Snape's remorse (was:ACID POPS vs LOLLIPOPS (was:Whom does Snape REALLY love)

[lady.indigo at gmail.com]

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> Betsy Hp:
> Absolutely. And I wonder if Lily came to symbolize the path not 
> taken. Not that Snape is still holding this burning torch for her, 
> but that she represented what was good about him and what he chose 
> to reject for the Death Eater way. I picture her view of him as 
> being the niggling doubt that caused him to look more critically at 
> the Death Eater philosophy. (Like how Harry's voice of reason 
> sometimes sounds like Hermione.)


I should probably join this thread at some point, considering how I'm a 
little bit of a Snape/Lily shipper, especially after this book.

I think Snape's feelings for Lily were a little more romantic than platonic 
(though unrequited) but either way that she's the key to all this. A few 
clues that I haven't seen brought up yet, and that I wish were mine but that 
I've seen before: first of all, Snape was bullied and abused all his life, 
has taken the Dark Mark, and was once nearly killed by Remus in werewolf 
form. Why is the day Harry saw his worst enemy? Maybe because Snape is 
ashamed of how he acted, lashing out at Lily out of pride and thus causing 
her to turn on him and compare he and James to each other?

Also, a line from his first Potions class: "What is the significance of 
asphodel and wormwood?" This may be nitpicking at a coincidence, but 
asphodel is a plant from the lily family. Wormwood means 'bitterness and 
absence or seperation, protection and love', while asphodel means 'memorial 
sorrow, my regrets follow you to the grave'. Snape asks this question to 
Harry, maybe for a reason? I admit it may be nothing, but it's interesting.

- Lady Indigo


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