What Dark Arts?
a_svirn
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Fri Aug 5 21:45:24 UTC 2005
No: HPFGUIDX 136616
> Alla:
>
> Oh, I don't know if I consider all curses invented by Snape to be
> Dark
> Arts necessarily.
a_svirn:
What DO you consider dark arts then?
> Alla:
>
> Sectusemptra in my mind definitely qualifies.
a_svirn:
Oh, well I suppose it leaves James off the hook for the time being,
but then Harry is in trouble.
> Alla:
>This one could be , or
> not
>
> I am literally not sure, but if it IS Dark Arts curse, then no I
> don't
> necessarily think that James was into Dark Arts himself, I think
he
> could have used this curse PRECISELY to show Snape how bad Dark
Arts
> are.
a_svirn:
Finally! Now we know what all this bullying was about! It was for
the educational purpose all the way. I suppose that's exactly why
Dumbledore presented James with the head boy badge.
> Alla:
>
> I can definitely tell you what this irony proves to me. :-)
>
> It proves to me that the relationships between Marauders and Snape
> were
> much more complicated then simply "big bad Marauders bully poor
> innocent Snape"
>
>
a_svirn:
Why don't you just skip adjectives? "Four marauders bulled Snape".
That's more to the point.
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