Climbin' on board the good ship LOLLIPOPS

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No: HPFGUIDX 34874

I must say I have long been a member of the crew of LOLLIPOPS in one 
fashion or another.  Back in the day, I only came onto the Snape 
liked Lily (in a very distant, very NOT "too ewwwww to be treeewwwww" 
sort of way--no SS loves LE, no pictures, no stalking) theory to 
justify in my own mind his wretched behavior toward Harry.  He 
(Harry) is a constant reminder of Lily's not liking Snape but James, 
and it is because of Harry, indirectly, that Lily was killed.  
However, the discussion on this board has led me to believe that 
another good reason to believe in this theory is that it does give 
Snape the right kind of impetus to leave the Death Eaters.

To all Snape fans, I say this does not detract one bit from his 
amazing moral constitution if it is true.  I know I've made decisions 
that something I was doing was wrong, wrong, WRONG based on the 
effects it had on someone I actually cared about.  I had just sort of 
not realized that real people with feelings and such were hurt by it, 
and it changed my moral outlook.  To me, if Snape suddenly realized 
the Death Eater cause was wrong (morally, etc.) because they were 
going to harm someone he cared about (ergo, they had been harming 
people before that were worth caring about), that does not make his 
moral switch any less brave or amazing.  It takes a lot of courage to 
open your eyes to the truth, and Snape, if he indeed did do this, 
deserves a pat on the back, and a woman who does like him to ease his 
pain with more than a pat on the back (I'm sure a few women on this 
board are up for the job).  Anyone remember that chat where Rowling 
was surprised when someone asked if Snape would ever fall in love, 
and then mentioned Book VII would answer that question?  Well, even 
as a non-liker of Snape (currently), I'm hoping for a love interest 
for him (without changing his nasty behavior TOO much) somewhere down 
the line.

About Marina's statement that it IS in fact Harry's business if the 
reason Dumbledore trusted Snape is somewhat because of Lily, and yet 
Dumbledore says it is between Snape and himself: 
love/affection/infatuation is kind of a touchy subject, and it might 
not do Harry too much good if Dumbledore made it clear that Snape 
liked Lily.  And besides, that really is not Harry's business at 
all.  It's in the past, and doesn't need bringing up.  It's enough 
that Harry knows Dumbledore trusts Snape.  Another thing, how would 
you like to be the one to tell Harry, "Well, see, Snape, a man you 
understandably detest, rather fancied your mother, and this is part 
of why I trust him so much.  You're completely cool with the idea of 
Snape fancying your mother, right?"

At any rate, I just wanted to support LOLLIPOPS for what its worth 
and declare my own presence aboard said ship.  Let the can(n)on fire 
begin.  (Yes, I borrowed that "can(n)on" bit, but it was just too 
good not to steal)

Devin, up in the crow's nest of LOLLIPOPS just waiting to shout "Land 
ho!" when the time is right