Lily/James

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Sharon <h.m.s at ...> wrote:
> Also, (based on watching the behaviour of my 15 year old daughter) 
> sometimes teenagers try to hide their attraction for the opposite 
> sex by a type of "converse behaviour".  I.e. they project that they 
> are "turned off" by the very person they like.  Lily used this 
> opportunity to show everyone that she "did not like James Potter". 
> In this very convoluted and not very clear reasoning, I'm trying to 
> say that my gut feeling is that I therefore don't believe that we 
> know Lily's true feelings for James or that he EVER had to use any 
> type of underhand means!



Hi, I am new here and this is my first post. Let me first say that I 
have had a great time reading all of the opinions expressed on this 
board. I am happy to see there are other people as Potter-obsessed as 
I am. Also, you have all presented opinions that have really made me 
think about the books in ways I never thought about them and for that
I thank you all!
 
I have been thinking about the Lily/James thing for awhile and Sharon 
has said exactly what I had been thinking. What if the scene between 
them was really just a "dance" that teens often do in order to get 
the other sex to notice them.  It is obvious to me in the scene that 
James wanted Lily to see the altercation  and sometimes any response,
even a neagtive one, is a good response. If nothing else it opens 
the door for future conversation.
 
I also have to say that I have never been a Snape fan. I didn't see 
the scene as sexual harassment but simply as a school prank designed 
to elicit attention. Kids do this all of the time so it didn't strike 
me as abnormal in any way. I am not saying that James or Sirius were 
necessarily right to do it, but I agree that there was a history 
between the students here that we really don't know about.
 
Ok, so I've gotten my first post out. When I catch up on the reading 
I will try to voice my opinion about some of the other topics. Thanks,
 
Jamie (who is glad she finally got to post  something)