"Silly Little Girl" (was The Potters)

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No: HPFGUIDX 53051

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "GRACE701 <grace701 at y...>" 
<grace701 at y...> wrote:
> Erica wrote and quoted:
>  
>(thus [Voldemort was] not concerned about killing Lily ... 'stand 
>aside silly girl')?  

Greicy wrote: 

> What's the deal with this comment "silly little girl".  It's been 
> used consistantly to "describe" Hermione and to shut her up, but it 
> has been used with Lily as well.  Could it be possible that 
> Hermione is a reflection of Lily, personality wise?  Involving 
> herself in things she ought not.  In PS/SS, we know that Petunia 
> says that Lily became involved with that "Potter" and got herself 
> blown up.  What else could Lily have possibly gotten herself 
> involved in that she "shouldn't have"?  Was she a smartypants that 
> drove the Marauders up the wall, like Hermione usually does to 
> Harry and Ron?

Me:

I love this idea! 

"You're the cleverest witch *of your age* I've ever met" - Lupin to 
Hermione, US Hardcover PoA pg. 346
Could there be a tiny clue to this Hermione/Lily theory in this 
quote?  (This is only supporting evidence if Lupin didn't get to know 
Lily until they were fourth-years or older.)

I wonder how this could effect the James/Lily/Snape backstory, and 
also how it plays into Snape's current treatment of Hermione.  Does 
he see similarities between Lily and Hermione?  Does Snape's 
Lily/emotional-baggage (whatever that may be - romantic, familial, 
James-association, etc.) help to explain him specifically targeting 
Hermione?  Does Hermione's friendship with Harry only further feed 
into this emotional baggage?  (e.g. Snape is forced to watch Hermione 
and Harry grow close just as he was forced to watch Lily and James do 
the same.)

- Nobody's Rib  (who, thanks to Greicy, now needs a pensieve to sort 
out her newest flood of ideas)