *no* evidence that 
Snape was not in the Slug Club.  There is some evidence that he would have 
been (Christmas party, his own aptitude with potions, being in Slytherin).  
Therefore, the weight of evidence rests in him being in the Slug Club.

wynnleaf

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