Snape and Lily and Levicorpus

[dana]

No: HPFGUIDX 155783

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "spookedook" <spookedook at ...> wrote:
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> Tinktonks: I think that is why Snape over reacted so badly when he
> found Potter in the pensieve. There were memories of Lily in there and
> he did not want them found out. It would make a lot of sense as to why
> Snape resents Harry, why he is always making nasty comments about
> James. I'm sure that Snape called Lily a mudblood because he knew of
> feelings for James. It may also explain why Snape turned to the DE's,
> tas the shunned of society, the unloved (as LV was unloved) but turned
> spy when he found out that Lily was to be hurt. For despite her
> rejection of him he still loved her and wanted to protect her.

What if James pursued Lily only because she and Snape were seeing each other? It would fit with what we know of his character. Rereading the last two books, I am more convinced that Snape held deep feelings for Lily, and I think it was a reciprocal (if secret) relationship.

We know from Slughorn that Lily Evans was extroardinary at potions. I think that Snape would have found her irresistible, despite her being a muggle. If they were friends (or more) and shared ideas, some of the suggestions in the book were probably her inventions (Slughorn seems to think so). Lily might have innocently shared some of Severus' curses with her housemates, and James Potter found it amusing to use Snape's own curse to humiliate him in front of his "girlfriend".

A mortified Snape assumed he'd been betrayed and lashed out at her. Her comments were equally rash, and the divide between them became irreparable. Snape's mistake would have certainly compelled him to master his emotions after this experience, and to keep his feelings hidden. His bitterness probably drew him into the Death Eaters.

Meanwhile Lily would have begun seeing James, maybe at first vindictively and later out of a genuine affection. They eventually married, either in the hasty fashion described by Molly Weasley, or because Lily was pregnant with Harry.

Snape hates Harry so much because his appearance is a constant reminder of the enemy who casually destroyed his chance at love, and an accusation of his own deadly mistakes. Lily's eyes in James' face.

I also think that JKR has been pointing to the fact that someone from Gryffindor will have to make an alliance with someone from Slytherin. The hat has said it twice now. I think it might be Malfoy.

Dana