Sirius, James and Snape - A History?

[Meredith]

No: HPFGUIDX 96524

Melanie wrote:
 I think that we do need more about the history of the 
> marauders.  I honestly think she should write a prequel, if she 
> decides to write more about the HP universe.  
> <snip>
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> Potioncat wrote:
> JKR has said she won't do a prequel, because the back story will be 
> covered in books 6 and 7. <snip> 


Luckie's response:
We are (somewhat) sure Sirius is really dead, although that's 
debateable. JKR has said (I believe) he will still play a role in teh 
future books. Which leads to my theory: Harry will discover some kind 
of journal or other device - even a pensieve - at Grimmauld place 
that will give him mucho info about Sirius's early life and the 
marauder's time at Hogwarts.

Potioncat wrote:
> What I've wondered, if either of the versions we've been given 
(that 
> is Snape's and Serius') is really accurate. I have a suspicion that 
> Serius would have been well versed in Dark Arts as well. Did he 
cover 
> up his knowledge and draw attention to Snape's? <snip> 

Luckie's response:
I believe the HP universe is highly subjective. We see almost 
everything (except the pensieve memories) from Harry's perspective. 
This leads me to believe that perhaps Dumbledore is a little more of 
a crackpot than we realize. It also rationalizes my Good!Draco 
theory, as everything we know about Draco is from Harry's 
perspective, colored by Ron's comments about slytherin and the fact 
that Lucius is a Death Eater. I am dangerously off topic, but perhaps 
our image of Snape is simply colored by Harry's perception. I've 
often thought of Snape as being very hard on his students to get them 
to learn - like McGonagall's strictness, but to the extreme. This 
method obviously backfires with Neville. I'm not saying he's right, 
but it's a possibility. Also, our view of Snape's worst memory is 
colored by Snape's perception of the events. We don't know if Snape 
did something horrible to the marauders before the memory took place -
 perhaps something they didn't want to tell Lily.

Obviously, some of the things Draco says, some of the things Snape 
does, and some things James and Sirius did to Snape are pretty 
horrible and inexcusable. But I'm sure most of us have memories of 
things that seem much worse than they really were, or take things the 
wrong way occasionally.

~Luckie Starr, who has an affinity for the so-called "evil" 
characters