MadEye & Malfoy - James & Snape - Everyone & Umbridge

[sephora063]

No: HPFGUIDX 67999

To quote pickle_jimmy (who quoted the books):
"Git" said Fred idly.
"He's on our side now" said Hermione reprovingly.
Ron snorted. "Doesn't stop him being a git."

Yeah, I agree. Personally, I believe we should all be able to 
disagree since we all have our own opinions. Well, here are my to 
knuts:
I enjoy how JKR totally turned the tables on us. Through out the 
entire series, we've had this vision of Snape as the bad-guy and 
James as a hero. Even with the Prank, I never fully believed in James 
having any bad intentions because I knew that Snape would twist 
things around (and the proof comes with a full explanation later on). 
However at the end of "Snape's worst memory" I found myself feeling 
sorry for Snape and being furious with James for being so cruel. JKR 
changed something that seemed so set in stone. The characters are now 
so wonderfully multi-dimensional, but this only confuses Harry who is 
inside (rather than us on the outside). It seems James was not always 
a perfect hero. He had his flaws: obnoxiously arrogant, kind of 
intolerant (ala Crouch against those who perform Dark Arts), and 
since he was 15, he did have difficulty expressing some emotions (his 
feelings for Lily) and repressing some others (hexing anyone he 
didn't like). But some how he grew up into the hero we know. That was 
one incident and I'm sure there are more, but I believe the animosity 
was mutual. 
I will also admit to being a fan of Snape. He's great. He makes 
everything so difficult for Harry which translates into my enjoyment. 
I know that's something horrible to say, but without Snape, these 
books would not be as interesting. I must confess, when Snape said he 
saw nothing wrong with Hermione and her huge teeth, I laughed. Hehe. 
It was funny (from the outside, that is). Some characters are way too 
good and some are way to evil, but Snape looks evil yet we have to 
believe he's good since Dumbledore vouches for him. He's just so 
interesting and and complex. 
Yeah, he probably did deserve to get messed with, but not at that 
moment and not without a provocation. It did bother me and I actually 
felt humiliated for him. 
Wow. This is one long post and I will end it now, but it's just so 
interesting to analyze Snape from a behavioral perspective. Is he 
really that evil? Is it an act to hide his true work (spying for 
Dumbledore)? Isn't he wrong to punish the son for his father's sin? 

-Sephora