[HPforGrownups] Harry's dad

[eowynn_24]

No: HPFGUIDX 74815


 
carlisle32002 wrote:

>> 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. <<


now me- Eowynn

I believe that you can't judge what James and Sirius were like as teens by seeing one memory. If you didn't know anything about HRH or their Slytherine counterparts, and one day you happen chance look into Malfoy's memory and see Hermione slap him, Harry and Ron threatening him, would you think that they weren't decent people? There is a history between both groups, each side tormenting the other. I believe that we have to remember that they are still just kids while they are at Hogwarts, and if we were to judge we would have to see both sides, not just Snape's one memory. Sorry if this sounds preachy, it is just how I took the whole scene.

Eowynn_24