LID!Snape rides again (was: High Noon for OFH!Snape)

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 150035

Alla: 
> Well, that's your interpretation, Pippin. I am doubting very much 
> that JKR's intention was to show James sexually harrassing Snape. 
> Remember what Lupin says that at one point half of the Hogwarts used 
> Levicorpus. Are you going to tell me that it is a metaphor for half 
> of the school sexually harassing each other? I doubt it very much.


Pippin:

Lupin does not say that half the school was threatening to take
anyone's pants off. He does say he thought James and Sirius
went too far. Apparently he wasn't talking about levicorpus,
since as you say half the school was using it and Lupin doesn't
take it too seriously when Harry asks him about it later.

We know from Harry's reaction to Myrtle's visit to the prefects' 
bath, not to mention Parvati's shudder at Moody's ability to see 
under clothes,  that there is a nudity taboo. Seeing people 
undressed in public is not normal at Hogwarts.

 We see James trying to bribe Lily to go out with him (also
sexual harrassment) and Harry wonders once or twice 
if James forced her to marry him. If JKR wanted to show
James's behavior as innocent fun, that's a strange way to go
about it.

Pippin