Snape should have kicked James/Sirius' behinds!!.

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"justcarol67" <justcarol67 at ...> wrote:

> Ron calls the HBP a genius, and I'm
> sure he's right 

Yes, I'd be a fool to deny that. Snape is a formidable wizard! 

> we don't know that James invented any spells

As you pointed out James helped invent the Marauder's Map, and even
very powerful adult wizards like Mad Eye thought that was a remarkable
object. And James managed to keep the Marauder's activities secret
from Dumbledore, something that great wizard thought was even more
extraordinary than making the map. 
 
> Severus also apparently had quick reflexes,

But not as quick as James apparently.

> Unfortunately for him, he was outnumbered two to one 

I don't recall that Sirius (or Lupin or Peter) did ANYTHING to Snape
on that occasion, just James; and it was not a close contest, James
mopped the floor with him. At the very least you must admit that James
never showed the smallest tiniest most microscopic bit of fear toward
Snape, he just treated him as a joke.

And I must admit that James somewhat underestimated Snape's abilities.
Snape is no joke, Snape is about as far from a joke as it's Possible
to be.

> I'd say that in terms of power, James 
> and Severus were roughly equal

All in all that may not be too far off the mark; the annotations Snape
made in that potions book were impressive, very impressive indeed!

> HBP pretty clearly shows that Snape really is
> an expert in DADA 

I don't think there is any doubt about that, but forget defense he's
even better AT the dark arts.

Eggplant