Snape as having been loved.

[colebiancardi]

No: HPFGUIDX 136416

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "eggplant107" 
<eggplant107 at h...> wrote:
> Question: "Has Snape ever been loved by anyone?"
>  
> JKR: "Yes, he has, which in some ways makes him more culpable even 
> than Voldemort, who never has".
> ===
> 
> I think the person who loved Snape
> was Lilly in her 6th year, she didn't start going with James until 
the
> 7th .  In the 6th they both would have been taking Advanced Potions
> and both were good at it. In fact I wouldn't be surprised if Lilly
> didn't give him the playful nickname "The Half Blood Prince".
> 
> Eggplant

sorry, have to disagree.  In OotP, after Snape calls her a racist 
name and James threatens Snape to apologized to Lily, Lily states to 
James "I don't want you to make him apologize.  You're as bad as he 
is..."

meaning she didn't think very highly of either Snape or James.  James 
cleaned up his act for Lily.  We see no evidence that Snape ever 
did.  

I believe it was Snape's mum that loved him.  Mother figures are very 
important in the HP series, and as Rowling is a mum herself, I am 
sure that might have something to do with it.  And Snape, who called 
himself after his mother's maiden name and was proud of that, 
probably loved his mother back.  I wonder if we will even know what 
happened to Eileen?


colebiancardi