The Unloved Son. (was Re: Could I be wrong about Snape being evil?)

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"colebiancardi" <muellem at ...> wrote:

> I never jumped on the Snape loves Lily theory 

JKR said that unlike Voldemort Snape had been loved in his life and if
not by Lily then by who? I suppose it could have been his mother but
from a novelist's point of view that just wouldn't be very
interesting. Snape needs to have had a girlfriend, at least once. I
think Snape's hatred of Harry has more to do with Lily than James,
Snape blames Harry for Lily's death; and it's true, if Harry had never
been born Lily would still be alive. 

I could be wrong but I rather doubt that Snape ever needed or wanted
Dumbledore to think of him as a son; that seems a little too warm and
fuzzy for Snape. However if that terrible night in the tower Snape
really did do a very noble and brave thing even though he knew he
would NEVER get credit it not even when he was dead which he knew
would come very soon then that might explain Snape's extreme rage when
Harry called him a coward. 

I'm still not convinced Snape is a good guy but I no longer think the
idea is absolutely crazy. 

Eggplant