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

[M.Clifford]

No: HPFGUIDX 124413



> And if going up against Snape was an anti-DA statement, why bother
> hiding it from Lily?  After all they were dating; why couldn't 
James have explained it to her: "See, it's my ideology, he's just 
into bad stuff that you really wouldn't approve of".  Nope, I don't 
buy it.
> 
> Magda
> 


Oh I bet he did tell her that actually. And she curtly replied:
"Oh right, James. If that's what it is then you had better bear in 
mind that hypocrisy, *I* don't approve of." Followed by a long 
exhortation of reasoning why attacking Snape publicly simply wasn't 
going to serve the said ideology, with a fair slather of honest 
reprimand to balance it. 

James did stop humiliating Snape publicly, but the private battle 
between them continued, simply because they couldn't stand the sight 
of each other.