Harry begins to act like someone I know...

[LadySawall at aol.com]

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In a message dated 05/22/2004 12:46:57 PM Eastern Daylight Time, Potioncat 
writes:
Sirius said he'd never heard of Snape being a Death Eater and doubted 
DD would have hired him if he had been.  On the other hand, he knew 
Karkaroff was a DE. That's why he told them to watch out for him. 
And, Snape never told Harry about Sirius or really even how bad James 
had been.  Harry found that out himself.
Another good point...even if Snape didn't care to revisit his own Worst 
Memory, at any time throughout the series he could surely have arranged for Harry 
to find out *exactly* what a prat James had been.  With a little selective 
editing, he could have gotten the essentials across without having to reveal how 
thoroughly the Marauders had victimized him personally.  Lily did say James 
would hex *anyone* who annoyed him, just because he could.  Heck, Snape's a 
spy...surely he could even arrange to plant the information in such a way that 
Harry would never know he was the source.  But he has always stuck to 
generalizations about James' character, never delving into specifics of any kind...I 
wonder why?

Jo Ann


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