saving Snape wasHow many prefects per house?
potioncat
willsonkmom at msn.com
Mon Feb 23 14:50:30 UTC 2004
No: HPFGUIDX 91480
> Potioncat wrote:
> > I think James' saving Severus from the werewolf had something to
do
> > with Dumbledore's decision.
Silmariel wrote:
> I've never considered James a saint for saving Snape. He just saved
his neck.
>
> If snape had died... all the marauders would be in Trouble, and the
school also.
>snip<
> And Lily would see James in another light, that's sure, if he had
let another
> student die. But then, after saving him (if it is the truth that
he saved him) he might have reconsidered his life and character.
I think something happened that changed James. If the one look we
have of him in the pensieve is characteristic, he was not nice. The
prank may have been the turning point. (An "What have we done!"
moment.) If he went after Severus without transfiguring, and it
seems he did, then he was risking his life too. He may have been
trying to save Snape or he may have been trying to save Remus, but
either way he saved both. If that event turned him around, then it
may have played into the decision to make him Head boy.
What bothers me, is that Dumbledore seems to pass off the event as a
prank. And quite a lot of readers see it as nothing more than poor
judgement. But I think Professor Snape has good reason to dislike and
distrust Black. His life was put in danger. I don't think he is being
petty in continuing to be angry about it.
Wow, this thread has taken a turn!
Potioncat
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