James the Berk?

[anthyroserain]

No: HPFGUIDX 105570

Valky:
> > >>Snape, after all, is part of a Slytherin Racial Prejudice 
Gang.<<

Huntergreen: 
> > But is he at this point? We know a few of the death-eaters were 
> older than Snape/James/Sirius/Peter/Lupin, perhaps his "gang" had 
> already graduated. In any case, if he did have a gang, at this 
point 
> none of them are around so it doesn't really matter.

Valky:
> What matters, in the context of my statement, is that Snape IS an 
> example, because he is known for his involvement in this part of 
the 
> WW. 

Katie:

Where, precisely, is it established that *at the time of the 
Pensieve scene* Snape had the least thing to do with racial 
prejudice? His remark to Lily confirms it, but there's nothing in 
the scene before it that does. And I don't think Lily would have 
defended him so confidently if he were going around Draco-ing 
everyone. All we're going on is hearsay, and I think that if Sirius 
or James had any more legit reason (than "he exists") to torture and 
humiliate Snape, they'd have played it up to appeal to the crowd 
even more. Furthermore, were it even established that Snape at this 
point was a bigoted Dark Arts-practicing bastard, calling 
someone "Snivellus" and threatening to take off his underwear is not 
an argument.

Obviously I like Sirius. If given a few more positive scenes with 
him, I might even like James. But what they do in this scene is, I 
think, reprehensible. I think the most loathsome qualities of adult 
Snape, interestingly enough, are displayed by Sirius and James in 
this scene: that is, bullying someone weaker than yourself for no 
real reason, and using it to your own advantage.

... You know, I was going to write more, but I decided it'd be 
smarter to stop here, and let you all argue about that last 
statement, if you like.

-Katie
 who wonders if Professor Snape is as heartless as he seems