James and Snape. Was. Re: Snape and Harry again.

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No: HPFGUIDX 113327

Pippin:
> Not that there's the slightest indication in canon of that...but 
even 
> if there was...

Alla:

Of course there is no mention of it in canon.


Pippin:

> It's a good thing for Remus that James's family wasn't injured by 
> Death Eater werewolves, I suppose, and a good thing for Hagrid 
> it wasn't Death Eater giants. And a good thing for Hermione that 
> she wasn't around back then, since she disagrees with a 
> Ministry approved textbook about which spells ought to be 
> considered dark, and has been known to raid the restricted 
> section herself. 
 
Alla:

Pippin, you are starting to make me feel very insecure about my 
English skills. :) Let me reiterate again. There is no justification 
for what James did. None. But there are could be events, which we 
don't know yet, which will help us to understand better why James 
disliked Snape and from the eye of objective observer those events 
could make James' character more fleshed out.

And yes, if James family was injured by werewolves, I would 
understand that he would be very afraid of them. :o)


Pippin: 
>  Does the fact that Gryffindors treated him  badly when he was in 
> school make you think better of Snape for treating Gryffindors 
> badly now?


Alla:

It makes me think much worse of Snape as you probably know by now. 
Because he was unable to overcome those dynamics and became the same 
bully to Harry , which James was to him.
But no matter how I dislike Snape's behaviour, I realise that there 
are reasons for it. I think that we will learn that James may have 
had reasons for his behaviour, no matter how much I dislike it.


You know, significant part of me reading the posts with the opposite 
POV is to try and understand where other poster is coming from.
That is why I usually love your posts so much. No matter how 
strongly I disagree with you most of the times, you make me 
understand perfectly, where you are coming from. Your arguments are 
strong, your canon inferences are unusual, but very believable,     
when you explain them. 


You honestly lost me with this argument.
You are coming so hard on James because of ONE scene, but you are 
giving Snape a free pass for five years of emotional torture he 
endured on Harry and Neville (Yes, in the process saving Harry's 
life, but not stopping to torture him. James also saved Snape's life 
once).

  Again, I am not talking about our likes and dislikes of the 
characters. You like Snape. I am very fond of Sirius (I also like 
Snape, when he is away from Harry, but that is beside the point)
But looking at the parallels between situations objectively, are you 
are unwilling to even assume for a second  that James reasons to 
dislike Snape may be just as strong and just as justifiable in his 
mind, as Snape's reasons for doslking Harry?

Alla