Yes, he did bully Snape but so did the other marauders like Sirius - Remus wasn't really any better - did he stop James from bullying Snape? Did Peter? And yet people still call Remus a good man (which I believe fully :)) But James Potter died to protect his family. He gave Sirius a home when he needed it.
In fact, James outright tells Lily that he's bullying Severus Snape because of the “fact that he exists, if you know what I mean”. James Potter saved Severus Snape from the werewolf prank before the Snape's Worst Memory scene happened.
There is nothing written about James ever apologizing to Snape for his bullying and harassment. Not from James, or the other Marauders, or anyone else.
While in school together, Sirius once tricked Snape into almost entering the Shrieking Shack while Lupin was there, transformed into a werewolf. James realised the danger and stopped Snape, saving his life; this is the incident Dumbledore referred to at the end of the first book.
Reflecting on Snape's worst memory, Harry compares his father's behaviour to that of the Twins, and thinks that he 'could not imagine Fred and George dangling someone upside-down for the fun of it. ' This positions the Twins as harmless pranksters and James as an exceptional bully.
Originally Answered: In the Harry Potter series, why didn't Lily marry Snape? The simple answer: She didn't love him. The more complicated answer: He proved again and again that he wasn't willing to listen to Lily, respect her or her views, or love her in a healthy way.
It is also most likely that Tobias also abused his son, Severus, and was apparently very neglectful of him. This caused Severus to despise Muggles very much, with the probable exception of Lily Evans's parents Mr. and Mrs. Evans because they were the parents of the woman he had loved for his entire life.
In fact, being in James' debt was suggested to be something that enraged Snape. Their shared feelings for Lily Evans had only escalated their rivalry, and Snape's impulsive lashing out at Lily over her Muggle-born status strained their relationship.
When Snape heard the prophecy and pleaded with Voldemort to spare Lily's life, he may have inadvertently caused his downfall. While we know Voldemort killed Lily, he did give her a choice. If she stepped aside and allowed him to murder Harry, he would spare her. Lily refused and sacrificed herself to save her son.
In the heat of the moment, Snape lost control and called Lily the forbidden word. He called her a mud-blood by accident because he was frustrated that lily did not like his closest friends. He did not mean it.
As much as people romanticize Snape's infatuation with Lily, the fact she did not love him back romantically is ignored. The fact Snape and Lily were only friends, and she only saw it as such, reveals a lot about his refusal to respect her boundaries.
Both were spoilt, arrogant, attention seeking and self-entitled as most children from their background would be. Draco would bully the type of people who James was friends with whereas James would bully the type of people who Draco was friends with.
- Yes, Lily knows James is a bully. That is why she loathed him. Only when he stopped being a bully and deflated his head a bit, did she consider dating him.
In the Prince's Tale, when Snape speaks about James to Lily, his jealousy of James is evident. Whenever he speaks about James to Harry, he talks about James' fame and attention seeking and Quiditch skills.
Lily didn't agree to date until after Snape had already ruined any chances with Lily by calling her a mudblood and made it clear that his sympathies lay with the death eaters.
J.K. Rowling apparently confirmed that Lily Potter was pregnant again when Voldemort murdered her | Fandom. Thus, in murdering the Potters, save for Harry, Voldemort also killed a younger brother or sister that Harry would ultimately never know before it was even born.
She missed Snape, but she knew she could never forgive him. Snape never stopped trying to make amends. But Lily remained steadfast. She could not, would not, forgive him.
Snape's strained relationship with Lily, who chose James and allowed him and his clique to bully Snape, further pushed him towards the Death Eaters. Despite his love for Lily, the pain from his adolescence couldn't erase the trauma. Snape's redemption came when Lily was murdered by Voldemort.
It is not implied that he removed them although it is a possibility. I have skimmed Snape's Worst Memory countless times to prove to people that Snape was the aggressor and that he attacked James with Sectumsempra when his back was turned.
How did Harry's dad get the cloak of invisibility?
James inherited the Cloak from his father, Fleamont Potter, who inherited it as a descendant of Iolanthe Peverell — a granddaughter of Ignotus Peverell. The Cloak passed down through generations of the family until it reached James and then Harry.
In his fifth year James saved Severus Snape from a near-fatal prank that Sirius Black played on him, which involved luring Snape to the Shrieking Shack where Remus Lupin was in his werewolf form. As such, Snape owed James a life debt, although they hated each other.
That's who we really are." I believe James Potter did make some mistakes as a teenager, but overall he was a good man. Yes, he did bully Snape but so did the other marauders like Sirius - Remus wasn't really any better - did he stop James from bullying Snape?
It later turns out that he was playing a double agent at great personal risk, and was fighting to protect Harry from Lord Voldemort, as he had 'always' been in love with Harry's mother. Rickman in 2011 had told HitFix that Rowling had given him 'one tiny, left of field piece of information' about Snape.
