That's true. That's why I say, neither one of them deserved to be with Lily.

Also, I don't think Lily would've married Snape, because she only really seemed to like him as a friend (even though she never really had any real reason to like Snape in the first place at all, since he stalked her since the beginning).

Yeah, but James changed his ways and stopped being a jerk and went on to become a good person. Harry was concerned about his father too after seeing Snape's memory, that's why he spoke with Sirius and Lupin. They assured him that James changed from the bully he was and that Lily started going out with him in their 7th year after he "let the air out of his head".

It should also be worth noting that Snape always thought lowly about muggles and muggle-borns (Lily was just the exception because he was crushing on her). He even tried to put distance between Lily and her sister, which may have even contributed to their sisterhood falling apart. He spoke down to Petunia whenever he saw her, used magic to make a tree branch fall on her when she insulted him (after he insulted her first) and then lied to Lily about it when she called him out on doing it, he went through Petunia's mail when he saw the letter from Dumbledore to her and then showed it to Lily, and when they were on the train and she was upset because Petunia was mad at her, he said "Who cares what she thinks, she's just a-" but then cut himself off because he realized he was about to insult her sister, which he knew would just make Lily mad at him, but it's clear he was going to say "just a muggle", showing his opinion of them. And then there's his support for Voldemort even while he was still in school, not to mention the things he was doing and the people he was hanging out with. Lily even calls him out on this and accuses him of wanting to join Voldemort (which he doesn't deny, and she calls him out on that as well), and she said she'd been making excuses for him for years.

So he always thought lowly of muggles and muggle-borns. When he called Lily a mudblood, he let his mask slip because he was angry and embarrassed. I think that's what really did it for her and made her sever all ties with him, because she saw what he was really like, someone who was prejudice and supported supremacy and enjoyed the Dark Arts. James was just an arrogant, immature, bullying jerk who eventually grew up and changed his ways. So even if Lily hadn't ended up with James, she would never have gone for Snape.

Actually, now that I think about it, it was shown that James was against such prejudices, and maybe knowing Snape was prejudice may have also contributed to his bullying of him specifically. Maybe in his immature mind he thought Snape even deserved it for being prejudice.

^ If that really is James's real motive for bullying Snape, then he is truly pathetic because if he really had any concern about Snape being a potential threat to Hogwarts, he would've reported him to Dumbledore or maybe had a critical confrontation with Snape, I'm not saying Snape was innocent, but if James truly bullied him because he was a Death Eater, then why didn't he go after Avery and Mulciber too? Or maybe even Lucius? They were Death Eaters too, and they were prejudiced against Muggleborns.

Also, no matter what the person does, you don't respond with violating/s**ually assaulting someone (referring to, of course, when James took Snape's pants off), two wrongs don't make one right. I don't just apply this to James, I apply it to Snape too. Selling James (alongside Lily and Baby Harry) to Voldemort and express desire to see James and Baby Harry killed just so he can Lily to himself is absolutely revolting and I think Dumbledore should've been more harsh to Snape and send him to Azkaban for it.

I don't think James is worse than Snape as a person, just as a character in terms of writing, if we're talking about who's the worse person, the answer is pretty obvious that it would be Snape.

AND, Lily was a Muggleborn and disapproved of prejudice too, but James went after her too ("Ah, Evans, don't make me hex you"), and her and James weren't equally horrible to each other like him and Snape were. James and Snape abused each other, James' abuse of Lily was one-sided.

Yeah, that would make him an even bigger arrogant jerk, not gonna deny that.

I apply it to Snape too. Selling James (alongside Lily and Baby Harry) to Voldemort and express desire to see James and Baby Harry killed just so he can Lily to himself is absolutely revolting and I think Dumbledore should've been more harsh to Snape and send him to Azkaban for it.

Dumbledore certainly didn't approve of Snape's actions- thank Merlin- I believe he told Snape 'you disgust me', and I understand why lol

But perhaps he indeed should have ought to send Snape to the dementors in Azkaban- I mean, he doesn't look or even act all that different then they do, does he? Perhaps they will take his mind off Lily for a good long while...

"Who cares what she thinks, she's just a-" but then cut himself off because he realized he was about to insult her sister, which he knew would just make Lily mad at him, but it's clear he was going to say "just a muggle", showing his opinion of them.

He SHOULD have wanted to say "she's just a git", instead of "she's just a Muggle", lol

The best Harry Potter fanfic I’ve ever read is about snape and lily AND ITS SO GOOD

https://m.fanfiction.net/s/6548167/1/His-Greatest-Wish

Snape is lucky that he didn't insult James's father in person because from the very few information we have, Fleamont Potter regularly got into duels while at Hogwarts and was not known to "take prisoners".

Ooooooh... he sounds like my Sebby! Mmmmmmm! 😋

James never bullied Snape. Snape was the bully; that was why James disliked them - that and the fact that James actually cared about Lily and Snape was clearly unworthy of her. Their antagonistic encounters were always due to Snape harassing and stalking the Marauders, much Draco does with Harry, Ron, and Hermione.

Don’t get me wrong. James was an arrogant dick as a kid, but his behavior toward Snape was completely justified, in my opinion. Their rivalry only lasted as long as it did due to Snape’s obsession of him. If Snape would have left them all alone, I imagine the Marauders would barely give him a thought.