Snape's Friends (was Room for Debate (ws Re: J.K. Rowling Comments )

[va32h]

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Carol said:
I know. :-) I was just putting on my Twins hat after giving everybody
a good dose of Carol McGonagall. Aside from a Severus/Regulus
connection, which I do think is at least possible (as you know, I
think young Snape saw Regulus die and that may have helped him turn to
DD), I'd really like to know how Severus could have been part of a
"gang of Slytherins," most of whom seem to be at least five years
older than he was. (I think he was their pet prodigy, hence "Lucius
Malfoy's lap dog" in Sirius Black's distorted perspective, but what do
I know?)

va32h thinks out loud:

Could Snape have been sort of the Wormtail of his gang? The one they 
let pal around with him for amusement's sake?

Of course, Snape is a much better Wizard than Wormtail, and he doesn't 
seem so needy now. But as *you* know, I think 11 year old Snape was 
precocious and eager to show off his tricks and desperately in need of 
friends. I can see 11 year old Snape being a willing puppy dog. 

va32h