The length of the Pensieve Scene

[potioncat]

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Hickengruendler wrote: 
> There is another scene that confirms the memory. When Harry told 
> Sirius and Remus about the incident, they didn't deny it. They 
didn't 
> say: "Well, the Pensieve is not objective. Snape started the 
fight." 
> They didn't even protested when Harry blamed them for bullying 
Snape 
> just because they were bored. Don't you think they would have said 
> something, if the situation weren't the way it seemed? If not for 
> their own sake, than surely for James'. I'm sure they don't want 
> Harry to believe such things about his father, if James never did 
> them. But instead they only said that James grew out of it, and 
that 
> Snape wasn't an innocent angel either. Which I'm sure is the 
truth, 
> but Sirius and Remus didn't do anything to correct Harry's view 
about 
> James deeds in this scene.
> 



Potioncat:
You know, every now and then I forget this is a work of fiction!  
But your post reminded me and I realized something.  JKR made sure 
we knew Snape was the innocent victim (this time.) She sent Harry to 
find an explanation for the scene and the explanation provided no 
comfort at all.