Why did Lily marry James ? / Snapes other worst memory

[Christi]

No: HPFGUIDX 67382

> "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



This would be a direct parallel to Harry's behavior in PoA

Harry saves Peter to prevent Remus and Sirius from becoming 
murderers =

James saves Severus to prevent Remus and Sirius from becoming 
murderers


In both instances the life debt the act created would be the same.

Christi T.