James the Berk?

[delwynmarch]

No: HPFGUIDX 105972

Charme wrote :
> Immature emotion breeds immature acts, not logic, and those actions 
> can often not be justified.  What I does intrigue me is applying the 
> concept that every action has an indisputable reaction - good or bad.
> And bad actions often breed bad reactions, which breed worse 
> actions....it's human nature and when emotions are involved, ZIP - 
> logic - for the most part- is out the window.

Del replies :
No rotten tomatoes for you, Charme, well, not from *me* anyway :-) I
agree with you that emotions govern human reactions much more than
logic. I had my Mr Spock period back when I was 10, when I thought
this was a bad thing, but I outgrew it a long time ago. But anyway, I
wasn't trying to apply logic to the characters' emotions, but only to
Valky's chain of deductions :
Snape was raised in and presumably liked the Dark Arts
Hence : Snape would choose a Dark Curse to defend himself 
Hence : Any curse that Snape would choose would necessarily be Dark Magic.
This is a flawed reasoning, it's not logical. Hence I don't accept it
as a convincing argument. That was all.

Charme wrote :
> *what if* Dark Magic is just any magic performed to the detrement, 
> psychological or otherwise, of another? If that's the case, James AND
> Snape both are guilty.

Del replies :
Ah Charme, you're on the way of becoming my new best friend, you know
that ;-) ?

Charme wrote :
> Snape is also guilty of a testosterone 
> enhanced immature emotional reaction by his Lily name calling - some 
> CHICK stood up for him, how embarrassing for someone whose self 
> esteem is absolutely fragile in a desire not to fail!

Del replies :
Absolutely ! I'm not a Snape fan, and I still don't approve of his
insulting Lily, but I can understand where it came from.

Charme wrote :
> Del, I think you're right that Lily didn't hate James, she despised 
> his behavior and she wanted him to change.  If you weren't interested
> in a guy, why would you want to let him know what *exactly* he needs 
> to change to get your attention? Funny...as I type this, I'm reminded
> that girls always mature faster than boys ;)

Del replies :
Oho ! And doesn't that remind you of another girl constantly fighting
with a certain boy and pointedly insulting him about one particular flaw ?

Del