Harry/James, Crabbe or Goyle/Snape connection

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No: HPFGUIDX 100301

imamommy wrote:
> taunting Malfoy and his cronies, he pulls down one
> of
> the boys pants
> to reveal a lurid set of boxers.  (Sorry, I don't
> remember which kid,
> and I still am not sure which is which.)  Now, it
> doesn't happen in
> the book this way, so the canonical reference is
> shaky, but it seems
> an interesting connection between Harry and James'
> behavior in
> "Snape's Worst Memory".  Why does Harry torment
> Crabbe
> and Goyle? 
> merely because they exist?  Remember, according to
> Sirius, Snape was
> sort of Lucius' stooge.  

Mo wrote:
> I don't think there is a connection.
> A. Partially, I think it is the movie that plays
> that
> scene up a bit.  And 
> B. In Snape's memory, it is James and Sirius that
> instigate the taunting, yet it is Malfoy who
> instigates it in PoA and Harry gets back at him. 
> Crabbe and Goyle also join in on the taunting on a


Also - in the movie, the three boys are taunting Ron
and Hermoine, but are also getting ready to get into a
physical fight (from what it looked like to me).  It
came across not as Harry antagonizing, but as Harry
protecting.

In the book, the Maraudeers start out by taunting, and
then get carried away. 

I haven't reread that part in the book yet, so my
mind's still a little fuzzy about it, but IIRC - the
Maraudeers start taunting SS, it escalates, Lily steps
in, SS throws it back in her face, and then we see
SS's knickers... But in the movie, Malfoy starts it,
and then it threatens to get violent. 

my two pennies..

bamf!

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