Snape and Lily

[Lynete]

No: HPFGUIDX 135254

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "comomegusta6"
<ladinechan at h...> 
wrote:
> MA: Oh, here's one [from our forums] that I've really got to ask
you.
> Has Snape ever been loved by anyone?
> JKR: Yes, he has, which in some ways makes him more culpable even
than
> Voldemort, who never has.
> 
> (From the interview posted in mugglenet.com, part 3)
<snip> 
> Reading this fragment made me wonder this: what if (one of) the
> person(s) who loved Snape was Lily? <snip> 
> 
> Silver


Miz Storge, now, with more from the Leaky Cauldron/Mugglenet
interview:

ES: Was James the only one who had romantic feelings for Lily?
JKR: No. [Pause.] She was like Ginny, she was a popular girl.
MA: Snape?
JKR: That is a theory that's been put to me repeatedly. 
ES: What about Lupin?
JKR: I can answer either one.
ES: How about both? One at a time.
JKR: I can't answer, can I, really?
ES: Can you give us any clue, without misleading us [Emerson
misspoke; 
he meant "without giving too much away"] --?
JKR: <snip>Lupin was very fond of Lily, we'll put it like that, but I 
wouldn't want anyone to run around thinking that he competed with
James 
for her. She was a popular girl, and that is relevant. But I think 
you've seen that already. She was a bit of a catch.

I *do* think she's referring to Lily when she refers to someone
having 
loved Snape. Going back to "Snape's Worst Memory" in OoTP, we've
often 
discussed *why* that should be Snape's *worst*. My theory is that he 
had a crush on Lily. After all, they had some things in common, like  
they were both good at Potions, maybe Slughorn favored them both. I 
wonder whether Lily reciprocated in some way, whether she felt
romantic 
affection or she may have just wanted to be friends. Snape perhaps
had 
mixed feelings at beinbg attracted to her because she wasn't from a 
pureblood family. Or maybe all the 'mudblood' nonsense came later. 
Anyway, I wonder if, from what we saw in the Pensieve, the 'worst 
memory' episode either caused them to breakup, or the breakup had 
happened and this just put the cap on it. Lily put him behind her and 
eventually ended up with James, his worst enemy. Snape submerged his 
ire that his former girlfriend tried to save him from an embarassing 
situation in his prejudice at 'mudbloods' in general, and 
brainy 'mudblood' girls in particular (think Hermione).

Miz Storge, doing a *lot* of wondering...