James and Harry and DD WAS: Re: Christian Forgiveness and Snape

[dumbledore11214]

No: HPFGUIDX 164324

> Carol responds:
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> He also shares genes with James, who (according to
> JKR's interviews) was the indulged only son of older parents who may
> or may not have been proud of their pureblood heritage but certainly
> allowed James the unusual privilege of using an Invisibility Cloak 
at
> Hogwarts. James, also gifted at Quidditch and Transfiguration, seems
> to have had a very high opinion of himself and was prone to bullying
> behavior, including hexing people in the hallways for annoying him,
> according to Lily. Even Sirius Black calls him an "arrogant little
> berk." (I'm not saying, BTW, that James is as bad as Dudley, who 
seems
> to have almost no redeeming qualities. I'm pointing out that Harry,
> fortunately, is not a second James, despite Snape's opinion to the
> contrary.)
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Alla:

Who says that Harry would have inherited James' worst features? For 
all I know and what I see he seems to inherited his best features (he 
really has some of those as well)

He is also a Lily's son and for all I know and for all Dumbledore 
could have known Lily's personality would have prevailed in Harry 
completely.


 
>> Carol, doubting that any other character, whether McGonagall or 
Sirius
> Black or the Weasleys, could have succeeded as well as DD in keeping
> Harry safe and fostering his development into the selfless and
> courageous person he will have to be to save the WW
>

Alla:

Oh, the people who love Harry would not have succeeded? Okay.