A little George, a little Lollipops, a whole lotta Snape

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No: HPFGUIDX 34865

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "pippin_999" <foxmoth at q...> wrote:
 
> What Snape/Lily explains best is why Voldemort offered to spare 
> Lily in the first place. Suppose Snape asked Voldie to spare her, 
> not simply because he was still nursing a crush on her, but 
> because she herself arranged it! After Lily knows that the  Potters 
> are targets, she works out that Snape is a DE and secretly goes 
> to him. Can he do anything to save Harry and James? No, but he 
> might be able to do something for her...for the usual price. Lily 
> agrees...Snape can have whatever is in her power to give if 
> Voldemort spares her life. Though he half suspects what she 
> means to do, Snape does ask Voldemort for this boon and 
> Voldemort, superior and amused,  agrees. It's of no concern to 
> Voldie that Snape wants a mudblood, since Snape is himself not 
> Pure. Voldemort offers Lily her life (stand aside you stupid girl), 
> and *this* is what makes the magic Lily does for Harry potent 
> enough to resist the AK curse. Snape, no sentimentalist, bitterly  
> resolves to put the whole business out of his mind and does, 
> until Harry shows up at Hogwarts. Every time Snape confronts 
> Harry, he sees not only his hated rival and his lost love, but the 
> scar which reminds him of how Lily died. 
> 

This would be a breathtaking plot twist, and also put many things 
(Snape's angst, his hatred of Harry etc) in a new light.  However, I 
can't help hoping that Pippin's theory is wrong.  The whole idea of 
my-mother-was-promised-to-my-teacher-as-a-war-trophy somewhat 
disturbing.  I am not sure that it is consistent with the general tone 
of the children-oriented (or semi-oriented, OK) books.  This would be 
more like something from an adult fantasy novel, IMO.  On the other 
side, the series is getting more and more adult and disturbing with 
every new book, so ... *shrugs* 

By the way, it was mentioned in a recent post, that Tolkien also used 
a-woman-as-a-reward-for-treachery theme.  And the lusting character's 
name in LOTR was, of course, Wormtongue.  Now, who of all Lily's peers 
has a similar name?  Why don't I give Pippin's theory a new twist.  
What if  Pettigrew secretly was in love with (or had an unhealthy 
interest in) Lily?  What if she was promised by Voldie to him, not 
Snape?  Snape-the-spy learned that some DE asked Voldie to spare Lily, 
told Dumbledore and so on, as in Pippin's theory... Just joking, of 
course.

Ana.