Snape's treatment and pensieve /James v Snape

[dumbledore11214]

No: HPFGUIDX 138344

> 
> Fabian now:
>  About "Snape's Worst Memory", to what extent do you think the 
Pensieve 
> shows what really happened? Does it 'remember' things the way they 
> happened, or the way someone remembers the events? Since Snape 
removes 
> his 'worst' memory for every Occlumency lesson, it makes me think 
that 
> the memory is in the way it was in his minds. Which means that any 
> insult he might have made to James/Sirius/Lupin, might have been 
removed 
> from it. And if it's not, then Harry's father is really not a nice 
man 
> at all, no better than the grownup Snape I'd say.



Alla:

Well, even though JKR indeed said that Pensieve is objective, I do 
think that Snape MAY have been played with the memory itself before 
he put it into pensieve( just as Slughorn did with his) And I think 
he indeed downplayed at least his responces. Just speculation of 
course.

I don't really want to get into debate about Pensieve scene again( I 
believe that there is a backstory there we are not privy to yet), 
but  I disagree that James was no better than adult Snape in any 
event.

To me adult James was a hero, who defied Voldemort  and who died 
trying to save his wife and son.

Adult Snape on the other hand, hmmm... many question marks here of 
course, but  the fact that he participated in terroristic 
organization makes ( to me only of course) his behaviour  to be so 
much worse than any thing that obnoxious schoolboys could come up 
with.

Just my opinion of course,

Alla