Lily and Snape

[antonia31h]

No: HPFGUIDX 188660

> > antonia31h:
> > I am surprised that Snape did not try to communicate with
> > Lily after the incident in the pensieve. I mean he was in
> > love with her and until her death he did not even want to
> > say something more to her than just apologise?
> >
>
> Pippin:
> I am sure that over the years there was much he wanted to
say, or wished he had said. But she had made it clear that
she was through with him. I wish that Snape respected that
because he respected her feelings, but it seems more likely
to me that, like James, he had a healthy respect for her
> powers as a witch.


antonia31h:
The way I see it is that if Snape had truly loved Lily and
did not have some sort of obsession over her (that's my theory
regarding his feelings) he would have given even his life in
order to save hers. Lily did that for her son and proved to
everyone the power of true love. If Snape had done the same
thing for her he would have got the redemption that he probably
wanted, at least in Lily's perception. Instead he chose to live
with the guilt for the rest of his life and not even that guilt
could not prevent him from being a jerk towards Lily's son. And
also what kind of love is Snape really feeling when he does not
care ever so slightly that Lily's son might die so that she
could be spared. What exactly did he think he might have obtained
if Lily survived and her family died?

Anyway I still have a lot of questions regarding Snape and
Lily, but as a conclusion I would say that if love is meant
to make the best of a person I really don't see how that
changed Snape in a better way before and after Lily's death.