Guerilla ? (Re: bullies? twins, padfoot and prongs)

[dumbledore11214]

No: HPFGUIDX 118597


> Del replies :

 huge snip.

>In other words : if James attacked Snape because he saw Snape as a
>junior DE, and Snape expected that attack, then the attack was not 
at all a childish prank, it was an act of war, one battle in an on-
going guerilla between Snape and the Marauders, something rooted in 
motives infinitely more serious than a personal dislike. That would 
put the Worst Memory on a completely different level, but it's the 
only reason that would make James' and Sirius' actions acceptable 
for me.


Alla:

Well, Del thank you for expressing it so well, because that is 
almost similar to what I suspect the complete picture will be. 
Suppose though, that the picture will be similar to the one you 
drew, but not exactly.
For example at this time, Severus did not do anythign REALLY bad 
with DA yet, but still James and Sirius KNEW that he was engaged in 
DA.

James and Sirius are still jerks then, but yes they may have other 
motives besides personal dislike for attack.



Del: 
> There are several problems with this theory though. First Lily 
doesn't seem to have noticed that dynamic, but then maybe she 
wouldn't, if Snape and the Marauders kept their guerilla secret
enough.

Alla:

Lily did not seem to socialise with Marauders much till their 
seventh year, so I am not surprised if she would not know.


Del:
>The second problem is that Lupin and Sirius don't mention it at all
when they answer Harry's questions. They try to pass it as a 
childish prank. I'm not sure why they would do that. 


Alla:

May I humbly refer you to my post 118290, where I tried to answer 
this question?