Lily the popular girl

[va32h]

No: HPFGUIDX 167906

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, juli17 at ... wrote:

Yep, it was Peter who loved Lily, not Snape. (No wonder JKR said she
would answer "either" question when she was asked if Snape or Lupin
loved Lily!) It was Peter who idolized her from afar, but who never had 
a
chance with her, not with perfect James in the picture. It was Peter who
figured if Voldemort got rid of James (and that spawn of his) then Peter
could have Lily, and the two of them would go on to have the life and
family James had denied them, just as James' shining presence during
all their years at Hogwarts had denied Peter anything but the smallest
notice or regard. He'd existed there much as Snape supposedly had,
as someone's lapdog (that someone being James rather than Lucius).

va32h:

I really like this theory, because I think it bookends so well with the 
relationship of Harry and Ron. Ron went through his own period of 
jealousy toward Harry, anger that Harry's presence eclipsed his own - 
and I think we could work the other direction and wonder if Peter grew 
up poor, as Ron did, and was also jealous of James' wealth. 

Ron was able to put aside his jealousy, and find a way to shine in his 
own right, without putting down Harry to do so - and Harry is a better 
friend than his father was, seeing and understanding Ron's feelings, 
and wanting to ease them. 

It's all about moving forward, not making the mistakes of past 
generations. 

va32h