James, a paragon of virtue? Was: Why Do You Like Sirius?

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No: HPFGUIDX 123605


Carol responds:
Nope, I'm not going to give you that one. First, Sirius is talking
about the Transfiguration exam, not the DADA exam that we know 
Severus studied for. He doesn't need to study Transfiguration 
because that's what he and James have been doing since they 
discovered that Remus was a werewolf, not in order to get high marks 
(which were a side benefit)
but in order to become Animagi. No wonder McGonagall thinks they're
exceptionally bright. They do exceptionally well in *her* subject, 
the only one she sees them in. Nor is she an unbiased witness. She 
was head of Gryffindor House; they were Gryffindors. And James, wh 
died fighting Voldemort, is a hero in the WW. 

Alla:

Ummm, just one very small comment, which I think gives some extra 
points for McGonagall objectivity ( please remember that I am not 
arguing who were brighter James and Sirius OR Severus, I am simply 
arguing that James and Sirius WERE smart).


When McGonagall makes this statement - she has absolutely NO reason 
to remember Sirius fondly, because she considers him to be a traitor 
AND she still says that.

Also what Nora said about Flitwick not contradicting her.


All three of them were academic genuises, how about that idea? :o)

JMO,

Alla