Poetic justice (was: The DADA jinx and its victims.)

[amiabledorsai]

No: HPFGUIDX 138118

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Juli <jlnbtr at y...> wrote:
> Amiable Dorsai:
> ...edited...
> 
> James' and Sirius' feud with Snape arguably led to their dooms.... 
> 
> Juli:
> 
> Could you please explain to me HOW their feud with Snape led them to
>their doom? Maybe I've missed some canon, but I just can't see how
>their dislike and rivalry (to put it that way) led them to their death.

AD:
Dislike and rivalry seem like such pale words to use to describe
Sirus' and Snape's encounter at Grimmauld Place, or for the incident
Harry witnessed in Snape's Pensieve....

I used the word "arguably" on purpose, since it's by no means certain
from canon, but surely it's not such a stretch--would Snape have been
so anxious for the power that Riddle promised had he not been
humiliated by James Potter?  

Would Sirius have been so reckless at the Ministry had Snape not been
goading him all year?  Would Snape have been so eager to bait Sirius
had Sirius never arranged an encounter with a werewolf for him?

I'm not sure of the answer to these questions, but I suspect they
could be answered "no".

Amiable Dorsai