[HPforGrownups] Harry's dad

[Kathryn Cawte]

No: HPFGUIDX 74775

carlisle32002
 
If James Potter is supposed to be a decent guy, why do he and his pals
(Lupin, Sirius) torment and pick on Snape during their time at hogwarts?
Lily had the decency to tell him to stop. James looked a bit like Malfoy
does now. I don't understand.
 
 Me -

Then you've clearly never met a 15 year old boy. James and Sirius were
popular, good looking, sporting heroes (well James was anyway, not sure
about Sirius' quidditch prowess) hence they picked on the unpopular kids. Is
it a nice thing to do? No of course it isn't, but teenagers are like that.
At some point after the memory we see they presumably grew up (personally I
think it was the Shack Incident that did it)

K