[HPforGrownups] If the Marauders weren't so mean to Snape would he have been nicer to Harry.

[Sandra Lynn]

No: HPFGUIDX 192488

Eric wrote:
I've a theory to the effect that if Potter and his merry men hadn't
tormented Snape on the first Express ride they all took together,
Snape might have ended up in Gryffindor with Lily, and possibly become
the fifth Marauder in his own right.

Crescent:
I hadn't thought about that, but you could be correct. At least if the
Marauders hadn't started up their feud with Snape because he looked poor,
they might have gotten along much better. Despite that, I think he made a
wonderful Slytherin–I just wish there were more Slytherins who were shown
to be decent individuals. Snape could not have been the only one!

I strongly suspect that in Snape's time those who followed Riddle/Voldemort
were the loudest and had the most influence in the house so that those who
were neutral or light kept to themselves. And remember, Slughorn was the
head of Slytherin at the time and the only students he cared about were
those who came from families of influence or who showed great promise that
would benefit Slughorn at some future point in time.


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