Practicality of LOLLIPOPS

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theresnothingtoit wrote- 

> 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.
> 

I have a feeling that someone will fill in the blanks for Harry ala 
Dumbledore or a new character perhaps after the initial revelation.

> 
> 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!"
> 

I wrote in an earlier post that I believe Arabella Figg to be a 
friend or mentor of Lily's (it's about time we met some of her 
friends). If that is so she would have all sorts of information that 
Lily would have never told the Mauraders or a casual aqquaintance.   
Especially if the Snape/Lily thing was mutual. I'm going for a strong 
friendship or an intense teenage crush. 

> 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.
> 

Hey, you know Voldemort and the other DE's would love a chance to 
torture the DE that has left forever and what better way than to 
remind him of how despite his best efforts his dear Lily was still 
AK'ed.And to have him admit it in front of Harry no less.

> 
> 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.
> 
There is a lot more going on than meets the eye. I am convince 
LOLLIPOPS is on the right track because Snape has taken every 
opportunity to bash James in front of Harry for four years but never 
a word against or about Lily. It's like an elephant in the room for 
me. You know if there was anything bad to say about Lily, Snape would 
have screamed it from the battlements of Hogwarts. And it caters to 
the tragic romantic in all of us. Or some of us. Ok,me.

Another thing this made me think of is what if Snape wanted to turn  
Sirius in so much in the Shrieking Shack not because of a twenty year 
grudge but because he still believed him to be the traitor? If Snape 
was the spy who tipped off James and Lily that they were next on 
Voldie's hit list then having someone who Snape already hated be the 
one who undermined all of his efforts and got the Potters killed 
anyway would help to explain his unwillingness to listen to or 
believe Sirius's story.

And don't worry I think Snape does hate Harry and basically everyone 
else, and he still can even if we find out he loved Lily. I doubt it 
would change Snape's opinion of Harry if it was revealed.

-Olivia