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

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Mandy said:
Is there another revelation that is hidden and I've just missed?  
Please help.


bboy_mn said
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.


Mandy again:
You know I absolutely agree with you.  I have thought the same thing 
myself about Lily defending Snape being important too.

I don't know why but I always thought her response to Snape after him 
calling her a Mudblood was very harsh, especially coming from someone 
risking herself to defend him.  To then snap back a nasty comment 
about washing his clothes and calling him `Snivellus'.  Although I 
know nothing about her, it seem almost below her in a way and the 
sort of nasty, snippy answer you would get between two people who 
have a relationship already that has gone sour.
I'm just reading too much into it I expect.

Mandy