OOP: James, Snape, God, Illustrations

[darrin_burnett]

No: HPFGUIDX 62624

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Kewpie" <dkewpie at p...> wrote:
> > > Here is what it "sounds like." The actual canon.
> > > 
> > > Page 671:
> > > 
> > > "Well," said Lupin slowly. "Snape was a special
> > > case. I mean, he 
> > > never lost an opportunity to curse James, so you
> > > couldn't really 
> > > expect James to take that lying down?"
> > > 
> > > Snape never lost an opportunity to curse James.
> > > Clearly, he was 
> > > trying to get his revenge.  
> > > 
> > 
> > 
> > Here's some more actual canon for you
> > 
> > Lily:  " . . . walking down corridors and hexing
> > anyone who annoys you just because you can--"
> > 
> > (U.S. edition, page 648)
> > 
> > 
> > James had other victims.
> > 
> 
> Plus Canon saids James kept on doing hexing around behind Lily (and 
> probably teachers/Dumbledore obviously)'s back.


Me:

Yep, he kept hexing Snape, when Snape attacked him. Snape knew better 
to attack James in front of Lily. He'd lose his filthy mudblood 
defender then, if he was provoking James.

And I never denied James had multiple victims, but I do submit he did 
leave them alone when he "got it."

But hey, if you want to believe James stayed a 15-year-old brat for 
the rest of his life, that's cool.

But Lily DID marry him. He DID become Head Boy. He DID become a 
respected member of the Order of the Phoenix. He DID give his life 
trying to save Lily and Harry.

I believe that if James were alive and found out Harry was being a 
bully, (which could have happened, had Harry grown up rich and in a 
family of wizards) he would be horrified.

As I've said, I wonder how many people can stand to be judged based 
on their 15-year-old selves.

Darrin
-- And any time Snape, or anyone else, let loose with a "filthy 
mudblood," I would have done Scourgify MYSELF.