The Resurrection of TEW EWWW (Spoilers for TLC interview)

[nrenka]

No: HPFGUIDX 132993

This post contains SPOILERS for the interview with JKR just posted at 
TLC!

To quote:

ES: This is one of my burning questions since the third book - why 
did Voldemort offer Lily so many chances to live? Would he actually 
have let her live?

JKR: Mmhm.

ES: Why?

JKR: [silence] Can't tell you. But he did offer, you're absolutely 
right.

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Why would Voldemort offer to spare Lily's life?  Maybe because he'd 
made a bargain/promise with someone that he'd try, hmmmm?

The classic interview quote is:

One of our internet correspondents wondered if Snape is going to fall 
in love. 

JKR: (JKR laughs) Who on earth would want Snape in love with them? 
That's a very horrible idea. 

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Why does JKR find this to be such a horrible idea?  It's interesting 
that one of the big themes of HBP was love, and the manipulations of 
it.  Merope Gaunt bags Tom Riddle Sr. through a love potion.  The 
girls all try it on Harry.  Sluggy gives us his speech about 
obsessive love and how unhealthy it can be.

I submit to you now that there is more ammo than ever for the 
wonderful theory TEWW EWWWWW to be TREWW, in modified form.  In this 
version, Snape had a kind of unhealthy obsessive thing for Lily, the 
girl who was better than him at Potions.  While ostensibly switching 
sides over guilt at having sparked Voldie's search for them, since he 
was still in contact with Voldie he made his desires known.

Hence, when the deed goes down, Voldemort repeatedly offers Lily a 
chance to live--she doesn't have to die.  But, being the saintly 
mother that she is, she refuses, and Snape is cheated of his rewards.

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Okay, I don't actually buy any of it, but it's a shockingly viable 
option yet again, and really amusing to think about.  The summation 
of the original theory and links to posts is at:

http://www.hpfgu.org.uk/faq/hypotheticalley.html#eww

-Nora uses up post #3 of the day with a BANG, and ponders for the 
first time taking a sail on the Destroyer.  Maybe Faith would come 
along, for one of her fans?