"Silly Little Girl" (was The Potters)

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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. 

Well, all of the people who have callled Hermione and Lily 'silly 
little girls' have all been older than them and in positions of power 
so they are 'girls' to Voldie,Snape, etc.
 
>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. 

As for Petunia, she may have held out some tiny hope that her strange 
sister would marry a nice normal Muggle and put her witchy ways 
behind her. But instead she marries a full blooded wizard who,from 
what we can gather, in a very round about way and not at all 
purposfully, brings about her death simply by marrying him and having 
his baby. 

> 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?
> 

The balance of power is more even with this generation than with the 
Marauders, I bet. Hermione has enough trouble with just Ron and 
Harry, can you imagine trying to reason with four of them?!?! Lily 
may have had more girlfriends and outside friends :hack, cough, 
Snape,cough: than Hermione does since the Marauders were busy 
learning how to become Animagus and having grand old times. How James 
found the time to run around with the Maruders, play Quidditch, 
become prefect and Head Boy,learn to become an Animagus, antagonize 
and be antagonized by Snape,court Lily, and still be able to graduate 
is beyond me. I can't even return my library books on time.

Olivia Grey