CHAPDISC: DH33, The Prince's Tale

[littleleahstill]

No: HPFGUIDX 184848

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "dumbledore11214" 
<dumbledore11214 at ...> wrote:
> 
> Alla:
> 
> Hmmmm, sorry, I can see that I indeed addressed only one example 
> given by Leah. However there was a reason for it in mind at 
least :).
> 
> It reminds me of somebody asking me whether I got home Okay after 
> late night party when that somebody is looking at me the very next 
> day and I am obviously okay. Why would Lily ask that question? She 
is 
> looking at Snape, who is obviously okay IMO. So, her not asking it 
in 
> my mind is just that she is an intelligent girl and does not waste 
> her time asking unnecessary questions.
> 
> I mean, I think I can guess what you are going to say - regardless, 
> these words would show friendly concern, sure, they will I agree. 
> However, the fact that she does not say them to me certainly does 
not 
> indicate that she is not concerned for a friend, it is just her 
> concerns are put to rest by seeing that friend alive and well.

Leah: But it's not the next day. Lily says something like 'I heard
what happened a few days ago....'. So she's not rushed to find out.
Even if she only found out about it that day, she obviously hasn't
started the conversation with this incident, they only get on to it
because Severus himself mentions James Potter. Also, it's not like 
someone getting back from a party.  She has heard James saved 
Severus' life, which has to indicate her 'friend' had been in some 
very nasty situation.    I think even if you
can clearly see they're alive and well, if someone was genuinely your
best friend or even just your friend, and you heard they'd been
rescued from some life-threatening event, your first reaction would
be to find out about it, and possibly to ask "You look ok - how are
you feeling?". To me, she just isn't that interested in Severus
anymore. As I've said, there's absolutely no reason why she should
be, it's just rather nasty that she waits for the moral high ground
of the Mudblood incident to clearly end the relationship.

Leah.