Practicality of LOLLIPOPS

[theresnothingtoit]

No: HPFGUIDX 43060

Now don't get me wrong, I love the theory of LOLLIPOPS.  Far be it 
from me to even look at the mighty LOLLIPOPS the wrong way.  I marvel 
at the amount of can(n)on it has produce from almost nothing and its 
possibility for incredibly bangy action.  But, and this is quite a 
big but, in a series written almost entirely from the point of view 
of Harry how will a Snape/Lily romance be written, even if it is one 
of unrequited love?

Snape, although a highly emotional man capably of strong feelings 
does strike me as a very personal man and is unlikely to open his 
heart and let it spill out in a bloody mess in front of Harry.

So I came up with some ideas because I would love to see Snape have 
an actual relationship with Lily rather than an "all in his head" 
love affair.

1. "Lily's Diary" or "Snape's Pensieve" chapter
	Yes, I know - been there, done that, banged already.  It is 
highly possible that Lily kept a diary, it doesn't have to be 
magical, of her time at Hogwarts and extremely probable that Snape 
has a pensieve. But that's already been done.  (On a side note - I 
think we will see "the prank" played out in a pensieve to give the 
reader an objective view, but that's a whole other post.)

2. Blast from the Past
	One of Lily's friends turns up, as we haven't met any yet, 
and says "what, you didn't know?  It was so obvious", perhaps the 
mysterious Florence.  This works even if they had a brief (and 
secretive) relationship or it was all in Snapes head.  I like this as 
it has plenty of scope for humour as Snape desperately tries to shut 
her up without coming out and saying "don't say I fancied Lily, they 
don't know!"

3. Taken by force
	That is to say Snape reveals all under the Imperius or after 
having Veritaserum rammed down his throat.  This of course could be 
used after any of the theories to extract the whole truth.

4. The Freudian Slip
	Now this is by far my favourite.  Snape, in one of his 
apoplectic fits of rage yells out something he shouldn't, something 
he has kept buried for over twenty years.  Sort of like Hamlet at 
Ophilia's grave.  Or perhaps his patronus is the lily flower.

So what do you think?  Of course it wont mean much if Snape never 
love Lily but there is defiantly more going on between Snape and 
James than we have been told.

Awaiting your comments, criticisms, ideas and rotten fruit.
Theresnothingtoit
(Who wants Hermione to get very jealous when Ron asks Eloise Midgen 
to the next ball)

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