Worst memory/ MWPP vs. Snivellus WAS:Re: Reason Dumbledore trusted Snape

[Charles Walker Jr]

No: HPFGUIDX 171781

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "va32h" <va32h at ...> wrote:

> I wouldn't disagree that Snape didn't always have self-confidence 
> (outside a classroom) but I never got the feeling that he felt that he 
> deserved the Marauders' abuse (which was the original premise I was 
> arguing against). 
> 
Charles:

Why was that Snape's *worst* memory? I have several reasons that I
think could be valid: 1.(assuming DDM) He realized that he insulted
someone who tried to defend him in the worst way available to him.
2.(works for any Snape) That was one of the few times that he did
*not* actually deserve what was being done to him. (excluding the
prank) 3. (again assuming DDM) The use of sectumsempra on James
showing a descent into the dark arts. 4. As has been stated before,
his powerlessness in that situation, which once again works for any Snape.

As far as MWPP being as bad as this single memory seems to make people
think they were, I am appalled. There was an ongoing rivalry between
Snape and the marauders that everyone *including DD* has said
resembles the animosity between Harry and Draco. Lupin states that
Snape never missed an opportunity to curse James. And let's face it,
Lupin was still defending Snape right up to the AK on the tower.

Note that Sirius was not defending the actions of the memory. He even
states that he wasn't proud of it. The only indication we have that
James ganged up on Snape as a regular thing was Snape's word. Which is
good for a whole hell of a lot less than a lot of people on this list
take it for. Snape keeps calling *Harry* arrogant for Goddess' sake.
Harry may be a lot of things, but arrogant he is not. 

Was it always five on one? I doubt it. Was Snape as innocent as that
one memory, and a lot of posts here would make it seem? If you believe
that, I have a wonderful bargain for you. No checks, please, cash and
in small bills.#

If we are to see the whole Snape redeemed story, we are going to find
out more about him at Hogwarts, and a lot of Snape fans are going to
be upset at how nasty we find out he was, because if the Snape we have
seen throughout the books so far is a redeemed Snape, he used to be
worse. And that, to quote DD, "[I]s saying something."

#paraphrased from Robert A. Heinlein.

Charles, who thinks that the marauders *were* a lot like the Weasley
twins, and Severus Snape was a nasty piece of work at Hogwarts- even
if we haven't been shown that yet.