On Snape and Lily

[ginny343]

No: HPFGUIDX 142908

I'm still considering what I think about Snape and Lily having some 
sort of relationship.  I don't think it would be romantic, and I 
don't think he was "that awful boy".  However, although Snape never 
wastes an opportunity to rip on James, I don't recall any time he 
says anything at all to Harry about his mother (correct me if I'm 
wrong).  

In the pensieve scene, Lily seems a little taken aback by Snape's 
calling her "mudblood".  So, I assume this is something that didn't 
happen on a regular basis.  The very fact that Lily steps in to 
defend Snape shows that she does not have bad feelings for him.  
Maybe they didn't know each other well enough for Lily to have bad 
feelings about him . . . but seeing as they are in the same year, 
have shared many classes . . . I mean, 5 years of this, any person 
in this situation must have formed some sort of good or bad feelings 
about each person by that time.  

Of course, as someone pointed out in an earlier post, she probably 
changed her mind about Snape after this happened.  I can see her 
rolling her eyes irritatedly and walking away the next time James 
jinxed Snape - disapproving of James, but not defending Snape.

Ginny343