OOP: James, Snape, God, Illustrations

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No: HPFGUIDX 62682


 
Rebecca wrote-
 
> 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.
> 
> 
> 

Absolutly. It looks to me that James was the Draco Malfoy of Hogwarts 
back in the day, but without the racism. From what we can gather 
James came from wealthy, well established parents (who else wanted to 
smack Harry when Sirius spoke about his grandparents for not persuing 
the subject. So close!)most likely a spoiled only child. He has his 
crew around him constantly to back him up and egg him on (Sirius), he 
picks on those who annoy him when he's bored, coast on his 
connections and charm, and is flat out sadistic to one boy in 
particular. Who does that remind you of?

But James is not Draco. He is truly offended by Snape calling Lily a 
Mudblood. Dumbledore tells Harry he knew James in school and later. 
Could D-dore and McGonagall hold James in such esteem if he was still 
the little prat he'd been at fifteen? I think he may have grown out 
of a lot of it thanks in large part to Lily's influence. It is silly 
to think some one who acted as independent and strong willed as Liliy 
would have been "forced" to marry a man she thought was an immature 
bully.

No one is perfect and Harry is learning it the hard way. He has built 
James up and now his idol has been destroyed. He is paying for his 
father's cruelty in ways James would never have thought about when he 
was a carefree fifteen year old.

Olivia



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