James and Sirius as Bullies (WAS: student!Snape keeping Lupin's ...)

[potioncat]

No: HPFGUIDX 181216


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> Alla:
>Alla: 
> From the moment we see little Snape we see him DOING stuff. Like 
> killing flies ( I mean I was not sure for the longest time that it 
> was Snape myself, but there is no doubt now, right?), like moving 
> that tree and suddenly for five years he is just giving curses to 
> Slytherins and not using them? Sorry, I am not buying this picture 
> at all. And again, this is all because Lily criticized his friends 
> instead of him?

Potioncat:
I think the tree limb was accidental magic. Sort of like some of the 
things that Harry did before he went to Hogwarts.

It wasn't Little Snape killing flies, it was teen Snape. And to quote 
a line from "Toy Story" That ain't no happy kid." That always seemed 
such a sad image to me, and I think it's likely post-Lily-Snape, home 
for the summer, missing the friendship he had with her. JMHO
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