ACID POPS vs LOLLIPOPS (was:Re: Whom does Snape REALLY love?)

[juli17 at aol.com]

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Betsy Hp:
Snape doesn't neccessarily have to have been in  romantic love with 
Lily for my theory to work.  He was canonically  fairly lonely 
(sitting alone under a bush in OotP) so any friend would be  
important to him.  I think he and Lily became secret friends  
(through a mutual interest in potions) in their first year and she  
gave him his nickname.  I think he visited Lily at her home and he's  
the "horrible boy" who spoke of the dementors guarding Azkaban that  
Petunia referred to in OotP.  

Around fifth year something  happened.  Perhaps Snape was being 
actively recruited by  Voldemort.  Perhaps, when his invented spell 
became known by his  classmates he suspected Lily of betraying him.  
Either way, when he  was jumped by James and Sirius he and Lily were 
arguing.  She still  came to his rescue but he attacked her, calling 
her the worst name he  could think of.  Their friendship was 
officially broken.

So  Snape becomes a Death Eater.  Possibly he started having problems  
towards the beginning.  (Like Regulus Black.)  Maybe he was  
blissfully ignorant and quite happy.  Either way, he overhears the  
prophecy while on a Death Eater mission and runs back to share what 
he  heard with Voldemort.  Then, to his horror, his information is 
used  to fuel Voldemort's intense interest in seeing the entire 
Potter family  (including his old friend, Lily) slaughtered.

Snape runs to Dumbledore  and tells him everything.  Dumbledore 
believes him and puts the  Potters into hiding. (Or maybe into better 
hiding -- since Dumbledore knew  the prophecy already.)  But, thanks 
to James's misplaced trust in his  friends (Snape's POV), the Potters 
are betrayed and Lily is killed.   Snape is heartbroken and swears 
vengence (or whatever) and Dumbledore  realizes that he can fully 
trust Severus Snape.

Not much canon to  back this theory, I'll admit.  But it makes a 
certain amount of sense  to me, and boy would it drive Harry round 
the bend.  Of course, I  myself like the idea of Snape in love 
because otherwise what a waste of  the sexy.

Betsy Hp (who wonders if she could have possibly made this  post 
longer)





Julie says:
I like this theory! It makes a certain amount of sense to me  also.
I've had problems with the whole Deeplyinlove!Snape concept, 
especially in relation to Lily. But if it was more friendship, or
even a bit of a secret crush (Snape was 15 after all), that went
wrong thanks to those darned Marauders--whether during the
Pensieve incident or later when Lily started dating James--I
can see Snape hating them, and especially James, while
letting Lily--the one person who accepted him as he was--
off the hook.
 
Which all leads to Snape's immense regret after he finds
out Voldemort is targeting the Potters and is unable to save
them (Lily). It also makes me wonder if part of Snape's 
hatred of James is also because James got Lily killed (in 
Snape's mind) because he didn't believe Snape's warning.
 
Thanks, Betsy!
 
Julie 


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