Snape and Marauders WAS :Draco and Intent

[pippin_999]

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> Alla:

 My point is that I find the argument that Lily and James would have been **grateful** to Snape to be mind boggling.

Pippin:
Why wouldn't they be grateful? Snape saved Harry more than once, and also Lupin and Sirius. Of course nothing can change what Snape did before, but so what? If a person atones for the wrong they did, then they are back at square one, and just as deserving of appreciation from their fellow beings as anyone else. Are Lily and James supposed to hold a grudge against Snape for all eternity? I would hope they have better things to think about. 

> Alla:
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> Yep, I also remember that several order members survived the first war and see no reason why Lily and James could not have been amongst them.
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Pippin:
Were Order members being killed faster than they were being recruited? They were. Eventually the number of Order members must decline to zero, at which point Lily and James will be dead, along with all of their friends.

Pippin