[the_old_crowd] Snape's Social Life

[Eileen Rebstock]

Kat:
> By the way, where do you get that Snape was particularly friends with
> Wilkes and Avery? Does Sirius mention it somewhere?

No, it's actually an old HPFGU joke. We used to have Avery on list as a
regular contributor to discussions. He was a bit of a favourite of mine,
particularly, as the most maltreated character in the entire
Potterverse, only existing to be tortured by Voldemort and weep. And so
HPFGU Avery, a timid downtrodden character who only lived to be bossed
around and provide a prop for our arguments, came into existence. 

And Wilkes, well, Wilkes is the forgotten Death Eater. Doesn't have a
first name, has only one mention in GoF, gets left out of half the lists
of Death Eaters people make. So I felt *sorry* for him.

All in all, I'd like to give those two *some* role in the Potterverse.

But in terms of strict canon, while Avery and Wilkes were close enough
to Snape to be identified as part of "the gang of Slytherins" there's
nothing in particular to make them his favourite friends of his school
days, as opposed to anyone else. 

But there is some evidence for Wilkes being close to Snape, at least
professionally, if you can call the Death Eaters a profession. Wilkes
was killed by Aurors soon after Snape turned sides. Same with Evan
Rosier. So it's often posited that Snape turned those two in. 

Eileen