Love Potion

[dumbledore11214]

No: HPFGUIDX 148478

> 
> Alla wrote in 
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/HPforGrownups/message/148407 :
> 
> << And Tom Riddle Sr. and Merope seem like such a nice foreshadowing
> for Snape possibly wanting to drug Lily with Love Potion and (maybe?)
> abandoning such idea at some point. Heeee! You know my not very
> flattering opinion of his moral character. :) >>

Catlady wrote: 
> Many teens have wanted to give someone a Love Potion ... me included.
> Wanting to is not a sign of bad moral character. 

Alla:

Sure, wanting to is not a sign of bad moral character at all, but 
ACTING on it IS such a sign to me. So, as long as Snape fantasized 
about Lily drinking a Love Potion and professing to have undying love 
for him, whatever, fantasies won't hurt anybody. BUT and of course I 
am speculating here if Snape proceeded to act upon this and managed to 
drug Lily or attepmpted to do it and somebody else stopped him. Bad 
Snapey, very bad Snapey. :-)

Going back to Merope and Tom Riddle Sr. There was a discussion about 
Merope's drugging Tom and I found myself in complete agreement with 
those who did not think that Merope's actions deserve ANY kind of 
sympathy.

She trapped a man who had no desire to be near her IMO and basically 
destroyed his life as far as I am concerned. I sympathise with her as 
victim of violent abuse, but completely understand poor Tom running 
away as soon as she had a decency to stop drugging him.

What am I trying to say? If we ever find out that Snape tried to do to 
Lily what Merope did to Tom, my erm...extreme dislike of his character 
will go up if it is even possible. :-)

Alla