The length of the Pensieve Scene

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No: HPFGUIDX 118284


Magda:
> How can you so completely misinterpret what I said?  I said that
> Snape tried to get James and Group expelled after what they did to
> him in the Pensieve incident, then it's understandable why Snape
> would do that.  Sirius doesn't ever say WHEN Snape tried to get 
them
> expelled.  If he only started trying to get them expelled AFTER
> they'd bullied him, then he had damn good reason and if the 
Marauders
> didn't like it, then they could - ooo!  brainwave!  - stop bullying
> him!  Now there's a thought!


Alla:

Huh? Yes, if Snape tried to do it AFTER Pensieve Accident, then I 
would perfectly understand it. I understood what you said, but to me 
the logical assumption from that would be that PRIOR to Pensieve 
accident Snape did not do ANYTHING to Marauders just as they did not 
do anything to him. I doubted that. 

I brought Sirius "he knew more curses...blah,blah,blah" as example 
that he for some unknown reason paid close attention to Snape since 
their first year.

I believe that Snape started following them around MUCH earlier than 
Pensieve accident. Do I have much proof for it? Nope, as you said we 
are fuzzy on the timeframe indeed, but to me there are enough hints 
to think this way. I could be wrong, you could be right, but I am 
not sure how I misinterpreted what you said.