[HPforGrownups] Re: Snape and Harry again.

[Magda Grantwich]

No: HPFGUIDX 113243


--- Nora Renka <nrenka at yahoo.com> wrote:
> I have the as-of-yet unvalidated concept that when it comes to the 
> elder Potter and Snape, it's an uncomfortable blend of the two.  I 
> have no doubt that there were intensely negative feelings, on both 
> sides, and as to date, taken out in an excruciatingly difficult to 
> read way on Snape by James.  Regarding feelings, there are often  
> reasons behind them, even if they are often not the thing that 
> appears most obviously on the surface.  I will not 
> say 'subconscious', because then I'd have to smack myself hard ala
> a naughty House Elf.  In other words, I suspect that an 
> intellectual hatred of the Dark Arts *combined* with a personal 
> loathing to create the particular animosity we have seen on
exhibit.
>
> -Nora says: vive le weekend, and pass the bottle
 
"Excrutiatingly difficult"?  Looks pretty clear-cut to me.

I have some questions for those who feel that there are reasons
behind why James and Sirius do to Snape what we saw in the Pensieve:

Why does Lily ask "What has he ever done to you?"?

Why does Lupin ask "Did I ever tell you to lay off Snape?"?

Why does Sirius answer "Well you made us feel guilty sometimes" and
"...arrogant little berks, you mean"?

Do those lines sound like there was some kind of feud-between-equals
going on or that there were extenuating circumstances?

Magda (who would enjoy reading some good discussion of this issue
from the archives if she could get the damn yahoo search function to
work properly)




	
		
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