bullies? twins, padfoot and prongs

[mommystery2003]

No: HPFGUIDX 118502


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "justcarol67" 
<justcarol67 at y...> wrote:
> Carol responds:
> This part I agree with completely.
> On the other hand, Snape's bullying behavior may have begun at first
> as retaliation for the nasty way Sirius and James had treated him 
for 
> > being ugly, odd, greasy, etc.  

...all speculating at this point. I think that Sirius, for
> example,associated Severus with what he hated about his own home and
> family, which (for me) explains his vindictiveness. He may even have
> projected that hatred of the Dark Arts onto James as an explanation 
of
> why he disliked Severus. But James seems to be entertaining himself
> (and Sirius) by bullying Severus in the Pensieve scene. He dislikes
> him, certainly, but he doesn't seem to share Sirius's virulent 
hatred. 

But what about the remark that James made to Lily about Severus just 
existing?  That would seem to be a remark to come more from Sirius 
than James, if Black does hate Severus more than James did.  Whatever 
did Severus do to James to make a remark like that?

Ces