Snape, who already thinks Sirius to be arrogant (rightly so, by some indications), might have thought it the height of arrogance for someone who grew up with everything to throw it so blithely away.
Oh yeah-and look at the house where Snape lives in HBP!
Sirius definitely has all those intangible things, and those things are highlighted in HBP with the Slug Club. Yes, there are times when he reaches out to someone talented who isn't a Pureblood, but they are still the exception to the rule. Slughorn is always aware of their blood status. People have sometimes considered it important that he invites Hermione and not Draco, but I think people forget that he specifically doesn't invite Draco because he's hiding from DEs now. Lucius was a favorite of his, as was his grandfather. There are others in the Club who only have family connections--most of them, actually. And Hermione has connections as well--she's Harry's friend. That might play more of a part in her inclusion than she thinks. Slughorn might have been itching to invite her because she was Muggleborn, to show Harry how open-minded he is.
I wonder if Snape was even part of the Club, actually. I don't think Slughorn says so. He seems to know that Snapew as a gifted Potions student, but it's Lily he praises to the skies. I wonder if her looks and charisma had to do with that--he thinks Harry is a great Potions Genius too, and he's wrong.
And, as unfair as Snape can be to his own students, he still seems to keenly feel any unfairness directed at him.
And often when he's treating others unfairly he claims to be evening the score.
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Date: 2005-09-08 02:58 pm (UTC)Oh yeah-and look at the house where Snape lives in HBP!
Sirius definitely has all those intangible things, and those things are highlighted in HBP with the Slug Club. Yes, there are times when he reaches out to someone talented who isn't a Pureblood, but they are still the exception to the rule. Slughorn is always aware of their blood status. People have sometimes considered it important that he invites Hermione and not Draco, but I think people forget that he specifically doesn't invite Draco because he's hiding from DEs now. Lucius was a favorite of his, as was his grandfather. There are others in the Club who only have family connections--most of them, actually. And Hermione has connections as well--she's Harry's friend. That might play more of a part in her inclusion than she thinks. Slughorn might have been itching to invite her because she was Muggleborn, to show Harry how open-minded he is.
I wonder if Snape was even part of the Club, actually. I don't think Slughorn says so. He seems to know that Snapew as a gifted Potions student, but it's Lily he praises to the skies. I wonder if her looks and charisma had to do with that--he thinks Harry is a great Potions Genius too, and he's wrong.
And, as unfair as Snape can be to his own students, he still seems to keenly feel any unfairness directed at him.
And often when he's treating others unfairly he claims to be evening the score.