Snape's DE past

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No: HPFGUIDX 111232

> Caesian:
> 
> OK, I'm just going to come right out and say it.  Snape was in love 
> with Lily.  <snip a great defence of LOLLIPOPS>

Neri:

LOLLIPOPS indeed has a very inciting charm. I fully admit I also 
believed it myself for at least four books, and this was my own 
thought since I was completely detached from any of the fandom at the 
time. But the fact that we all think about it doesn't mean that JKR 
thought about it. I'm sure that as a scientist you appreciate this 
point: Our beliefs about what the world should be are frequently the 
worst obstacle to discovering what it is really is.  

I actually don't consider the mushy part as a proof against LOLLIPOPS 
because JKR is indeed mushy sometimes. But LOLLIPOPS is not JKR's 
style. Until now, JKR had never used romantic love as a main motive 
or a driving force in the plot. If you combine all the SHIPping in 
the books together it will probably fit nicely into a single chapter 
(out of about 100 chapters until now). This is one of the things that 
are most difficult for the fans to come to grip with, and one of the 
main reasons why HP was fan-fictioned so intensively, but it is a 
fact. And I doubt it will be Snape, of all people, who will break 
this pattern. Unlike most of the fans, JKR doesn't find Snape 
romantic. He certainly has some sinister charm, and he is very 
mysterious, but remember that he is not mysterious for JKR, and that 
she has already got over her bad-guy complex.

I never completely discarded LOLLIPOPS as a Snape theory, and it 
still manages to catch my attention, but I personally don't consider 
it a leading contender. 

Neri