OOP: what we forget with Sirus and James and Harry

[tigerpatronus]

No: HPFGUIDX 65674


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "marinafrants" <rusalka at i...> 
wrote:
> Well, maybe James hasn't experienced it, but Sirius, at the very 
> least, knew what it was like to be an outsider within his own 
> family.  At the time of the flashback, he was only a few months 
away 
> from running away from home and getting his name blasted from the 
> family tree.  In fact, I think that this might be the real reason 
> behind Sirius' early hatred of Snape.  Snape -- a Slytherin, 
> interested in the Dark Arts, contemptuous of Muggleborns -- was 
> everything that the Black family wanted Sirius to be, and 
everything > he was violently rejecting.  

Yes, of course, yes, of course. When you put those two facts 
together, you get a complete picture of SB. This explains Sirius's 
behavior even if it doesn't entirely excuse it. It's so much better a 
picture than two little rich boys tormenting the greasy kid. Heck, I 
wonder if Snape narc'ed to Sirius's family about something, or at 
least mentioned something to someone who mentioned it. Black said 
that all the pureblood wizarding families are inbred/related to each 
other (like all English people are related to each other within 30 
generations, I'll bet, and everyone can trace their ancestry to 
Charlemange.) I wonder if that includes Snape. He seems to have a 
hatred of mudbloods that suggests he isn't one. That might explain 
the reason his existence is odious to JP and SB. He's the converse of 
Sirius: who his parents wanted him to be. Again, we've got this 
parallel of rebelling against one's parents and recognizing that they 
don't always know what's best for you (and a very un-destiny story 
line.) Long live free will!

TK



This doesn't explain James' attitude, 
> of course, but then again we don't really know James' history with 
> Snape or how their feud got started.
> 
> Also, I have to ask: if *all* we had ever seen of Snape was a 
single 
> incident of him at 15, as remembered by someone who hates him, 
would 
> he have come across as a nice person?  (Not that he comes across as 
> a nice person now, but I trust people know what I mean.)
> 
> Marina
> rusalka at i...