Sirius' words about Snape WAS: What is poetic justice?

[quick_silver71]

No: HPFGUIDX 143601

Carol wrote:
 
> Carol, who thinks that Severus, whether he was eleven or seventeen,
> would have been more than a match for James when he wasn't caught
> off-guard with two (or more) against one

Which raises an interesting question
if the James vs. Snape feud had 
been going on since they first meet then who dominated the early 
meetings? Unless James and friends were also highly advanced when 
the entered Hogwarts Snape should have enjoyed tactical superiority 
in any engagement over them (it'd be like Harry in OotP suddenly 
hexing a group of first years
would they even have a chance?). 

People dismiss Lupin's comment about Snape being jealous of James 
Quidditch talents as impossible yet I'm not sure it's without merit 
(of course there other reasons too). Snape has memories of a boy 
with a bucking broom (OotP), brooms seem to buck when they're being 
hexed, the boy is not positively identified as Snape, and we know 
that Snape knows a broom jinx (since he saved Harry from one in 
PS/SS). It's within reason that we may have saw James having his 
broom hexed by Snape
odd
it's in front of a crowd too (maybe James 
learned humiliation from Snape).  

Quick_Silver (who thinks it's odd Snape is all for fair play
doesn't 
seem very Slytherin of him)