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

[dumbledore11214]

No: HPFGUIDX 119418


Alla wrote previously:
 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.
 
Pippin:
In PoA, it comes up *only* in the context of the Marauder's Map  
and Harry going outside the school, apparently to meet with 
Black. Snape isn't allowed to tell Harry that Sirius and Lupin were 
his father's friends, and know what might lure him out of school. 
In Snape's mind, James's arrogance led him to cooperate with 
these friends in a prank that could have ruined James's life. 
Later James refused to believe that one of these friends could 
be a traitor, and it got him killed. Snape *has* to warn Harry, 
because he sees that Sirius and Lupin could destroy Harry the 
way they destroyed James.


Alla:

I am sorry, you lost me here. Which Prank could have ruined James 
life? The one where he saved Snape's? Sirius' Prank? For all we 
know, it is quite possible that James did not even know about that 
prank beforehand. 

I also don't follow the part with Snape's warning Harry by talking 
badly about James about Harry's possible destruction by Sirius and 
Remus.

I want to say that you are overreaching here, but I am not quite 
sure I even understand where you are going with this one. I 
apologise!


In PoA, Harry is NOT leaving school. Hogwarts is in session. Snape 
IS his teacher.


Pippin: 
In OOP, they weren't at Hogwarts, and Snape was talking to 
Sirius, not Harry. Sirius certainly wasn't behaving as if the 
context were professional. To his credit, Snape doesn't bring his 
old suspicions of Sirius and Lupin  up in OOP, but that doesn't keep 
Sirius from treating him as if he was still a Death Eater. 

Alla:

Morally, I cannot give Snape any credit for his behaviour towards 
Sirius in OOP, just as I cannot give Sirius much, but I was talking 
about PoA incidents only.