Is Lily really the same age as James etc. . .

[Hitomi]

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Hitomi wrote:
Could Lily be related to Snape or LV?  It's possible, though I don't 
personally see Rowling going that way.  Just as I don't personally 
see Snape having ever been in love with Harry's mother.  Just me, 
but it is possible, I suppose.
  
SP wrote:
Hitomi, I have to agree with you.  I just don't see JKR doing things 
that are outside of the character's nature.  At this point there are 
a few characters that we have come to know fairly well.  Snape does 
not strike me as the hurt in love type.  And furthermore, I don't 
think JKR would cheat (Dumbledore and timetravel).

Hitomi now:
Hey SP!  I agree with you, too, and I just wanted to throw in my 
extra two pence.  To all those who believe these theories:  I'm not 
saying they couldn't be true, or are stupid to believe, etc.  I'm 
simply saying that JKR planned this whole story out years ago, and 
has written the books in a very specific way.  She made her epic 
complex, and her stories, to an extent, slightly naive in their 
expression.  What I mean is JKR hasn't stated that Harry and his 
peers know of such things as drugs, teenage pregnancy, illicit 
affairs, fornication, adultery, etc.  We pretty much know the 
characters know, but it isn't stated, the closest thing to any of 
this being the subject of Hagrid's mother running off and taking up 
with another giant, and then having Grawp.  These are children's 
books, and though I do think such things can be discussed in 
children's books (at least to an extent), they are not what JKR 
concentrates on, which is why I think she never gives us much of an 
answer when readers ask about SHIPS.  She's working with the concept 
of good vs. evil, and I HIGHLY doubt she will waste precious space 
on Snape having once loved Lily, and that's why he hates James, or 
LV having an affair with Lily, or James and Lily not actually being 
Harry's parents.  Her books are already reaching encyclopedia-size, 
and she has so many other subjects to write about, and so many loose 
strings left to tie up.

But that is to say, I DON'T think some of these theories are stupid 
(though I have heard some strange ones).  A lot of them are right 
clever, but if JKR stays true to her style, I don't actually see 
many of them happening.  Though, yes, I could ALWAYS be wrong, and 
we'll know in the end.  There really is only so much speculation one 
can do, as I've mentioned in a couple of previous posts, and instead 
of hypothesizing on theories straight out of left field, I prefer to 
speculate on what we DO know.  However, coming up with some theories 
can definitely be fun.  I usually just don't bother anymore.  Things 
I thought might happen haven't, and things I thought would be stupid 
if they happened... well, they happened, and JKR made them clever.  
So, while I have fun reading the crazy, or not-so-crazy, theories of 
others, a lot of the time I just shrug and don't give them another 
thought.  Because we can't know.  I just make sure to buy the next 
book as soon as humanly possible :-)

Before I leave this alone, I just want to say that I've read some 
theories I absolutely loved, and that I'm not trying to be cynical, 
more like indifferent. I like to let the next book be a surprise, if 
you know what I mean.

But personally, I too find the DD-is-Ron/Harry theory to be too 
easy.  It strikes me as cheating as well, and just so... anti-
climatic.

~ Hitomi, who will admit she is wrong profusely if any of these 
theories turn out to be true, right before she sticks her foot in 
her mouth