The HMS STFU - Two Views of James Potter
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May 5th, 2009
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| James Potter - like Voldemort, only worse... Except arguing with only selected facts is ridiculous. They always miss on the fact that James went to head off Voldemort in knowledge of certain death to give his wife and baby their one chance of escape. I don't give a fuck what sort of a toerag JP might have been as a teen - when the big one came, he was prepared without second thought, without qualification to lay down his life for the sake of his family. I don't care how heroic Snape's spying might have been, he never matched up to that single, matchless act of self sacrifice. In fact, Snape was hoping Voldemort would cut him a break by offing James and Harry, so he could comfort the grieving widow. The two men don't even match on any moral tariff. No child could ask for more from a father than what James was prepared to do for Harry. And while levelling the usual whinging charage that James uses Levicorpus in the worst memory scene, they conveniently forget that it was their woobie, Snape, who invented the thing in the first place. I'll reiterate for the benefit of whatever losers from Snapeshite come and look: Snape was and still is my favourite HP character. But the real one, the flawed one, the loser and mess-up. Not the crapfic woobie they married on some astral plane. | ||||||
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| Oh, but it doesn't matter that Snape invented it because he would have only used it in self-defense. | ||||||
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| I don't care how heroic Snape's spying might have been, he never matched up to that single, matchless act of self sacrifice. In fact, Snape was hoping Voldemort would cut him a break by offing James and Harry, so he could comfort the grieving widow. When I read that I honestly lost whatever little sympathy I might have ever had for the character. | ||||||
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And while levelling the usual whinging charage that James uses Levicorpus in the worst memory scene, they conveniently forget that it was their woobie, Snape, who invented the thing in the first place. They also seem to forget reason that particular incident was Snapes Worst Memory. And it wasn't because of anything James or Sirus did. It was because Snape said something that drove away the best friend he had. That is why that day haunted him. It was because of what HE said, HE did. And deep down, he knows it. The problem with Snape as the victim of bulling by James and Sirus is that ignores that Snape was perfectly capable of fighting back. It wasn't the case of the football player bullying some poor geek/nerd who he has six inches and fifty pounds on. It was much more of a fair fight then that. It also wasn't like everyone loved James and Sirus. Snape had his friends, Snape had his. | ||||||
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| That was me, sorry. | ||||||
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The HMS STFU - Two Views of James Potter
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