Snape/Lily thought...

[Eric Oppen]

No: HPFGUIDX 33176

You know, I have been wondering:  A lot of people on here think that Snape
was in love with Lily and resented James (and by extension Harry) because of
that, but what if it was just the opposite?  We don't know what Lily was
like at school other than that she was Head Girl (a St. Trinian's cartoon on
this subject pops into my mind, but I shall repress it).  Head Girl does
_not_ equal "nice," or "kind," or much of anything other than "good at her
studies and in good with the faculty."

For all we know, Lily might have been extremely cruel to Young Severus, and
deliberately humiliated him in front of his peers once, or more than once.
Whether with or without James' assistance, a popular, lusted-after girl in a
school can easily do this to an unpopular, overlooked boy, as in pretending
interest to get his hopes up, only to yank the rug out from under him at the
worst possible moment.

Snape, as I see him, is a proud person, and in this scenario, he might even
have joined the DEs as a way to get back at the popular crowd, and at Lily
in particular.  Having to be reminded of her and her boyfriend every day
would be torture.

Comments?  Flames?