taking a break from snape posting but
i definitely have noticed something about the marauders in hindsight.
james was the one thing holding them together. when he died, they all turned on each other and this is very telling to me.
now, even if sirius and remus did reconnect after 13 fucking years, that doesn't negate the point. remus was still prepared to believe the worst in sirius.
but why is this important?
well, take a minute to consider: james could have picked any gryffindors to be his friends when he first started school. so why did he choose three people that, given his behaviour, he probably would have bullied if they weren't friends?
sirius was an outcast who probably wouldn't have been welcome in slytherin or gryffindor because of his family.
remus was a nerdy weirdo.
and peter, well. it's obvious why he would have bullied peter (iirc, he kinda did in canon anyway?)
james is athletic, rich and conventionally attractive, he doesn't need to hang out with people like them. if he were a better person, this would be attributed to his kindness. but we know the depths of cruelty james is capable of going to.
the marauders were not so much a friendship as a hierarchy.
sirius was co-dependent levels of loyal to james. but would james have been as kind to sirius if he'd picked a different compartment on the train?
remus was still fairly loyal, but he was kind of critical of james later on, even if he excused it as kids being kids. but would james have kept remus' secret if they weren't friends?
and peter falls to the bottom of the heap because he idolized all three of his friends, not just james. they tolerated peter, but would james have given peter any grace if peter wasn't his friend?
when you look at it objectively, it becomes clear that james chose to befriend people who would more easily go along with his bullshit. people he wouldn't even have to threaten, but would still be somewhat anxious that if they didn't agree with him about everything, they'd become a victim.
and thereby, we come to snape.
i've posted before how i think snape was something of an obsession for james, an unhealthy fixation.
but i think i've figured out why.
snape wouldn't fall in line. snape would not be his lap dog. despite the fact that he was probably, in james' mind, a potential lackey.
and james decided to punish him for it.
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