[HPforGrownups]Snape & James vs Sirius(WAS Is Snape unfair with House Points?)

[Anne(Anja)]

No: HPFGUIDX 56855

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Anne NGUYEN HOANG <Anne at c...> 
wrote:


> James is disliked (understatement) by Snape for illogical 
reasons... 
> James is a famous quidditch player, he is a leader, his girlfriend 
is 
> miss perfection, and lot of people like him. James certainly played 
> pranks on him, but it's small potatoes compare to the whomping 
willow 
> case.
> Snape on the other's way... was intelligent (cf knowing more curses 
> than seventh grade students) but not enough to be the first student 
> (James was, Sirius was second, and I bet Lily was third) he wasn't 
a 
> headboy (James was) and on the quidditch field, we don't know if he 
> played, we just know he's skilled enough to be a referee (anyway 
James 
> was propabily be the best one)
> Snape looks like the eternal second
> 
Agreed. During their whole time at school , he probably tried to beat 
James at least in one category but never managed to do so (from what 
we know so far). The only thing Snape was absolutely best at were 
curses. It is stated by Sirius that he knew more curses in his first 
year than most students did in their seventh year. However , I don't 
think he made himself many friends with this talent (except the 
Slytherins mentioned in GoF). 
Now there we have James , the "Golden Boy" , the Gryffindor , who was 
loved by almost everyone . He got the good grades and all the 
praise , while Severus Snape , the dark Slytherin had to stay behind. 
Up to a certain degree , I could understand Severus if he was indeed 
jealous of James . Just think about it. The poor boy was probably 
longing for some attention but everyone was too busy admiring James 
to even recognize him. 
This might be the reason for which he started to dislike James. 
However , dislike is one thing , hatred another. From Snape's 
behaviour towards Harry in the HP books we can judge that he doesn't 
just dislike James but actually hates him. 
I think that there must be a reason for this , maybe a certain event 
which involved both , James and Severus an which made them hate each 
other. I have my own theory on this which I posted some time ago. 
(message 56270)


> On the other hand, his feelings toward sirius have solid grounds to 
> grow up (i'm personaly against any form of retribution, like death 
> penalty but I do understand why snape would hate someone who tried 
to 
> kill him, even unwillingly). 

Don't get me wrong , I like Sirius , but I think he really wanted to 
kill Severus. We know that Sirius was James's best friend and this 
makes me wonder whether he decided to kill Snape out of friendship 
for James. Whatever Severus did do to James , in Sirius eyes it must 
have been reason enough to kill him. He probably knew that his 
friend , regardless how much he hated Snape , would never have done 
anything to harm him. So he probably thought it to be best when he 
took the problem in his own hands which he did by telling Severus how 
to get past the Whomping Willow.
This , again , leads to the assumption that it was indeed a specific 
event which made the quarrel between Snape and the Marauders escalate.
What do you guys think about that ? 

         Anja (who really hopes we will learn more about the 
relationship between Severus and James)