OOP: James, Snape, God, Illustrations

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No: HPFGUIDX 62590

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Rebecca Stephens 
<rsteph1981 at y...> wrote:
> 
> --- darrin_burnett <bard7696 at a...> wrote:
> > 
> > Me: 
> > The Snape was a special case rationale was that
> > Snape never stopped 
> > trying to curse James, and James wasn't going to
> > take that. Pg 671.
> 
> 
> In the flashback Lily says that James hexes anyone who
> annoys him.  Snape was not the only one he picked on.
> 
> 
> And, for the record, I do not believe the marriage was
> forced.
> 

I totally agree with Rebecca.  James was a bully.  The marriage was 
not forced.

James grew up a great deal by seventh year.  He became a better 
person.  However, I don't think the only reason he kept hexing Snape 
is because Snape was hexing him.  He could easily have used a 
disarming charm and left Snape looking like a fool.  I certainly 
don't think he went a week without hexing Snape to let Snape know he 
wasn't a bully anymore.  When Snape heard James and Sirius in the 
Pensive scene he jumped; he expected to be attacked.  That doesn't 
go away over night.  If James wakes up one morning and decides he's 
not going to attack without provacation anymore (but has in the past 
and keeps seeking revenge) then how is Sape supposed to know?

Besides, James apparently didn't do it around Lily.  He knew she 
wouldn't approve.  If it was simple self-defense he wouldn't feel 
the need to hide it from Lily.

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