Lily and James, a hpappy couple?

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No: HPFGUIDX 82606

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "jeffl1965" <jeffl1965 at h...> 
wrote:
> I'd forgotten about the bit about the 
> photo, but that does make sense, unless that Jo meant to hint that 
> his purpose was to make problems for them?

I think that JKR's had several things in mind when she had Peter sit 
between James and Lily in the photo. One was the shock value to 
Harry - he sees the picture, listens to Moody's commentary in which 
every other person depicted has either been killed or became 
incapacitated; then he is confronted with his parents, seated 
alongside their betrayer as best friends. Followed immediately by the 
scene with Mrs. Weasley and the boggart. I don't think he'd have been 
as affected if Peter was not in the picture. It is also a subtle 
reminder to us that there are likely to be both losses and betrayal 
for the newly recreated OoP, and that the betrayer is likely to be 
someone noone suspects.

For the readers this is also meant to convey how much Lily and James 
trusted Peter and viewed him as part of their family, moreso even 
than Lupin and Sirius. It is possible that this subtly indicates that 
while Sirius and James (seated side by side? don't have the book with 
me) were best friends, Lily probably was more friendly with Peter 
than with the other two.

>     I did think it was intresting that after seeing James as a 
bully, 
> and Lily not being fond of him, would actually marry him just a few 
> short years later. I guess James could've made a big change, but 
from 
> how Sirius acted, I dont know how true that is.

We know that James changed more than Sirius because of the Shrieking 
Shack incident, when Sirius lured Snape to the shack where Lupin was 
hidden, and James risked his life to save him.

Salit