OoP: I'll do it: In defense of James (spoiler)

[Brigitte]

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> Scott wrote:
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> I believe we may be missing something here.
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> Have you ever had the occurrence of talking to a friend about an 
> experience that you had, and you find that, though you shared the 
> same memory, you look at it in totally different viewpoints?
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> Is it possible that BECAUSE we are seeing this through Snape's 
eyes, 
> we are seeing it not so much as it occurred, but as Snape 
INTERPRETED 
> the situation?
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> Think again about the situation...
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> *Offers the reader a look into Snape's pensive*
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> Snape is working very hard on his OWL/NEWT. James and Sirius are 
> dawdling to pass the time.
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> Snape comes out and is walking by while James attacks (because he 
is 
> bored).
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> Snape is turned upside down...
> Snape sees the Lilly interchange...
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> *Removes the reader from the pensive*
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> Most of these appear to be acutely painful memories for Snape.  But 
> could they be colored due to the person who records the memory?
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> Now, I am not suggesting James was innocent.  I was sickened by 
what 
> he did.  Sirius also confirms Harry's worst fears about his father -
 
> and he sees his father not as the great hero anymore, but as a boy 
> with faults.
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> What I am suggesting is maybe those faults aren't as pronounced as 
> the memory make it appear.
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Ack.  I just don't know where to clip because I like your train of 
thought on this.  We saw a clippet of what actually happened on that 
day and on the interaction between JP, SB, and SS.   

We don't know if that wasn't the worst part of the day.  Harry didn't 
hang out with Snape, he didn't see or listen to SS, he went over to 
hang out with MWPP.  So, maybe it was his worst memory because he 
didn't receive the O.W.Ls in order to be the DADA or to be an Auror?

I just don't want to make any definite decisions until JKR does some 
interviews & the next book comes out.

The truth is James grew up to be an amazing person that he would lay 
down his life for his wife & his child.  He obviously grew up.

Brigitte