Snape as having been loved.

[colebiancardi]

No: HPFGUIDX 136421

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "eggplant107" 
<eggplant107 at h...> wrote:
> "colebiancardi" <muellem at b...> wrote:
> 
> > 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. 
> 
> If you knew nothing about Ron and Hermione and then watched one of
> their big fights you might think they hated each other too and say 
it
> was imposable for them to be very good friends one year later. 
> 

I think in the context of the scene, it speaks volumes.  This wasn't 
a fight between Lily and Snape, it was a fight between Lily & James - 
which is closer to the Ron/Hermione relationship.  Lily just 
dismissed Snape - don't forget Lupin states that Lily was kind to 
everyone.  And Ron never, ever, ever called Hermoine a racist name.  
NEVER.  Snape had no problemos there.  To say Snape loved Lily is 
like saying Draco loves Hermoine(and I know there is a lot of fan-fic 
out there).  

> > I believe it was Snape's mum that loved him. 
> 
> Lilly loving Snape would be interesting, Snape's mother loving him
> would not be. I think Rowling will go for interesting. 

why would Lily loving Snape be more interesting?  We found out that 
Narcissa's love for Draco in this book to be utterly 
fascinating....We know nothing about Eileen and how she influenced 
Snape's life.  Lily loving Snape would be trite and using an overdone 
cliche - the "luv" triangle, or the man-who-became-bitter-because-the-
prettiest-girl-in-the-world-didn't-love-him-back-but-he-has-become-
good theory.  It isn't interesting, nor new - I expect more from 
Rowling than some recycled "romance" from a bodice ripper novel that 
you can pick up a the drug store.  
 

colebiancardi