OOP: James, Snape, God, Illustrations

[sophineclaire]

No: HPFGUIDX 62641

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "darrin_burnett" 
<bard7696 at a...> wrote:

> 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.




SO where does it say in OotP that Snape always attacked MWPP first?
IMO, it seems that Snape only retaliated. I know this is only one 
scene, but that's the only scene we got and all Snape does is try to 
fight back when MWPP (or rather PP) provoke an attack.

I'd say the reason why James kept on hexing Snape is because Snape 
fought back. Not the smartest thing, but looking at Snape's 
background, he seems to have decided that that would be the way to 
deal with MWPP. Regarding Lily, obviously bully and hexing people 
didn;t impress her before, it probably wouldn't have impressed her 
while they were dating, so I'd say James was trying to make himself 
look as good as possible to his girl. I doubt Snape care who defended 
him, as long as he could handle the situation himself and keep his 
pride.

-SophineClaire