Sectumsempra in the pensieve / or not

[zgirnius]

No: HPFGUIDX 150379


> Valky:
> Yes its in GOF, I am pretty sure of that, in the cave meeting when
> they talk about Karkaroff, Bertha and Florence as well, if memory
> serves me correctly.

zgirnius: 
It does <g>. "Padfoot Returns" (p. 531 US paperback) "Snape's always 
been fascinbated by the Dark Arts, he was famous for it at school. 
Slimy, oily, greasy-haired kid he was," Sirius added, and Harry and 
Rin grinned at each other. "Snape knew more curses when he arrived at 
school than half the kids in seventh year, and he was part of a gang 
of Slytherins who nealry all turned out to be Death Eaters."
 
> Valky:
> That is why I contend so vehemently that Snape must have been a
> dangerous boy. James' strongest character quality that we know was
> that he was extraordinarily brave, it makes no sense that someone so
> concieted and so brave at the same time (and concieted about his
> bravery to compound it all) would allow himself to be seen locked in
> eternal battle with an easy target. With the crowd cheering him on 
and
> him being conscious of the girls by the lake watching him, it is 
clear
> to me that he thought he was at the height of his pride in himself. 
> 
> We have proofs by contradiction that he would never be proud of
> picking on something weaker or unfairly maligned, those proofs are 
his
> friends. 

zgirnius:
I have a bit of trouble seeing this aspect of James' personality in 
the evidence we have in the books. Surely if James were unable to 
take pride in picking on someone weaker, he would have asked Sirius 
to stay out of it in the Pensieve memory?