Lily (wasPrank revisited.)

[kiricat2001]

No: HPFGUIDX 99190

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> Renee:
> 
> IMO, Lily certainly isn't lily-white here. Sure, she defended the 
> victim against his bullies, but if someone is treated unjustly and 
> you intervene, lack of gratitude and even racial slurs should *not* 
> cause you to turn your back to them. What Snape says, doesn't make 
> James's and Sirius's treatment of him any more justified than it 
> was. Of course, it would take a saint to ignore Snape's reaction 
> altogether; that Lily pays him back in kind shows she's no saint or 
> angel but a normal human being. It's what she does next that I find 
> so disappointing. 
> 
> In the first place, her words to James show that her desire to take 
> him down a notch plays a major role in her decision to intervene. 
> This makes her indignation look somewhat less righteous than 
before, 
> and it makes me suspect it wasn't difficult for her to do 
something. 
> Then she leaves, practically begging James to continue his torment 
> of Snape. After all, how else is he to remain cool in the eyes of 
> the general public? So he pretends to be unaffected and goes on as 
> if nothing has happened. (Maybe he actually took Snape's pants off -
 
> it seems unlikely that Lupin suddenly acquired a bit of spine and 
> took over Lily's part.) 

Marianne:

Am the only one to think that Lily's cataloging of James' faults as a 
possible indication that she's spent a whole lot of time keeping an 
eye on him?  Knowing that she eventually ended up with James, I 
couldn't help read that as the passionate outburst of someone who is 
denying to herself on some level that she is attracted to James, and 
she fights against that by trying to concentrate on his faults.  It 
reminded me of one of my close friends in high school who used to 
rant about how awful one particular guy in our class was.  Swore up 
and down how obnoxious and loud and overbearing he was and how she 
couldn't stand him...And several months later, she simperingly told 
me they were going to the senior prom together.

Marianne