huh now you have me wondering what Snape might be like if he was in Gryffindor...well done

What a wonderful story! The last line especially was very striking, and you preserved the Snape-ish voice throughout in his dialog. Thanks so much for sharing this!

Short and great. Love Snape's thoughts. Also how depressing it all is. Very good.

I can imagine that Snape would dread being told that he should have been in Gryffindor. Actually, I found Dumbledore's comment about Sorting too soon extremely offensive. (Unless he meant himself. He was the very worst kind of Slytherin and how he got into gryffindor can only be attributable to threats or blackmail. But how do you blackmail a hat?)

"Cliche-ridden piece of cloth". LOL. Great portrayal of Snape's wry humor and his longing for success and...validation that carried over from childhood to adulthood. And yes, I also believe both Gryffindor and Slytherin would be pleased with him, though for slightly different things, of course. Slytherin might even slightly approve of his choice of loyalties, because while he didn't want muggle-borns to attend Hogwarts, I can't imagine he would be all too thrilled with his heir for actually attacking the school.

Your writing is absolutely amazing. I can definitely imagine reading this happen in the books if we ever got to his POV. I really always believed in him, so it's nice to read something like this. Great job.

Ah, very cool. I liked this.
a bit short, but that's alrightt.

Very sly...
I enjoyed it immensely; you captured my attention well.
:)

QE

Man-this makes me feel like crying. He was great, wasn't he? I love how short this is. Sometimes shorter is better-too many people try to write long winded one shots. Great Job!

Very well done!