That "Love" thing

[colebiancardi]

No: HPFGUIDX 180482

 
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> > >>Besty Hp:
> > > It explains why Snape was made pathetic and weak by his "love"   
> > > for Lily. 
> 
> > >>Pippin:
> > Huh? To me this speaks of a basic misunderstanding of the plot. :)
> > Snape was made strong by his love for Lily, strong enough to defy
> > Voldemort.
> 
> Betsy Hp:
> Well, no.  It was a madly in love Snape who both joined the Death 
> Eaters and served Voldemort.  So yeah, no strength there.  In fact, 
> I'd say it was Snape's longing for love and his inability to properly 
> define it that made him such easy pickings for Voldemort. (A fool 
> wearing his heart on his sleeve, perhaps?)  And part of his inability 
> to recognize love came from his not recognizing how Lily was treating 
> him.  Lily never loved Snape: she never allowed herself to see him.
 
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colebiancardi:

Did that infamous interview about Snape's lovelife mention that
someone DID love Snape?  
from:
http://www.accio-quote.org/articles/2005/0705-tlc_mugglenet-anelli-3.htm

{first quote}

MA: Oh, here's one [from our forums] that I've really got to ask you.
Has Snape ever been loved by anyone?

JKR: Yes, he has, which in some ways makes him more culpable even than
Voldemort, who never has. Okay, one more each!


colebiancardi back again:

so, originally, I had thought it was Snape's mum who loved him, but if
we are to believe DH's "luv" story, it seems that perhaps Lily did
"love" Snape.

however, there was an earlier interview with JKR:
http://www.accio-quote.org/articles/1999/1099-connectiontransc2.htm

{second quote}
Lydon: Er - one of our connec- ... one of our internet correspondents
wondered if Snape is going to fall in love?

JKR: Yeah? Who on earth would want Snape in love with them, that is a
very horrible idea. Erm ...
 

and then a later interview:
 
http://www.accio-quote.org/articles/2007/0730-bloomsbury-chat.html

{third quote}
Jaclyn: Did lily ever have feelings back for snape
J.K. Rowling: Yes. She might even have grown to love him romantically
(she certainly loved him as a friend) if he had not loved Dark Magic
so much, and been drawn to such loathesome people and acts.

colebiancardi:

so, I can only assume by the first quote that when JKR states "love"
she did not MEAN romantically, as in the third quote, she does state
that Lily loved Snape as a friend.  In the second quote, it seems she
is toying with us, because Snape loved Lily romantically.   

So, what was I getting at?  Oh yeah <bg> Did Lily love Snape?  Well,
yes, but platonically.  I think based on the second quote of JKR's,
that Lily would have recoiled in horror if she knew the deep feelings
that Snape had for her.

just my 2 knuts