Scene with likeable James WAS: Re: Eileen Pince

[Joe Goodwin]

No: HPFGUIDX 156358


IreneMikhlin <irene_mikhlin at btopenworld.com> wrote:
And I'm going to repeat it again: "everyone is doing it" is a silly
justification, that a bully himself can use. But unworthy of a grown-up
person. In a group of 30 teenagers only 1 or 2 can be bullies. There
will be one or two victims, and the rest will be neutral. Enablers, if
you will. *Not everyone is doing it*.

  Joe:

  I went back and read the Pensieve scene and it looks like Snape went for his wand first. James and Sirius stood up. There was no mention of their having drawn wands. Then James said "All right there Snivellus?" and Snape went for his wand.

  So it was obvious that James and Sirius were going to confront him on some level but it was Snape who went for his wand first. So tell me, is Snape now the bully because he resorted to magic first? Or he tried to.

  I also noticed something I had never noticed before. Harry states during the Pensieve scene that Snape is clearly unpopular. There were some people a few threads ago saying their was no canon for Snape's not being liked by anyone other than the Marauders but it seems there is.

  Joe