Snape/Lily love or obsession

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No: HPFGUIDX 172891

> Julie:
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> That is one interpretation, and I doubt I'll change your
> mind. But it is the only time we see him even in possession
> of a picture of Lily, so it's just as likely that he's never
> had a picture of her and he reacts emotionally to this picture
> because of that fact. Additionally, why wouldn't he just take
> the part of the picture that means something to him? He hated
> James--and the feeling was completely mutual. Why would Snape
> want a picture of him, or of baby Harry, who he really didn't
> know? 
> 
> Also, while the picture isn't Snape's, the person it belonged to
> is dead. You can say it is Harry's picture since Harry inherited
> the house, but no doubt Harry has been given many pictures of
> his mother, so it's not as if Snape is taking something that
> he knows is incredibly valuable or irreplaceable.
> 
> So if it's a crime it's a very minor one, certainly not worthy
> of your horror that he was **KEEPING** the photo, IMO ;-) And
> as we don't know if Snape has any other photos of Lily or how
> many (never did see him with a camera either), keeping the 
> photo also doesn't indicate in any concrete way whether Snape
> *loved* Lily or was merely *obsessed* by her. Though I think
> the bulk of his actions point to the former (to me).
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Alla:

Spending my fifth post  already, but oh well.

You think it is **Okay** that he took a picture? I should have 
clarified - it is not the part that he tear it apart that horrifies 
me the most. Although it does too.

It is the part that he **took** it in the first place. Yeah, 
something that does not belong to him and Yes, belongs to Harry now 
and letter, oh my goodness - scary to me.

I do not care that he never had pictures of Lily. It was not **his** 
to take IMO.

Oh, and not that it is very relevant, but Harry was given lots of 
pictures of his mom? I remember one album.

And Harry crying over ther letter? His mom's handwriting that he 
never saw. Yeah, I think the rightful owner of that letter should 
have had it complete, NOT Snape. But just as Snape helped to rob 
Harry of something huge - his parents, he robs him of the whole 
letter here IMO. Symbolic IMO.

I know by the way that it serves the plot as well - Harry is not 
supposed to discover too early that DD was friends with Grindelwald, 
I am still disgusted by it, even if it is a plot device too.



JMO.