WINDOW SILLS

[Deirdre F Woodward]

No: HPFGUIDX 80732

WINDOW SILLS:  Why I Never Doubted Our Wiley Snape is Loving Lily 
Still

BINBIITFP:  Because I Never Believed It In The First Place

I've just spent the better half of my life wandering through 
Hyperactive Alley (is that the right name?), gazing out at THEORY BAY 
marveling at the wonderful SHIPS.

Since I *love* a good ACRONYM (And Could, Really, One *Not* 
Yell "More!"?), I thought I'd check out what all the FUSS (Follow Us!
Save Snape!) was all about.  I found OUT (Oh! Utter Trash!).

Ok, I'm done having my FUN (Finding Unlikely Nuances).

On to serious BUSINESS (Better Unveil Significance Immediately. Elfs 
Smite Sarcasm).

For those who don't know, many TBAY theories revolve around Snape 
being in love with Lily, either now or when they attended Hogwarts 
together.  

Canon shows us that Snapes *hates* Harry and has hated him since 
Snape!he laid eyes on Harry!him.

The two don't add up.  Why would Snape hate the child of the woman he 
loves/-ed?  Can any of us imagine hating -- despising with the 
blackest of hatred -- the child of the person we love?  Without 
provocation?

Snape's feelings for Harry are predicated upon Snape's feelings 
towards Harry's father -- total hatred because Snape totally hates 
James.  

If Snape's transferring one of the two strongest of human emotions, 
hatred, from father to son, it stands to reason that he'd transfer 
the other of the two strongest of human emotions, love, from mother 
to son.

If the Snape!Theories are to hold, since the child of his most hated 
enemy and the child of his most treasured love are one and the same, 
Snape should have two very conflicting emotions towards Harry.  I 
haven't yet seen, in any of the books, a conflict of feelings from 
Snape to Harry.

Even if Snape loved Lily once but no longer does, you'd think there'd 
be at least a *nod* of recognition that Harry is the son of Lily.

And there isn't. There's been no hint at all that Snape sees Harry as 
anyone other than James's son.  No hint, other than the OoP Pensive 
scene, that Snape even knows Lily.  

If the Snape!Theories are, in fact, correct, and based on the Pensive 
scene, some of you might be hitting home runs with your speculation, 
I for one will be very disappointed.  I won't believe the character 
of Snape any more.

I guess THAT'S ALL.  (There. Hope All's Truly Seen As Lighthearted 
Laughs.)

Deirdre