Man the canons Re: Snape vs. Sirius (was: Snape's Stubbornness)

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Debbie:

I see this a bit differently.  While a single scene like the Pensieve
cannot in itself establish a pattern of bullying, I perceived James
and Sirius as bullies *before* OOP.  The Prank was, in my view, a
bullying act.  The inequality -- there are four Marauders, two of 
whom were active antagonists, and several admiring onlookers against 
only one of Snape -- gives the scene a bullying tone.  And I'm sure 
Snape's other encounters with James were not one-on-one.  Snape was 
unpopular enough -- Harry sensed this in the Pensieve -- so that 
James could likely rely on support anytime he chose to pick on Snape.

Alla:

Hm, I am not so sure about Snape being alone against four Marauders 
all the time, no matter how unpopular Snape seemed to be in that 
scene.

There is that gang of Slytherins,which Sirius mentioned. I do think 
that it is a  likely possibility that they were involved quite 
actively in interactions with Maraduers. 

I speculate that it is a possibility that in this year Snape was 
outnumbered because his gang was older and left the school.

Is it possible that Bella and /or Lucius came up with some very 
nasty things while they were still in school and Snape was the only 
one against whom Marauders retaliated that year?

Just speculating here of course, but there must be a reason 
for "Malfoy lapdog" comment, i think.

Just my opinion of course,

Alla.