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No: HPFGUIDX 118640


Kim here, snipping liberally at post no. 118557 in order to ask a few 
specific questions:

Valky wrote:
The phrase "as though he had been expecting an attack" in no way
leads to an assumption that James was still armed.  Snape 
was 'expecting" an attack, from Harry's POV. This information
is gleaned by Harry, *strictly*, from Snapes reaction. If James'
wand was out before Snape moved, then the POV of Harry would not be
that Snapes reaction was *as though* he had been <note the
curiosity of the narration> *expecting an attack*, surely.
The appropriate wording in the case of James' wand already being out
and aimed at Snape would be: Snape reacted quickly to the impending
attack. The attack was not obvious, James wand was not drawn or
aimed.   Of that I am entirely certain.

Kim asks now:  

Has anyone else wondered, as I do now, whether we can really trust 
the POV of pensieve scenes?  After all, the pensieve scene in this 
case is Snape's memory of what happened between him and James and 
Sirius at the lake many years ago.  Could Snape's memory of what 
actually happened be a little fuzzy?  Actually this scene is several-
layered -- it's the author/narrator's view of Harry's view of Snape's 
memory... (isn't it?) 

Kim