What is Lily's big revelation in Book 5??? Help!

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 78030

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "ghinghapuss" <rredordead at a...>
wrote:
> I know this has been discussed before and I'm raising it again in the 
> hope that 2 months of digesting OotP has shed more light on the 
> subject.
> 
> What is the `something' we find out about Lily in book 5?  Her hating 
> James Potter?  (Rowling herself said something would be reveled about 
> her in book 5 and even more in book 7.  If anyone out there knows 
> where and when and what the exact quote by JKR is could you let me 
> know?)  
> 
> ...edited...
> 
> Is there another revelation that is hidden and I've just missed?  
> Please help.
> 
> Mandy

bboy_mn:
Most people responded with a reference to 'Lily hated James', but I
think the real key is that Lily defended Snape. I think a miserable
persecuted isolated odd-ball like Snape, as much as he would never
admit it, would take those acts of kindness in his defense to heart.

There are many people that speculate that Snape loves Lily. I don't
think that is quite true, but I think they are on the right track. I
think Snape admires and appreciates Lily's, I beleive, more that one
attempt to defend him.

As evil, spitefull, and sadistic as Snape is, I think Lily planted the
seeds of compassion in him, and when he found out that Voldemort was
going to kill the Potters, out of his new found sense of compassion
for Lily, he couldn't allow that to happen, so he turned on Voldemort.

I think we will find, as many people already suspect, that Snape was
the one who tried to save the Potters.

Just a thought.

bboy_mn