[HPforGrownups] Re: OoP: I'll do it: In defense of James

[pjuel13 at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 63076

Jens says regarding Lily's surprise at Snape's suppusedly newly found racism

>The fact that she blinked made me think she was suprised. And I really don't 

>think she'd have tried to defend someone who called people "mudblood" a lot.

And one could just as esily surmise that she blinked in surprise because she 
was stunned that he would be so stupid and crass as to attack the person 
defending him, regardless of whether or not he had habitually used that nastly 
little slur in the past.  She was trying to defuse the situation and let him get 
away and he said the one thing gauranteed to make it worse. I'd be surprised 
he'd be that dumb, cleverness and self-preservation are Slytherin traits after 
all. Why wouldn't she be surrpised at that as well? 

It's all subjective. Memory is a funny thing that way. Some people want to 
assume Snape never had a racist thought or uttered a single slur before that 
moment, others suspect otherwise in each case how they read the limited text is 
influence by their own personal predjudices. 

I rather think that Lily bore a strong resemblance to Hermione in her 
willingness to be open and kind, even to pretty unpleasant people. 

-Stripedog 





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