I think I thought... wow, bitter memory. But I didn't expect Snape to have a very high opinion of any of James, Sirius, Remus, or Peter.

An attorney friend of mine once told me that there are three sides to every circumstance: what you saw, what I saw, and what really happened. I agreed with him then and I agree with him still.

For James to have grown up willing to sacrifice himself to save his loved ones speaks volumes about his character.