Thought about Snape and James Potter's relationship

[irene_mikhlin]

No: HPFGUIDX 38387

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "marinafrants" <rusalka at i...> wrote:
> And I
> don't know, maybe it's my own adolescent traumas coming through, but
> to me, the small amount we've been told about the Snape-Marauders
> conflict looks an awful lot like a couple of popular jocks picking 
on
> the geeky loser.  

There is some interesting remark Sirius does during the Shrieking 
Shack scene. He says to Peter: "You'd want to be sure he was the 
biggest bully in the playground before you went back to him". And 
earlier: "You always liked big friends"

Now if we put two and two together, James and Sirius must've been the 
biggest bullies in the playground at the time. And it's possible to 
be half-decent "popular" bully, you don't have to be completely evil 
for that. I think Sirius was from a rich family, to buy Harry that 
broomstick. Two rich, popular, athletic, succesful golden boys - 
what's not to love about them? ;-)

Irene