[HPforGrownups] Re: Judging Characters (was:Scene with likeable James...)

[Jordan Abel]

No: HPFGUIDX 156572

Betsy Hp:
[of the pensieve scene, specifically Snape's Worst Memory]
> Honestly, I think it'd be a mistake to try and figure out *any* of
> the characters in this scene while also dismissing the scene as
> inaccurate or exaggerated or (most improbably, IMO) out of character.

Out of _character_, no. It's an entirely different kind of OOC - out
of context. Pensieve memories are devoid of meaningful context, and
there could be any number of things behind it.

Betsy Hp:
> I really, really don't agree that Snape meant for Harry to see the
> memory.  For one, Montague showing up and requiring immediate help
> was so random that Snape *couldn't* have planned for it.

He could have been leaving out the same memories for Harry to see
every time, knowing he would eventually bite.