The Huge overreactions from a five minute time span

H.M.S h.m.s at mweb.co.za
Tue Mar 28 06:22:48 UTC 2006


No: HPFGUIDX 150183

I'm not going to snip arguments for or against James being a horrible person
who somehow shaped Snape into the horrible person he is now.  I feel that in
our search for deeper, meaningful understanding of the characters, we are
losing track of JKR's story (and it IS JKR"S STORY - she can do as she likes
without explanation)

Just remember this - the hatred Harry has for Snape dates back to the first
time Harry met him in first year; and nothing in the following years has
caused Harry to change his mind.  He may have briefly felt sympathy for
Snape after watching the scene in the pensieve, but it didn't last.

Also, (based on watching the behaviour of my 15 year old daughter) sometimes
teenagers try to hide their attraction for the opposite sex by a type of
"converse behaviour".  I.e. they project that they are "turned off" by the
very person they like.  Lily used this opportunity to show everyone that she
"did not like James Potter". In this very convoluted and not very clear
reasoning, I'm trying to say that my gut feeling is that I therefore don't
believe that we know Lily's true feelings for James or that he EVER had to
use any type of underhand means!


Sharon
(who has it all clear in her head, but frustratingly can't always translate
it into logical writing!!!But that's why I'm not JKR))





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