[HPforGrownups] Snape - what about the unbreakable vow?

[rayheuer3 at aol.com]

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daveshardell at yahoo.com writes:
 
>Now, my list of things that I was surprised were missing in the  book:
<snip>
- Nothing major about Lily revealed


 
Ray replies:
 
  I have to take issue with this.  In the pensieve scenes in  OotP, we are 
given the basis of Snape's hatred of James Potter.  But others  have assumed 
that Snape secretly pined for Lily, and his hatred for James really  blossomed 
when she chose James over him.
  Now we see another facet (perhaps the only canon facet) of Snape's  
relationship with Lily.  We see that Snape, even when he was a student, was  skilled 
enough in potions to "correct" the textbook.  But who does Slughorn  sote 
over, even now, after all these years?  Lily Evans Potter!   Although no memories 
of Lily are explored, and Harry learns nothing useful about  his mother, Lily 
and her new academic "triangle" of Lily/Snape/Slughorn does  indeed reveal 
something major about Lily.
 
  --  Ray


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