[HPforGrownups] Significant Lily?

[Silverthorne]

No: HPFGUIDX 92805

{Jo}

I was intrigued by the following JKR statement:

"Now the important thing about Harry's mother, the really, really
significant thing, you're going to find out in 2 parts. You'll find
out a lot more about her in Book 5, or you'll find out something very
significant about her in Book 5, then you'll find out something
incredibly important about her in Book 7. But I can't tell you what
those things are so I'm sorry, but yes, you will find out more about
her because both of them are very important in what Harry ends up
having to do."

What on earth was the significant thing in book 5? How can anything we
learnt about Lily in OotP influence what Harry has to do?


{Anne/Silverthorne}

Isn't it obvious? (Think about other things that are supposed to happen in book 7--such as JK revelaing Snape's motives and fate).

Lilyi stood up for Snape against Potter and the others during the Pensieve in book 5--something I doubt very many people have done for Sev, and most that have most likely did not do so in front of him.

SHIPing aside...considering Snape, his reputation, and how he's treated by most folks, young and old alike--you don't think that didn';t sink in at some point and help to change him? (Say, for example, factoring into his decision to leave the DE when he was younger?)

Since Rowling made a point of Lily 'rescuing' him (well, at least for making the attempt), I suspect that whole incident figures quite a bit in the whole Snape thing--and not just as a justification for why Snape hated Harry's father and his friends...I suspect it will actaully affect Snape and his reasons for doing whatever he does in book 7...

Just a thought

Anne


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