Snape's Occupation (was Re: Why Snape turned

[Elizabeth Snape]

No: HPFGUIDX 160000

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "potioncat" <willsonkmom at ...> 
wrote:
>
 
> Potioncat:
> I love Carol's ideas for his work. But I think "after" he gets out 
of 
> Azkaban he'll open his own shop. As much as I like the idea, I can't 
> the logic of a successful Potions wizard applying for a DADA 
teaching 
> positon and giving up his business.
> 

Snape's Witch replies:

I don't understand the Azkaban reference.  Isn't the period under 
discussion the 3-4 yrs between Severus leaving Hogwarts at 18 and 
becoming the Potions master 9/81?  It's possible he might have spent a 
short time in Azkaban (I doubt it) but that would have been after Lord 
V had been vaporized at GH.

Perhaps he might have been in a potions apprenticeship although I 
don't perceive an employment problem as I doubt that his half-blood 
status was common knowledge.  In the off chance that he _was_ in the 
Slug Club that could have been a good recommendation.

Snape's Witch