The Marauder's Forays / Snape v James

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 168165

Mike:
I hope that JKR restores some of the lustre on 
> James armor in DH. Or I'll be feeling like Sherry, that JKR has 
> pulled the rug out from under Harry and killed his father all over 
> again.

Pippin:
I think JKR feels very strongly that hero-worship is a form
of idolatry, and she's not having any. Harry needs to be able
to  accept his father as  flawed and yet worthy of honor and
loyalty, so that he can see himself in the same light. Idol!James
has to die so that Human!James can take his place.

I think what Dumbledore (and JKR herself) prizes as the
highest form of courage is not risking your life but thinking
for yourself. You can't do that if you've taken someone 
as your idol and convinced yourself that everything they do
is okay.

Pippin