[HPforGrownups] Re: OOP: James, Snape, God, Illustrations

[Jenserai Bariman]

No: HPFGUIDX 62967

Elizabeth:
>I mean, we were looking at Snape's MEMORY/THOUGHT of a terrbly
>embarrassing event when he was 15. That was several years ago, and
>in a painful situation like that, why would it not have gotten worse
>every time Snape remembered it? We are seeing it from his point of
>view. James and Sirius would have appeared to their worst advantage.
>And they might appear totally different if we were to peek in
>Lupin's pensieve or James' pensieve. Also, it was pointed out
>several times in the book about how a 15 year old boy's view of the
>world is skewed and at times believes that everyone is against him
>and no one understands, etc...Was Snape really close enough to
>overhear all the conversation that took place under the tree, or was
>emotion filling in some gaps.
>

Me:
Harry told Lupin and Black what he saw and they did not say anything like 
"But it didn't happen like that!". The immidiatly started making excuses, 
and I would tend to think that if they had a reason for what they did, or if 
it had not been _that_ bad, they would have said so. But no. The first 
excuse out of Blacks mouth is "He was only fifteen".

See earlier posts on the accuracy of pensieves for more...

-Jens

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