#the whole investigation into remus does give me rivalry vibes tho and i cant explain why… probs wrong abt that but whatev

[rewritingcanon]

wrt: the poll, I look at it as it being both.

In Snape's Worst Memory we see a clear act of James and Sirius bullying Snape. It's also necessary for James's character, to see him at his shittiest while believing himself so righteous and Lily rejecting him, so that we realize that later he grew and changed and Lily married him.

But in Prince's Tale we get more context from Snape and Lily's conversations (plus other characters words) and we see that the general relationship is mutual hatred and rivalry, with Snape reciprocating with self-made lethal spells and trying to know their secrets and get Remus expelled, among other revelations.

So I see it as the general overall dynamic being rivalry, but it also including separate instances of bullying and other nastiness.

but didn’t snape only start reciprocating once they were older? because then you can argue that he was pushed into self defence. at least that’s what i’ve been hearing from other people lol

and is there an actual incident where snape used a super violent spell like sectumsempra on james? i think snape lashed out and cut his face but i thought that was when the marauders were ganging up on him? idk can’t remember much of what happened though