Lily and Tuney and Sev, Oh My

[Mike]

No: HPFGUIDX 176396


> Jen:  Unless Eileen was the one who thought it was okay to let
> Sev run around in the smocklike shirt, then she gets some character
> deductions in my book *Jen takes out her tally sheet, noting 
> Eileen's practically blank column because her entire
> characterization is off-page.*

Mike:
This poverty issue I never quite understood. I mean, they can do 
magic so why don't they fix up the clothes? Why didn't Molly do some 
repairs and remodeling of Ron's dress robes? Why doesn't Eileen 
modify Sev's smock into something resembling a real shirt? They have 
the materials, just fix them up a little. C'mon mums!

Oh yeah, it just occured to me that Snape returns to that house in 
Spinner's End when he's an adult. This place with all the bad 
memories of his father who "doesn't like anything, much." (p.667) The 
place of all the parental arguing that Severus can't wait to be shot 
of and get himself to Hogwarts. Shades of Sirius stuck in 12 GP, 
anyone?



> Jen: <snip>  Was Sev mainly interested in Lily because he'd never 
> expected to meet a fellow magical person in Spinner's End 
> or was it that he already had a crush on Lily or a little of both?  
> And was it a crush, definitely, because of the spying part, or was 
> that just Sevvy's *thing* from a young age, spying?  Just curious 
> what others think.

Mike:
Good question, I'm thinking at first it was just the fascination of 
another magical person in his hometown. I get the impression that the 
Snapes don't socialized that often, Lily might be the first magical 
person Severus has met besides his mum. Some of it might also be that 
Lily seems to have control of her magic at an early age, something 
Sev might not have mastered yet. In fact, the only other wizard in 
canon this young, who we saw that could control his magic was... Tom. 
<insert theme music from the Twilight Zone here>



> Jen:  
> Seriously, I don't think it was Lily.  The broomstick had a hex or 
> jinx on it if it was bucking, right?  Some random girl in flying 
> class is laughing because the Marauders jinxed Snape's broom - 
> Florence, perhaps. <g>  

Mike:
Agreed, it can't be Lily. Can't be Tuney, either. Could be Flo. How 
about Mary? Might justify Sev thinking Mulciber's hex was a hoot.<g>