Lollipops (was: Couplethinking)

[Judy <judyshapiro@directvinternet.com>]

Discussing canon here is OK, isn't it?  Even if it is, if this turns
into a long discussion, we should probably head back to the main list.

Acire said:
> I hate LOLLIPOPS. Despise it. Sure, I'm always against Lily and
James being the perfect saints everyone seems to think they were, but
I don't think they, specifically Lily, were *that* imperfect. It just
doesn't work, from where I'm looking at it.<

I'm a big Lollipops supporter, but I don't think Lily was ever
actually involved with Snape.  My belief is that he "loved her from
afar" and probably worked hard to conceal his feelings.  In
particular, I think that if Sirius knew of Snape's feelings for Lily,
he would have said something about it at some point, although perhaps
to Harry instead of to Snape.   

As for whether Lollipops will be canon, Acire said:
> There's still hope! Maybe he just didn't know Lily at *all*, so
doesn't feel he's justified to criticize her in front of her son.
Maybe he's just completely indifferent to her! <

I suspect Snape had to know Lily; he was probably at Hogwarts when she
was Head Girl.  And, I have a hard time seeing him as indifferent to
James' wife/Harry's mother, considering his strong feelings about
those two. 

But of course, Jo always has a few surprises up her sleeve, so there
is *always* hope...

-- Judy