Harry has TWO Parents

[derannimer <susannahlm@yahoo.com>]

No: HPFGUIDX 51195

Pip wrote a lot of truly brilliant things ("'Lily', in the language 
of flowers, means 'pure'." Squee!) which I shall now--sadly--snip, as 
I want to address a rather specific point here. 

>From Pip's post: 

>I don't know whether or not James had the sense to react to putting 
>a person's life in direct danger. I do know that James's best friend 
>didn't have the sense to *not* put a person's life in direct danger. 
>Further, nearly twenty years later he's still insisting that Snape 
>deserved to become a moonlight snack. The only different things 
>appears to be that a)there are no other marauders around to stop 
>Lupin and b) James has learnt about this from someone other than 
>Sirius. I'm presenting you with a theory that it is b), not a) that 
>was important, and the 'someone' was Lily.


Well, really, when you think about it, who *else* could it have been?

Sirius? Obviously not, since James heard from someone else.

Lupin? He wasn't even *in* on it. 

Peter? 

*Long pause.* 

Hmmm. 

No, I really don't think so. I'm trying to imagine Sirius telling 
him, and I'm not sure that I see why he would. If Prank (Derannimer 
keeps a watchful eye on the gamboling creature down at the other end 
of the beach) was an act of impulse, and *not* a plan, then I don't 
really think he'd tell anyone. Why bother? And if it *was* a plan, 
then why would he tell *Peter?* Peter, who was never terribly 
competant (at least, not that Good Guys knew of). Peter, who wasn't a 
particularly powerful wizard. Peter, who, I strongly suspect, would 
have started *snivelling* about the whole *idea.* 

[. . . "Sirius, I don't think we should be doing this! What if we get 
caught, Sirius? What if he finds out and hexes us? He knows all sorts 
of Dark Magic, I don't think we should--"

"*Shut* it, Peter! We're not going to get caught! And I certainly 
think I can handle *Snape!* And anyway. . . "]

Ahem. 

Yes. Well.

Sorry about that. 

Anyway, I really don't see why he would have told Peter. And also, 
who *cares* if it was Peter that tipped James off? Where's the Bang 
in that? There's been no relationship shown of any kind between Peter 
and Snape; and the relationship between Peter and James is about 
Banged out. (If there is such a thing.)

So, no. I don't think it was Peter.

So who does that leave, other than Lily?



Derannimer (who read a goofy "Lily really was responsible for saving 
Snape's life" fic somewhere once, and hated it. But who thinks, now 
she comes to think about it, that Lily probably *was.* And who also 
thinks that it could be done well, with a little less of the 
LOLLIPOPS.)