Secrets (Long) OLD POST REPOST

[dumbledore11214]

No: HPFGUIDX 186475

> Zara:
> There is a death there.
> 
> I don't see how this is any odder/more hypocritical/less believable, than Harry deciding arbitrarily that Snape, who in fact checked on Sirius's safety and sent the Order to rescue Harry, is to be hated for causing Sirius's death after OotP.

Alla:

Yes, there is a death here, but the death for which Snape is to blame first and foremost, maybe less than Voldemort but certainly more than James. So if Snape was holding a grudge against **James** of all people, who died because of him, I think Snape should hold a grudge against himself.

And, eh, of course Snape is not to be hated for causing Sirius' death after OOP, because he did not cause Sirius' death. 

My original point was though that I see through the text that Snape was hating James for saving his life and for getting Lily. I can certainly respect his grudges, all of them, just because we cannot help how we feel.

But while I can respect his (what I consider) additional reason for feeling a grudge against Sirius, his (what I feel) additional reason to hold a grudge against James is obnoxiously hypocritical to me. Since James would have not had to refused anything had Snape not done what he did.

So, Absolutely if he hates James for that, it is the same thing as Harry hating him for Sirius' death. However, events preceeding to those events to me are absolutely not the same and Harry's mind being assaulted by Voldemort is to me very far from Snape setting Voldemort on Potters.

JMO,

Alla