But DID James listen? (was LID!Snape rides again )

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> >>Alla:
> > > I don't think James could have kept Lily out of anything, 
> > > personally. Speculating of course.

> >>Ceridwen:
> > Absolutely not!  Lily wouldn't allow it for one thing. 

> >>Jen: 
> I think you nailed a couple of things, like Lily being involved 
> in protection plans because, well, she's a mom and that's what    
> most moms in Potterverse tend to do.
> <snip>

Betsy Hp:
I agree that Lily was fully involved in the effort to protect 
Harry.  However, what she doesn't know about, she cannot protest.  
And we do have canon that James *did* keep Lily out of his private 
war with Snape.  Lupin tells us that James did not stop hexing Snape 
and that he kept that fact from Lily.

So I can totally see Snape trying to talk to Lily, pass on his 
information to someone *he* trusts, and being stopped by James.  
Lily need never have known.  In fact, if Snape was expressing 
distrust of Sirius, I expect James would have done his best to make 
sure Lily never heard of it.

I also expect that when Snape and Lily broke off their friendship it 
may have been painful for Lily and so James may have been trying to 
protect Lily as well.  

Betsy Hp