Harry's detention - James saved Snape's life incident

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Potioncat:
I am not responding to this thread. I am not! I am not! Pay no 
attention to the cat behind the curtain who is snipping hither, 
thither and yon.

 
> > Christina: 
> > True, but I don't think what we already know is ambiguous at all.

> Alla: 
> I disagree. Please help me out, if you think that no ambiguity is 
> present whatsoever.

Potioncat:
It is very ambiguous, I agree. And in this case I trust Dumbledore. I 
also think Lupin is being honest Severus and James both could have 
been killed. Black (adult) does not seem to have any remorse or else, 
has never faced the fact that someone could have died. (I didn't mean 
to do it; therefore it didn't happen.)

I trust DD to know the difference between intended murder and 
stupidity. Heck if all Harry will get 20 years later for gutting 
Draco like a fish is detention...then what do you expect when no even 
got a scratch? And watch, 20 years from now Draco (if he is alive) 
will be reminding Headmaster Snape (if he is alive) that Potter (if 
he is alive) almost murdered him... 

>Alla:(I think)
> 3. Why Snape is shown reading werewolf essay AND why exactly he 
> assigned the same essay to Harry's class?

Potioncat:
Snape is shown reading over the test. The Marauders are discussing 
the werewolf question. We do not know that 16 year old Severus was 
looking at the werewolf question. We do not know that he wasn't 
either. I can work it up that Severus suspects Remus of being a 
werewolf and I can work it up that he doesn't. I don't think we know.
 
 
> Christina:
> > I think it's pretty clear that Snape was a victim at the hands of 
> the Marauders more often than they were victims to him.
> > 
> 
> Alla: 
> It is far from clear to me.

Potioncat:
Severus was not always the helpless victim. Sometimes he was the 
bully.  Wait, was that what I intended to say? Let me re-phrase it: I 
would guess in the over all course of the Hogwarts days, Severus and 
James were (un)worthy adversaries. We know both showed some pretty 
unimpressive behavior at times.

And did anyone notice in "Spinner's End", with a new PoV that 
belonged to neither one of the Trio nor a Marauder, Snape has "long 
black hair parted in curtains around a sallow face"? No grease to 
speak of.

Potioncat meandering off to count my posts today.