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

[puduhepa98 at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 150089

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 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.



Nikkalmati:

I have a really hard time liking James and I hope we see some 
redeeming qualities presented in Book 7 (beyond his Quidditch 
skills).  I found the Pensieve scene horrifying.  James was an out 
and out bully; canon tells us he did it repeatedly and without 
reason.  (Lily says what did he ever do to you?).  Clearly at the 
time SS was minding his own business.  Sirius does not give JP a 
good recommendation either when Harry asks him and Lupin.  SS was 
just a natural/easy target being such a git.  James got better as 
he got older, Sirius says, but he still kept tormenting SS.  No 
reason given.  

Also, if SS was defending himself at the end with his cutting 
curse, he was being careful about it, because he made a small cut 
on James' face, while we know that curse can produce dramatic 
injuries.  The detention SS gives Harry emphasizes that the 
Marauders were frequently in trouble; again when Harry gets in 
trouble there is usually a good reason from his POV, but James 
seems to like risk for its own sake.  Sirius says as much to Harry 
when he says James would have liked the danger of meeting up with 
Sirius in his dog form in Hogwarts (and after making this hurtful 
remark to Harry, he refuses to contact Harry for months!).  The 
remark was usfair because Harry, of course, was worried about 
Sirius' safety, not his own.  

JP also made some pretty bad decisions before his death which led 
to the debacle at GH.  Why wouldn't he accept DD as SK?  Arrogance?  
I can take care of it myself? Why did he agree to have PP as SK?  
He underestimated PP and never saw the danger.  I sure hope we hear 
some good of JP before the last page, if only for Harry's sake.

Nikkalmati