JAMES POTTER HAS SOME GOOD -SOMEWHERE?

[Susan Smith]

No: HPFGUIDX 68244

The Severus vs. James debate can go on and on and we will all never 
know anymore than JKR chooses to share.  However, to all those who 
are bashing James based on the one memory in the Pensieve from OOP 
which shows he was arrogant, cocky, verbally abusive, a bad influence 
on peers and a bully to Severus-Oh, sorry let me shorten that summary-
which shows he was a typical adolescent male-

Please keep in mind that James must have had some redeeming qulaities 
somewhere because:

-he was well liked by Dumbledore
-Lily married him after clearly not really tolerating him
-he was Head Boy
-he thrice defeated Voldemort (more to com on that I'm sure)
-times with his family were happy for Sirius after he ran away
-he was in original OoP and appears to have been respected by his 
colleagues
-he managed to set aside some money for his child (more than I have 
accomplished at this point in my life)
-Harry has been given some decent genes and values somewhere-surely 
not from the Dursleys

So, he may very well have had a horrible relationship with Snape, not 
unlike that between Malfoy and Harry, but he still had some saving 
graces.

Atropos G. (not really of fan of either Snape or James, just felt 
James was getting a bad deal based on the one memory JKR chose to 
share)