Was Severus in the Slug Club? (Was: Snape liked Hogwarts? )

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No: HPFGUIDX 154516

zgirnius:
> > I had assumed the faculty were invited, and courtesouly declined, 
> > except Sybill, who could not missd the opportunity for a greater 
> > quality of booze, and Snape, who wanted to keep an eye on any 
> > suspicious outsiders Sluggie may have invited. (Hence, the 
> > skulking in the corners).
 
Leslie41:
> That makes sense to me.  I can't abide the idea of the "Slug Club," 
> and I'd be willing to bet that other faculty can't either.  The 
> fact that Trelawney is the only other faculty member who shows 
> leads me to think others were invited and politely declined.  

SSSusan:
While I agree that it's *possible* that the entire faculty was 
invited, I guess I just don't see "the fact that Trelawney is the 
only other faculty member who *shows* [emphasis added]" as a given, 
nor that it suggests other faculty politely declined.  Could her 
being the only other faculty member *present* not equally (or even 
more logically) indicate that she was the only other faculty member 
invited?

I could see Sluggy inviting her because of the family connection to 
the famous Seer.  I could see him inviting Snape because of the 
House/teaching subject connection.  And I could see the invitations 
stopping there.  Again, it's possible that McGonagall, Flitwick, 
Sprout, etc., were all invited and declined, but I sure don't see any 
evidence for that.


zgirnius:
> > I don't think he was. Not being recognized for his achievements 
> > and abilities just seems to be what happens to him. I have 
> > trouble imagining it was different at school.

Leslie41:
> Ditto.  Slughorn obviously chooses students he feels will do him 
> good, whom he feels will reflect well on him. It's really 
> disgusting, his little club.  I can't imagine Snape being in it.  I 
> can't imagine either Snape liking Slughorn, or the way he cozies up 
> to the students.

SSSusan:
I concur with the notion of Snape disliking Slughorn's "cozying up" 
to particular students, at least the *present-day* Snape, which is 
why I think the suggestion that he attended the Christmas party in 
order to keep an eye on things is likely.  The Slug Club strikes me 
as the kind of thing at which present-day Snape would definitely 
sneer & turn up his (hooked) nose.  (Not that old Snapey doesn't know 
how to schmooze when the situation requires it -- I see some of that 
in Spinner's End with Narcissa -- but I think he does that with 
adults, perhaps in situations where he might need to protect himself; 
definitely NOT with students, the majority of whom he views 
as "dunderheads.")  He knows how to be *pleasant* to students -- 
we've seen that with Draco -- but cozying up? feeling "built up" by 
pulling the best & brightest & most *promising* to him?  Not Snape, I 
don't think!

Now, Student!Snape & the Slug Club is an interesting question, 
though.  I agree with those who've said we don't have real *evidence* 
for his membership, but it interesting to think about how Snape would 
have reacted if Sluggy had issued an invitation back then.  For him 
to have received some *acknowledgment* of talent at that age might 
have been heady.  Yet somehow I have a feeling that the MAKEUP of the 
Club at the time of invitation might have factored in pretty heavily 
in Severus' decision to accept or decline (if he was ever invited).

Siriusly Snapey Susan