OoP:In defense of James/ Snape

[Renee Daniels]

No: HPFGUIDX 62693

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Star Opal" <starropal at h...> 
wrote:
> Calimora said:
> >Actually, I was more interested in Snape's responce than James
> >motivation. (Boys are prats, Teenage boys are bigger prats, and
> >teanage boys trying to get girls define the word prat.) James 
dishes
> >out some humliation, but insted of humiliating James back (infront 
of
> >the girl he likes) Severus strikes to cause injury. To me that 
implys
> >a visiousness beyond the senseless idiocy/cruelty of being 15 and 
the
> >big man on campus.
> 
> I didn't see it so much as viciousness (as in premeditated blood 
spilling) 
> as him snapping. "Snape reacted so fast it was as though he had 
been 
> expecting an attack..." So, along with the fact Snape seems to be 
their 
> favorite victim, this to me says the bullying happens quite often. 
(stay 
> with me, I hope to make sense in a sec, no guarantees though)
> 
> They've just come from an exam, which it seems Snape takes as 
seriously as 
> Hermione does, so he's high strung. Then he hears James calling him 
> Snivellus, he knows what's going to be coming (and whatever the 
usual plan 
> is it must be nasty, just look at Peter's anticipation). Then all 
of the 
> hatred he feels, quite possibly five years worth, bubbles up and he 
reaches 
> for his wand. But... he doesn't seem to be great at dueling... yet.
> 
> -I'll say right now I don't think Sev was all that great at Dueling 
up this 
> point. Even if Sirius was right about him, knowing a lot about dark 
arts and 
> actually performing them well are two different things. Would maybe 
this 
> explain the "shooting down flies" memory? Was he practicing so he 
could get 
> back at James? Maybe this is why he wanted DADA so much, to prove 
that he 
> was just as good as anyone else at "silly wand waving", but still 
excelled 
> at potions. Too much speculation not enough canon, let me get back 
on topic-
> 
> If my assumption is right, the wand reaching was a bad move. Not to 
mention 
> he was out numbered. So studious, logical Snape loses control, gee, 
where 
> have we seen him ever act like that?  Anyway, so skip ahead to Lily 
walking 
> off. By now he has been embarrassed beyond normal human endurance, 
so he 
> lets off something a little violent that ends up cutting James' 
face. I can 
> just imagine the blood pounding in his ears, losing any thought to 
fact he 
> might be hurting someone (not that he would care at this point) or 
breaking 
> the rules, feeling nothing but anger. Kinda sounds like... Harry, 
doesn't 
> it? *cough* Aunt Marge *cough*
> 
> As far as MWPP go I was unsurprised by Sirius, disappointed with 
Lupin, 
> COMPLETELY disgusted with Peter (he really did seem on the verge of 
wetting 
> himself for crying out loud!), and, well, both sickened and 
refreshed by 
> James.
> 
> No, Darrin, while I admire your effort, don't defend James. I like 
> Bully!James. I've only seen one other person post so far that they 
liked the 
> fact that St. Potter turned out to be a massive slime (not only 
does he 
> bully, but he tries to bargain leaving Snape alone for a date with 
Lily, 
> what a jerk). I mean it, the whole while I was feeling sick and 
wishing to 
> reach through the page to knock him a good one, inside I was 
grinning 
> horribly at how nasty James turned out to be (at least at the age 
of 15, 
> which is no excuse at all). I'm just odd like that.
> 
> Star Opal
> who has played the part of Lily in far too many of those situations 
and is 
> not a Snapologist believe it or not
> 

Me (Again):
I was going to construct a reply, but then i remembered Sarah's post.
Her comments about Snape and the Lupin/Sirius Confermation are 
exactly what I want to say, only far more coherrent. Go read it:


http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/message/62683

~Calimora (Who woke up the morning after and wished it wasn't true.)