OOP: Sirus and Severus

[Ed]

No: HPFGUIDX 65482

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "fuzzywuzzybird" 
<tooamayzin at y...> wrote:
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> 
>  Snape at 
> school was the most knowledgeable in the dark arts, (Why?) James 
> Potter hated this subject - Harry is the best in his year. Harry 
and 
> Snape hate each other because they are too proud and hurt to 
accept 
> they have things in common. Snape's main fixation with Harry is 
his 
> fear of the past returning, (PoA) 'like father like son, Potter!' 
> (I'm hoping that the next time he says that in future books Harry 
> will give him an honest reply!) He, however, doesn't have a bad 
word 
> to say about Lily, suggesting a possible crush on her. (He may 
blame 
> James, or himself for her death - and this would explain his 
leaving 
> the Death Eaters, and his coldness around Harry who constantly 
> reminds him of the reality.)

Well, thats all interesting, however..........

Snape was talented in the Dark Arts, he knew more curses and jinxs 
than most 7th years when he was in his 1st year.  Harry, however, is 
extreamly talanted in DEFENCE AGAINST THE DARK ARTS.  Granted, to be 
that, Harry knows plenty of jinxs and curses, but he excells in 
using them and other charms to fight against curses.  Also, if Snape 
had a crush on Lily (which I used to think) why did he refer to her 
as mudblood when she tried to step up to his defence?  We all pretty 
much agree that mudblood is the wizarding equivalent of the "N" 
word.  Think about being a white boy with a crush on a lovely young 
black girl, would you ever call her the "N" word, even to save face 
with your group of friends (I know some of you might be thinking 
Snape said it for that reason)?
  
BTW - All of this sympathy for Snape for the way he was treated by 
James.  I happen to agree with Sirius' explanation.  They were just 
15 and a couple of hotheads.  And Snape was as guilty of attacking 
James.  Remember, we were seeing SNAPE'S Memory, not an impartial 
account of the relationship between Snape and MWPP.

amadeus_rex(Ed)