OOP: James, Snape, God, Illustrations

[Jenserai Bariman]

No: HPFGUIDX 62557

Melpomene:
>Did he? Grow out of it? Something struck me when I read the line
>about Harry wondering whether James had "forced" Lily to go out with
>him. The "I'll let him down if you go out with me" line morphed into
>something more awful like---"It's a matter of life and death, Evans.
>I'll stop it if you go out with me."  Stop what? Oh, death by
>werewolf perhaps?
>How could I think such a thing...gosh how could I? Oh, maybe
>the "Snape was a special case" rationale. And "well he didn't take
>him along on dates with him and hex him in front of her!" They didn't
>start dating until 7th year. (Right?) SO when the hell did he grow
>out of it? > >


O.o
Ooh, that's very pretty. I like it. I don't know if I dare hope for 
something that juicy in can(n)on, but I like it nonetheless. Has it already 
been acronymed?

Anyway, I only said James seemed to have grown up a bit because of what 
Lupin and Black said about his having deflated his head a bit and stopped 
hexing people just for the fun of it. To me it looks like something happened 
to make him quit acting like he owned the school. Something to do with the 
Prank perhaps. Maybe Dumbledore realized it was time to warn him about his 
behavior or something and from then on, he restricted himself to beating on 
Snape in private.

Nevermind, he didn't grow up in the least. After the Prank, Dumbledore 
threatened expulsion if he caught wind of anymore bullying. And of course 
this would make James like Snape even less...


> Hmm, Fudge said "for God's sake!" on pg 149 of the US OOP
> hardcover, does that count as "in vain"? In any case, It struck me as 
> odd that. I think it was the first time a wizard mentioned God.
>
>
>Filch has, didn't he say "God how I miss the screaming"? (That may be
>movie contamination) But I know one of the twins said "Thank God!"
>after telling Harry that Snape doesn't eat at #12. > >


Good point. All I'd remembered was being startled somewhere early on in the 
book that someone mentioned God, I didn't realize it happened twice. I don't 
know if Filch's line was in the book either. I wish I had it with me :P

-Jens