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<blockquote data-quote="Donovan Morningfire" data-source="post: 3127307" data-attributes="member: 39532"><p>In Book 5, Sirius comes right out and says that he and James were jerks, not looking to apologize for what they did back then, only saying that he and James were different people. Only Lupin seemed to try to apologize for it, but Sirius cut him off. Also, the only one we see tormented is Snape. I don't think they would have been as popular overall if they made a habit out of tormenting every other student like you seem to imply. Given that James and Sirius were compared favorably to the Weasley twins, I'd imagine their antics were along a similar vein. During the Marauders' school days, they may have had a file drawer all to themselves much as Fred and George had.</p><p></p><p>As for pranks, most of what we've seen have been perpetrated by the Weasley twins. And they seem to go out of their way (most of the time) to ensure there's no lasting damage, save when they've been provoked (such as a Slytherin trying to attack them prior to a Quidditch game). Heck, they were even willing to test their entire line of joke products on themselves before using them on anyone else.</p><p></p><p>Also, the reason Fred and George stand out is because we're seeing the entire book through the "Harry filter," in that we generally only read about the stuff that Harry notices or happens around him. I'm sure Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff have their troublemakers; we just don't know about them becuase they're out of Harry's sight. Also, prior to Professor Slughorn, we've had a pretty narrow view of Slytherins courtesy of Malfoy and his ilk. There may well be a peeping tom in Hufflepuff with a proclivity for sneaking peeks into the girl's showers that we don't know about simply because his antics haven't shown up on Harry's rader.</p><p></p><p>I think your view on the tactics of Gryffindor and Slytherin is grossly simplified, but I've not the time to rebut them at the moment.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Donovan Morningfire, post: 3127307, member: 39532"] In Book 5, Sirius comes right out and says that he and James were jerks, not looking to apologize for what they did back then, only saying that he and James were different people. Only Lupin seemed to try to apologize for it, but Sirius cut him off. Also, the only one we see tormented is Snape. I don't think they would have been as popular overall if they made a habit out of tormenting every other student like you seem to imply. Given that James and Sirius were compared favorably to the Weasley twins, I'd imagine their antics were along a similar vein. During the Marauders' school days, they may have had a file drawer all to themselves much as Fred and George had. As for pranks, most of what we've seen have been perpetrated by the Weasley twins. And they seem to go out of their way (most of the time) to ensure there's no lasting damage, save when they've been provoked (such as a Slytherin trying to attack them prior to a Quidditch game). Heck, they were even willing to test their entire line of joke products on themselves before using them on anyone else. Also, the reason Fred and George stand out is because we're seeing the entire book through the "Harry filter," in that we generally only read about the stuff that Harry notices or happens around him. I'm sure Ravenclaw and Hufflepuff have their troublemakers; we just don't know about them becuase they're out of Harry's sight. Also, prior to Professor Slughorn, we've had a pretty narrow view of Slytherins courtesy of Malfoy and his ilk. There may well be a peeping tom in Hufflepuff with a proclivity for sneaking peeks into the girl's showers that we don't know about simply because his antics haven't shown up on Harry's rader. I think your view on the tactics of Gryffindor and Slytherin is grossly simplified, but I've not the time to rebut them at the moment. [/QUOTE]
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