OOP: James( was:Two-way Mirror and other frustrations)

[mrsfigg1968]

No: HPFGUIDX 64684

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "frumenta" <p_yanna at h...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "M.Clifford" 
> <valkyrievixen at y...> wrote:
> > 
> > 
> > I do not for a second mean to imply that James was justified in 
> his 
> > actions.
> > I was only hoping to point out that we are being pulled into 
> empathy 
> > for Snape, and antipathy for James. And we should proceed with 
> > caution. I am attempting to show that there is evidence of James 
> good 
> > nature and Snapes poor one even in this frightening character 
> > reversal scene. Harry did not see it and neither have many of the 
> > other posters, but I do.
> > 
> > Valky awiting the Snape lovers slings and arrows.
> 
> If there's anything that Rowling is consistent with in almost all 
> the books so far, it's that Harry will at some point discover that 
> he was wrong about something concerning Snape. He found that Snape 
> wasn't the real villain in Philosophers, that he was not trying to 
> poison Lupin in PoA and that he is on the side of the light in GoF. 
> It was time to find out that he had been telling Harry the truth 
> about his father in OotP. 
> 
> I do find it hard to see James' noble nature in "Snape's worst 
> memory". The fact that James was trying to woo Lily does prevent me 
> from immediately seeing him as a valiant defender of muggleborns 
> everywgere. And considering that the ones reassuring Harry of 
James' 
> good nature are Black and Lupin, has little value considering that 
> they obviously participated in bullying Snape and still refuse to 
> feel any guilt about it.
> 
> Mim

Many of my friends are all discussing this "memory" with great 
relish.  It seems to paint James as an arrogant git and Snape as a 
victim.  It seems to me that the pensieve is a way to see into 
someone's memories.  In this case it was Snape's memory.  Could it be 
that Our least favorite professor is not recalling this incident with 
a complete truthful interpretation of the events.  Any two people 
witnessing the same event will remember it in different ways.  
Perhaps, just perhaps there was more to that incident than we've seen 
so far.