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⌈ Secret Post #3560 ⌋

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Comments

Re: What do you like that gets a lot of hate?

[(Anonymous)]

Snape. But I like the Marauders too. It seems to be a huge either-or thing in HP fandom though.

Re: What do you like that gets a lot of hate?

[(Anonymous)]

I don't think it really has to be. I think all of them were hugely flawed, and I think Snape and the Marauders instigated each other.

I mean, when I re-read PoA for the 10th time (but for the first time with my fandom-colored glasses off), I really didn't come away with the impression that the Marauders were supposed to be the Fantastic Five at all. The way it comes across is that while they did a lot of awesome things, they also screwed up epically, which in the end led to their demise. So I don't think we're supposed to think they were worse than Snape, but I do think we're supposed to realize that they were imperfect.

Re: What do you like that gets a lot of hate?

[(Anonymous)]

Yes, I mean, that's exactly what I liked about it. I'm not really active anymore, but my little corner of fandom was pretty divided.

Re: What do you like that gets a lot of hate?

[(Anonymous)]

AYRT - Yeah, I remember there being a bit of in-fighting, although most of my Marauder friends and I more or less agreed that both were probably at fault. I mean, isn't that how high school is anyway? Not that I was ever Snape or the Marauders, but I remember hating certain kids because they were cheerleaders or "preppy", and looking back, I was just as snobby and judgmental as they were. Or as I thought they were, I didn't really get to know them. Teenagers suck. Unfortunately for the Marauders and Snape, they were sucky teenagers at a time when a lot of forces were manipulating their actions.

Re: What do you like that gets a lot of hate?

[(Anonymous)]

I've never attended a high school and I read HP as an adult, so my lens was different from a lot of US readers who read it growing up. But, like you, I never really saw it as a simple bully-victim situation. Of course, I don't condone what the Marauders did to Snape, but at the same time the books make it clear that Snape was a bully too, though mostly to other people, and that most of their confrontations were escalated fights. And yeah, a bunch of melodramatic teenagers with wands... it's to be expected. Hogwarts, the whole wizarding world really, is violent place.