Lily

[firebird]

No: HPFGUIDX 131817

>heather the buzzard wrote: 
>
>what "very significant" thing did we learn about her [Lily] in book 
>5? [referring to JKR's quote saying that something "very 
>significant" about Lily would be revealed in book 5.

I don't have the book handy, but I think I'm correct in saying that 
we learned her last name (Evans) as well as that she was not always 
smitten with James Potter. In fact, she was heartily annoyed by his 
arrogance and grandstanding in their fifth year (as revealed in the 
memorty of Snape's that Harry witnesses in the pensieve). The fact 
that Lily and James didn't begin dating until their seventh year 
leaves open the possibility that she was romantically involved with 
someone else before that, which could become an important plot 
element.

We also learn that, beyond being a very loving mother, she was an 
outspoken, independent woman with enough prowess in magic that the 
Maurauders were wary of provoking her too far. She also shows a very 
strong sense of justice. 

firebird