Straightforward readings? /Bullying. ( LONG)

[zgirnius]

No: HPFGUIDX 140743


> Alla:
> 
> As you know I disagree with " no harm, no foul standard" for 
> bullying. I think that psychological damage could be horrendous and 
> so often much worse than physical one.
> 
> But let's for a second apply it to Pensieve scene. Isn't it 
> interesting that  the only one who ends up with PHYSICAL damage in 
> the pensieve scene, no matter how small it is is James, who is 
> definitely looking as an agressor? ( I still believe that we don't 
> know a lot about their relationship and that Pensieve scene is only 
> ONE scene in seven year run, but let's put it aside for the sake of 
> argument)
> 
> So, if humiliation does not count as damage, I guess "no harm, no 
> foul" standard also should be invoked here, no?

Actually I find it unlikely that James took the only physical damage 
in this fight. The Impediment Jinx tends to have fairly physical 
effects (in this case knocking Snape off his feet.) James uses it 
before Snape does Sectumsempra (my guess at the curse that causes the 
cut to James...) James later uses Levicorpus, and when Lily tells him 
to stop, just ceases holding him up, so that he falls "into a 
crumpled heap on the ground". As soon as Snape gets untangled from 
his robe and stands back up, James does a "Locomotor Mortis", ("Snape 
keeled over again at once"). I'd be surprised if Snape didn't pick up 
some bruises in this scene as a result of all this being thrown 
around and knocked down repeatedly. I would also guess he got dropped 
at least one more time than we see, since Harry, and thus we too, get 
yanked out of the scene just as young Snape gets Levicorpused again...

--zgirnius, whose experiences with Judo suggest to her that falling, 
even when you know what you are doing, and are doing it on a mat, can 
still hurt...