[HPforGrownups] James and the Dark Arts.

[Suzanne Chiles]

No: HPFGUIDX 91020

Rachel asks:

> My question is, why did James hate the DA so much? I can't believe
> it's simply because he found the subject difficult because we know
> James was very intelligent.
> If anyone knows any canon for why he hates the DA please let me know
> because it would appear he hated the DA prior to the war on
> Voldemort.

Is it possible that you are confusing the class "Defense Against the Dark
Arts" and the actual phenomenon of the Dark Arts?

I should think it's relatively clear that James hated the Dark Arts because
he's one of the good guys who would never go down the dark path of the dark
arts.

Suzanne