[HPforGrownups] Re: bullies? twins, padfoot and prongs

[Magda Grantwich]

No: HPFGUIDX 118621

>> Magda:
>> Interesting that she says "he will have SEEN things that..." 
>> not "he will have DONE things that..." 
>> Assistant-to-Voldemort's-Potion-Master!Snape sounds quite likely.

> Nora:
> True.  But that means *minimum* of aiding-and-abetting.  It also 
> makes it likely that he actually got to go along for the ride, 
> unless you want to restrict his participation to standing around
> and smirking while people are killed in front of Voldie back in the
> Evil Overlord Lair.


Did _I_ say he hadn't done bad things?  No I did not.  I was pointing
out that there is reason to believe that potions, Voldemort and Snape
are a triangle from the past and might be one in the future too.  I
was not addressing the issue of absolving Snape from criminal
activities.  Of course he hurt and probably killed people.  No
question in my mind. 


> Nora:
> I can see James' behavior towards a young Severus he
> suspects 
> of being into the Dark Arts as a boneheaded vigilante response, 
> because I think those currents were probably strong back then, the 
> conflicts between those who were supporters of ideology Voldemort 
> promulgated and those who weren't--the time just before everything 
> really exploded into the open.  

Nonsense.  If that had been the case, Remus and Sirius would have
mentioned it when they were talking to Harry (and their purpose
during that talk was to redeem James' image in Harry's eyes).  It was
not some misguided crusade - James was acting like a jerk and
although charming and basically nice on the whole was capable of
acting in a manner unworthy of him because he wasn't getting enough
negative feedback for it.  

If it was such a principled anti-DA effort, why did he offer to ease
up on Snape if Lily went out with him? 

Magda 


		
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