Snobby Snape?

[pippin_999]

> Mike:
> It was Sev's "brawny vs brainy" comment that clued me in, and that 
> occured before James even showed he could control a broom, much less 
> that he would turn out to be a Quidditch star. Why he thought Gryffs 
> would be "brawny", I have no idea. 

Pippin:
Because James drew and brandished an imaginary sword, and
the sword was something Godric Gryffindor was famous for.
Clearly James fancied himself a future as a man of action.
Ironic that his one great moment as an action hero was
saving Snape.

If Snape looked down on athletic types, it's odd that he was
such a fan of the Slytherin Quidditch team. Snape wore green in its 
honor, arranged extra practices so they could train a new
Seeker, lorded it over Minerva when Slytherin won, and shook
hands with a horrible forced grin when it lost. It was thought
perfectly plausible that he would referee a match to keep
Gryffindor from winning. 

Not only that, he was an extremely competent flyer himself, good 
enough to referee a match and to be part of the war party attacking
Harry in DH.

JKR makes him seem nearsighted when he's bent so close to the
page in his OWLs. Could be that's the only reason he didn't become
a Seeker himself. Hmm...wonder if Dumbledore got him contacts? 

Pippin
who thinks Snape was a Slytherin Snob, not an anti-Jock Snob