Re: The Prince’s Tale

[leslie41]

No: HPFGUIDX 172334

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Lisa" <sassymomofthree at ...> 
wrote:
> 
> Clearly, Snape was mortified at James' treatment of him in front of 
> Lily -- and then having everyone see his humiliation at having 
> a "girl" stand up for him and not being able to help himself was 
more 
> than he could bear, and he lashed out at Lily.  What's that old 
song: 
> You always hurt the ones you love?  Granted, he called her a 
horrible 
> name -- but if she REALLY felt that he felt that way, she would've 
> severed ;0) their friendship long before that incident.  So, Lily 
was 
> not a forgiving person -- she didn't even give him a true chance to 
> explain or beg forgiveness.  What a friend.
>

Leslie41:

First I want to state that I'm a Snape fan.  Knew he was DDM.  And 
he's the character out of the books that I most admire.  After DH I 
admire him even more.

But Lily did the right thing.  It's not just that one word that one 
time.  She'd been warning Snape about his friends for years.  She 
could have forgiven the word if Snape made a clear choice not to 
align himself with Malfoy, Caxley, et al. But these proto-Death 
Eaters are bad news.  The DEs are akin to Nazis.  And Lily, in that 
environment, is akin to a Jew.  It's clear that Snape did not listen 
to her at all when she spoke against them. Finally, she realizes that 
Snape's use of the word is indicative of a much larger problem: that 
he has chosen a different path.  She exercises tough love and cuts 
herself off from him.

She cannot continue to be friends with someone that would ally 
themselves with a group that has such antipathy towards her and her 
family.  Had Snape repented, severed ties, and asked for forgiveness 
again, I have no doubt she would have welcomed his friendship. 

But he does not.  He makes his choice.  And lives, and dies with 
it.