The Prank / Worst Memory (was Re: Severus and the DADA exam /James)

[finwitch]

No: HPFGUIDX 124185


collegegirl200521 wrote:
 
> I think that you could be right, Finwitch. That does seem to fit 
> the pattern that James basically told that now since he saved his 
> (Snape's) life that he owes his life to James. But I still can not 
> figure out for the life of me how that could have possibly been 
> Snape's worst memory. He was a death eater for crying out loud. He 
> must have had many worse memories than that. Or was that memory the 
> worst for Harry? Then this brings up another question if that 
memory 
> would have been worse for Harry why leave the Pensieve sitting 
alone 
> in a room with a very curious young boy? 
> 

Finwitch:

Well.. it's not about what James/Sirius did there to Snape. That was 
something Snape had no intention to keep secret. In fact, he keeps on 
telling that to Harry.

What it was about, and what got Snape so angry -- 

In the memory, Moony and Padfoot - upon their discussion (which *was* 
overheard by Snape or it wouldn't have been in Snape's memory), it 
shows Snape reading the exam asking the question of werewolves, AND 
it shows Snape insulting the one who stands up for him.

Actually, it shows what a Snivellus Snape truly was; the one who was 
after committing suicide by the Werewolf...

Of course, all the background work made Harry think what Snape always 
intended him to think - that James Potter was a big bully, arrogant 
etc. Unfortunately for Snape, this memory also shows what ungrateful 
brat Severus Snape was, to Lily Evans in particular.

Finwitch