Lily (was Complimenting a character WAS: Re: HBP CHAPTERS 7-9 POST DH LOOK

[montavilla47]

No: HPFGUIDX 184412

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "potioncat" <willsonkmom at ...> wrote:
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>  "montavilla47"  wrote:
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> > Lily Potter:
> > The flower thing was cool.
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> Potioncat:
> Ouch. You don't like Lily at all do you? ;-)
> 
> I think the flower thing was creepy Intentional, wandless magic as a 
> child. Tommy Riddle had that gift too. But was I the only one who 
> thought there was something strange in the description of the flower? 
> Or was it just Petunia and me who were bothered?
>

Montavilla47:
I guess not.  I liked her okay before reading DH, although I found it
funny how invested people seemed to be in her and James' romance,
considering that we didn't know a darn thing about what they were 
actually like as a couple.  

I even liked her in SWM, as she seemed willing to step in when she
saw someone being bullied.  I even liked that she was flirting a bit.
It was cute.

But, after reading DH, I can't stand her.  What seems charming when
you think that she and Snape are barely acquainted is intolerable when
they are supposed to be friends.  She's sort of like St. Peter, isn't she?
When Snape is being tormented by a crowd, she's willing to step in, 
but isn't willing to own her friendship with him.

I'm sure that's all just because JKR is trying to hide the secret from
us, but it makes Lily look like a hypocrite and a terrible friend.  Imagine
if it were Hermione and Harry, and Hermione pretended not to be 
friends with Harry and instead flirted with Malfoy while Harry was
being hung upside-down and pantsed.

Montavilla47