good and bad slytherins/Disappointment and Responsibility

[dumbledore11214]

No: HPFGUIDX 175016

> va32h:
> 
> I have a very different interpretation of that scene with young 
> Severus and Lily. When she asks if it makes a difference whether she 
> is Muggle born or not - there is a very telling pause on Snape's 
> part, during which he looks at her very longingly. My understanding 
> is that Snape knows full well that it *does* matter, but because he 
> has already come to love Lily, it doesn't matter *to him*.
> 
> Now - would an 11 year old know that a Muggleborn couldn't get into 
> Slytherin? Well we don't even really know that ourselves. Snape seems 
> confident that he, a half-Muggle, will be in Slytherin. 
<SNIP>

Alla:

This is my interpretation as well. Moreover, I think that Snape only 
did not care about Lily being Muggle-born, I think he already had 
contempt towards the Muggles in general at that tender age, yes.

Doesn't he call Petunia just a muggle? I only reread the book once, so 
may be wrong.

I think this contempt, if existed, played a very important part as to 
why Snape ended up in Slytherin. I mean, he wanted too, but his views I 
think played a role IMO.

Alla.