[HPforGrownups] Snape&Lucius (was Re: Room for Debate)

[Ronin_47]

No: HPFGUIDX 164742

>>>va32h wrote:

If Snape's friends were younger (Regulus) and older (Lucius and his 
gang) it would make sense for them not to be around Snape at these 
times. How much older is Lucius than Snape? For some reason, I thought 
quite a bit older. But if it's at least three years, Lucius & Co. would 
have been out of school. <<<



--Ronin's comments--

This is a very valid point. I was going under the assumption that they were about the same age. If Lucious is in fact older, it would make even more sense that Snape's role in the friendship would be more subservient. Also, Lucious being older may have been sitting his NEWTS or already out of school.
It still makes me curious though, that no other Slytherins were around Snape during these scenes. Surely, there were other Slytherins in Snapes class. Even if they weren't hanging out together, I would think they would at least acknowledge each other. But Snape walked alone and remained alone at the lake and nobody but Lily even seemed mildly interested that he was being humiliated for no reason other than he exists.
Had this been the case with Crabbe or Goyle, Draco would've been with them or at least, their head of house or a teacher would have intervened. (Not to say, I suppose that this couldn't have happened later) Maybe Snapes friends were all meeting with their Slug Club and Snape wasn't seen as important or connected enough to belong. But, I would think that any Slytherin would take offense to any of their house members being harrassed by a Gryffindor.
At any rate, you've made a great point and I will try to find evidence of the age differences.

Someone had berated me for joking that Snape might one day return as headmaster, because he was a DE and a child abuser. But, Karkarof was also a DE and became head of Durmstrang. He was a known DE, yet Dumbledore even treated him as a gracious guest during the TWT.
I would guess that Snape and Karkarof met while in service to the Dark Lord. A fine, outstanding citizen, that Karkarof.

It just seems that even among his DE friends, nobody seems to trust or like Snape. Of course, with the exception of the Malfoys.  Bellatrix LeStrange certainly didn't trust or like him much. But Narcissa seemed to trust only Snape. I wonder if Narcissa was in Snape's class.

Cheers,
Ronin

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