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

[horridporrid03]

No: HPFGUIDX 124132


>>Alla:
>Very true in theory. What if whatever information we will learn in 
the future books will tell us that Snape was not just "bugging" 
Sirius, James, Remus, any one of them? What if he was actively trying 
to wrong them somehow? 
>Just my speculation, but the more I think about Severus possibly 
staring at question 10 of the exam, the more it makes sense to me.
>Again, what I said many many times - what James and Sirius do in 
pensieve scene IS disgusting without any backstory, I just don't 
think that we have a complete picture yet.<

Betsy:
Even if Snape was studying the questions and putting two and two 
together regarding Lupin (which I honestly find highly doubtful - but 
it could be), there's nothing to the scene that suggests James and 
Sirius are doing a preemptive strike in an attempt to protect Lupin.  
In other words, the timing of the attack would be pure coincidence 
and the reason behind the attack still fairly disgusting.

The reader can pick up from the scene that there is a history to the 
enmity, and the reader can also pick up that Snape is not an easy 
target.  I got the impression that James and Sirius felt there was a 
*need* to have two sets of eyes on him.  But the motive behind the 
attack still appears questionable (certainly unheroic) so even with a 
clearer understanding of the history, James and Sirius still come off 
fairly badly in this one instance.  IMO at least.

Betsy