Positive image of James. Was: Re: Snape and Lupin's Character Arcs

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No: HPFGUIDX 119410


 Alla previously :
James is not a historical figure for Harry, he is just his dad and 
I  believe that he has a right to have good thoughts about him 
untill he finds about his faults on his own without someone who 
is so bitter  that cannot forgive dead man and therefore feels the 
need to deprive  his son of positive image of his father.<
 
Pippin:
I don't see how anybody who remembered what James had 
been like before seventh year could have had a positive image of 
him. Even Sirius thinks he was an arrogant little berk.  I know you 
think that Snape joining the DE's proves he was a bad person all 
along and deserved whatever happened to him.


Alla:

Oh? This is because of ONE scene? I certainly disagree. It will be 
interesting to hear the testimony of some other people who knew James 
before his seventh year. Sirius thinks that he was a berk only when 
they talk about Snape.

By the way, I think that Snape joining DE proves that James and 
Sirius MAY have legitimate ideological reasons to dislike him. You 
know, something more than bullies beating up on poor victim.

I most certainly don't think that Snape's joining DE proves that he 
is a bad person and deserves whatever happened to him.


But this is all beyond the point. The point is that even if James was 
very bad person, Snape has no right to tell Harry so, at least untill 
they are in a different setting than Hogwarts. This is unprofessional 
and sadistic. Just my opinion, of course.