OOP: James, Snape, God, Illustrations

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No: HPFGUIDX 62651

--- 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.

I'm not judging 23-year-old James by 15-year-old James.  I'm sating 
15-year-old James' action are not excused because he became 23-year-
old James.

At 23, I'm firmly on James' side.  

At 15, I'm on Snape's.  

At 17, I believe I'm on Snape's.  I don't believe James made any 
special effort to quit picking on Snape.  He quit picking on 
everyone else because he was less of a bully and he didn't harbor 
any special dislike for them.  He didn't even try because he didn't 
like Snape in the first place.  At least, that's the impression I 
got.

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