Why did Lily marry James ? / Snapes other worst memory

[Rebecca]

No: HPFGUIDX 67340

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "M.Clifford" 
<valkyrievixen at y...> wrote:

> I suppose, because this thread is also on the topic, that in the 
> case of him saving Snape from the werewolf, James possessed another 
> virtue.

Wasn't that a little self-serving though? I've always found the 
whole "James saving Snape" thing a little shaky, since it wasn't like 
he jumped in front of a bullet for him or something amazingly heroic 
like that. If the prank had gone as planned, Lupin would have killed 
Snape, thus giving him something rather horrible to live with his 
whole life (even in the case of Snape being the one he killed it 
seems Lupin is the type who would feel horrible about it anyway). And 
then if anyone every figured out HOW Snape knew how to get past the 
whomping willow, Sirius--James' best friend--would be arrested. It 
seems more of a matter of him being reasonable enough to see that 
Sirius was taking things too far. 

-Rebecca
(by the way, I'm new to the list...hello (o; )