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

[M.Clifford]

No: HPFGUIDX 113410

> 
> > Alla:
> I don't think any of 
> Rowling's characters are evil just because. It is always because 
> they want something they can't easily get by being good, and the 
> thing that they want needn't be evil itself. Barty Crouch Jr only 
> wanted his father to care about him, Wormtail only wanted to go 
> on living, Kreacher only wanted Sirius to leave him in peace.
> 

Valky:
Amazing Alla! There is a spiritual following in the world that 
tells, this that you have just written, is the essence of all 
things, even evil. That *everything* is simply love seeking itself, 
*including* what we call Evil.
I am surprised at your insight into this nature of things, though I 
always took you for a bit of a pragmatist and philosopher from the 
atmosphere of your posts.
 
I just had a thought. 
Do you suppose that Snape may have made to gain recognition from 
James and Sirius, say, in their first year. 
Some sort of showing off, that was misconstrued by James and Sirius 
as an overt display of Dark Arts superiority and instantly turned 
them off him. Although he was *actually* trying to *impress* them 
and perhaps gain their admiration, even friendship? 
Love seeking itself.

 

 
> Alla (to Pippin):
>  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).<
> 
> Pippin:
> After the pensieve scene it no longer seems inconceivable to me  
> that Snape honestly thought James and his friends might want 
> him dead, and I can see him joining that Slytherin gang because 
> he felt he needed protection from James and *his* gang,  and 
> later joining the DE's because he felt he owed it to his friends. 
> McGonagall keeps stressing that Gryffindors should never gang 
> up on another person, and I can't think that JKR isn't going to 
> show us why. But I could be wrong;-)
> 

Valky:
How does the Pensieve scene imply that James and Sirius would kill 
Snape?