Lily and James, a hpappy couple?

[slgazit]

No: HPFGUIDX 82675

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "jeffl1965" <jeffl1965 at h...> 
wrote:
>     Who will be the Judas for this version? I'd vote for Tonks. I 
> don't really know why, but she tends to stick out like Peter does, 
> imho. I don't mean to offend her fans, as I *do* like her, but I 
just 
> have this feeling, and I could be very wrong.

If Peter is any guide, I'd expect the betrayer to be someone with 
emotional problems and low self esteem who feels the need to prove 
themselves better than others. Tonks is (IMO) too assertive and is 
such a self confident, cheerfull person that I can't see her in that 
role. In addition, the betrayer must be entrusted with a very 
important task to do real damage (e.g. secret keeper). Tonks is not.

I personally put my money on Snape as the eventual betrayer (I don't 
think he is as of yet), especially if DD snuffs it and he'll face the 
choice of going back to his former master or helping a boy he 
detests. He just has the right kind of conflicted personality to fit 
the role perfectly, and I find it hard to believe that JKR will 
choose a very minor character for such an important role. No, the 
betrayer must be one of the main characters, and Snape fits the bill 
perfectly...

[ JP saving Snape in the Shrieking Shack incident ]

>    Ah, but did he do it on his own, of because Lily made him? If 
they 
> were falling in love at this point, James could've done it out of 
> love for her, not for anything else. If you think about it, he went 
> against his best friend to save a common enemy. Only a whipped male 
> would dare go against his best friend. :) I've seen this in too 
many 
> married freinds, and it's just part of love, I guess.

We know from Harry's post-pensieve discussion with Sirius and Lupin 
that James and Lily started going out in their 7th year. We also know 
from Snape's outburst regarding Sirius that "Black tried to commit 
murder at the age of 16" (he says that to DD at the end of PoA). So 
they must have been in their 6th year when that happened. In other 
words, it's unlikely that Lily was involved, but more than likely 
that James' behaviour during that incident made a positive impression 
on her. I am sure we'll hear more on this incident in book 6, when 
Harry is at the same age, but I am certain that James did it for 
the "right reasons", to save a life. He may have been a jerk in the 
pensieve incident, but we have plenty of evidence from all 5 books 
that he was a very decent human being as an adult.

Salit