OoP - Snape the racist; Snape the victim; Snape Snape Snape

[fitzchivalryhk]

No: HPFGUIDX 62748

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "darrin_burnett" 
<bard7696 at a...> wrote:
> And speaking of all those curses, Snape really didn't get many good 
> shots in, did he? 
>

Of course he didn't get any good shots in. 
According to the book, the time sequence in Snape's worst memory is 
like this :

Snape heard James calling -> Snape tried to take out his wand -> 
Snape got hit by an Expelliramus -> Snape's wand got knocked off

Once your wand got knocked off, I doubt you can do much even if you 
are extremely good at dueling. Besides, James and Sirius kept cursing 
Snape after his wand got knocked off, making sure he was not in a 
position to fight.

What is not clearly stated in the book though, is whether James had 
already pulled out his wand  when he called Severus. 
The book didn't describe that James and Sirius pulled their wand out 
before approaching Snape, but it didn't say they pulled their wand 
out after calling Snape either. 

Judging from the fact that James and Sirius planned to toy with Snape 
when they saw him near, I would bet that they already had their wand 
ready when they called Snape.


"fitzchivalryhk"