LOLLIPOPS & Snape's Motivation

[cindysphynx]

No: HPFGUIDX 37909

Debbie wrote:

>Getting the Marauders in trouble 
> is not going to endear him to Lily; 


How very interesting!  All the times I thought about LOLLIPOPs, even 
taking it for granted at times, I never really considered this.  I'm 
sure Tabouli did <bg>, but I didn't.

But which way does this cut, though?  Would Snape want to have his 
fingerprints on an attempt to get James in trouble?  Wouldn't this 
necessarily get back to Lily and cause her to see him as a rather 
oily, gliding, prowling, slimy snake in the grass?

Or does it mean that Snape developed his Love of Lily later in their 
Hogwarts days -- sometime after the Prank?  Is Snape's Love of Lily 
simply wanting something he couldn't have just because his rival had 
it?  Have the LOLLIPOPS crewmembers come to an accord on this point?

Oh, dear.  I find my rather limited faith in LOLLIPOPS shaken to its 
very foundation, and that's saying something.

Cindy -- who has way too many badges and berths to mention