But then, it's a wartime situation. It grates entirely, but as with the current war on terrorism, the people on the front line of intelligence are the ones who can't tout their own successes. With the current generation, I think he realises that most of the time, he has to put up with it or quit, but with the Marauders, there was really no reason to, whatsoever. Of course, I don't think Snape was above the same tricks the Marauders got up to, but the "He started it" excuse never worked with my teachers, and I doubt it did with theirs. So whilst Snape complained about the Marauders always getting away with things, this is a kid who apparently was a dab hand with dark magic when he entered the school, and wasn't afraid to use them. And with an anti-Dark magic headmaster in power, I think it's going to be Snape who gets the worst of it, not the semi-reformed Black.
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Date: 2004-11-18 09:40 am (UTC)