Snape

[huntergreen_3]

No: HPFGUIDX 86145

"Juju" wrote:

>>I think Snape was in love with Lily Potter when they went to school
together. I think also that there will be much more revealed about
him, he's one of the most complex and contradictory characters in my
opinion, so much inner conflict.<<

HunterGreen:

I have heard this theory several times, and I just have to ask, why 
do you think that? Why would Snape be in love with Lily? What 
indication is there that he is? What would be accomplished by this? 
I suppose people like the idea of him being something more than harsh 
and cold and that his hatred of Harry/James is fueled by something 
more than what we've seen, but why does that love have to be with 
Lily? For one thing, she's a muggle-born, and he was not only in 
Slytherin and head of the Slytherin house, but he went on to become a 
DEATH EATER for goodness sake. I imagine that he's changed his mind 
about the whole pure-blood ideals by NOW, but as a teenager, I've 
seen nothing to indicate that he was anything less than pure-blood 
enthusiast. The fact that she was a muggle-born, coupled with James 
liking her probably turned young Severus completely off. 
And as for there being more to the James/Snape hate, why does there 
need to be? There were people who I had problems with in high school 
(and who I *hated*, by the way) when the source was not much more 
than how I dressed. The idea being that Snape's hatred (of James and 
Harry at least) and some of his emotion, ahem, 'issues' has to do 
with a simple unrequited teenage love simplifies him far too much. 

-I don't really think this is where the story is headed either. If 
JKR was planning to reveal that, there would have to be a hint at 
SOME POINT. The pensieve scene would have been the perfect time to do 
so, but instead the opposite is done. There's actually more evidence 
for VAMIRE!Snape than there is for this.

I can see more of a case made for Lily being in love with him. The 
pensieve scene aside (which I think was less her being 'in love' and 
more her being rather unsettled by what James' was doing), she might 
have been interested in the smart loner, and her feelings about James 
(him being arrogant and all) would have made Severus more 
interesting. Of course, I doubt any of that would survive him calling 
her a mudblood...


-HunterGreen.