Case for Marauders (was Re: Marauders, Voldemort and the Map)

[alshainofthenorth]

No: HPFGUIDX 109654

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "dumbledore11214" 
<dumbledore11214 at y...> wrote:
> > RMM:
> > Okay, I am at a loss here.  Could you enlighten this poor soul 
with 
> > some citations so that I am dissuaded from my speculation that 
> James 
> > Potter was attracted by the Dark Arts?
> 
> 
> Alla:
> 
> I am not Nora, but here is the quote from Sirius:
> 
> 
> "And Snape was just this little oddball who was up to his eyes in 
the 
> Dark Arts and James - whatever else he may have appeared to you, 
> Harry - always hated Dark Arts" - OoP, p.670.amer.edition.
> 
> 
> 
> Now, you may question Sirius' credibility, of course. Although I am 
> still to hear the convincing reason why.
> 
> 
> In any event, I think Sirius so far had not been proven a liar in 
> canon yet.
> 
> So, I think that direct quote from the character about James hating 
> the Dark Arts is stronger than speculation about him being  DE.
> 
<Alshain quietly snips the rest>

Adding a quote from PS:

"Now, yer mum an' yer dad were as good a witch an' wizard as I ever 
knew. Head Boy and Head Girl of Hogwarts in their day! Suppose the 
myst'ry is why You-Know-Who never tried to get them on his side 
before... probably knew they were too close ter Dumbledore ter want 
anything to do with the Dark Arts." (PS, p. 64 in UK paperback 
edition.)

Now, I know that people tend to be dismissive about Hagrid's level of 
truthfulness -- confer the "there wasn't a single wizard who went 
back who wasn't in Slytherin" argument and the explanation that 
Hagrid is either exaggerating or quietly leaving out Harry's 
traitorous godfather so as not to upset the boy. But in this case I 
think there are good reasons to believe him. This isn't a case of 
exaggeration or quiet omission, if James actually had been involved 
with Voldemort and then come clean it'd be a bold, barefaced lie, and 
Hagrid isn't very good at lying. Think of all his guilty glances 
towards his pink umbrella.

Besides, if MWPP had all been in cahoots with Voldemort while they 
were young, how come Sirius is clueless about the Dark Mark when he 
hears about it?

Alshain