Re: Severus, Al
Snape arched an eyebrow, in that way he had when he was trying not to let on how utterly thrown he was by the situation.
"What in the world is so unacceptable about Shakespeare or Tolkien, that doesn't apply to Plato or Socrates?"
For all the pretensions he learned at Lucius Malfoy's knee, Snape had never believed that recent authors - such as Tolkien or Shakespeare - were intrinsically less worthwhile than the 'classic philosophers' such as Plato and Socrates.
Snape had always absorbed the truth wherever he'd encountered it, like any good Slytherin.
Even Riddle - worthless fucker that he was, in almost every respect - had known how to dress.