backstory "explanations"

[colebiancardi]

No: HPFGUIDX 137431

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, A Featheringstonehaugh 
<featheringstonehaugh at y...> wrote:

snip:
 > After Hogwarts, Lily and Snape continue their relationship, and 
she learns of his secret career. Lily becomes pregnant.  Big worries 
because Snape - now deeply entrenched in his clandestine work - 
cannot be known to be involved with this Mudblood who has corssed LV 
before (we don't yet know how) and the couple fear for their safety 
as well as that of their child.  They turn to Dumbledore... and 
James.  The marriage with Potter is hastily arranged; casual friends 
and family believing they "had" to get married.  It's hoped that this 
arrangement affords protection for Lily and the baby, provides James 
and Sirius the chance to be together without revealing their truth to 
the world and allows Snape, losing his family for the sake of their 
survival, to continue his dangerous work. 
>  
>  This carries out the theme of love being a choice: Lily and Snape 
sacrifice their love for each other and future together for the love 
of their child; James puts aside his hatred of Snape in order to 
protect his "unacceptable " love of Sirius and to show his abiding, 
albeit platonic love for Lily.  > >  follow if she ever strayed from 
the established story. Lupin of course, knows the truth too. His 
wistful recollections of Lily in P of A reveals his continued love 
for her and his quiet, seeming reluctance to condemn Snape in HBP 
adds credence to the idea that he knows far more than he lets on.   
>  
> Now, all we need is Book 7 to completely destroy the above !
>  
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I don't think we need book 7 to destroy the above.  Harry looks like 
James - it is repeatly said throughout the series.  He doesn't look 
like Snape.  Harry is James & Lily's child, not Snape & Lily's child.

colebiancardi