Courtly love in Potterverse WAS: What triggered ancient magic

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<justcarol67 at ...> wrote:
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> Carol earlier:
 
> > > JKR says in an interview that he thought that Lily would admire him if he joined the DEs. That sounds ridiculous;

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> Steve earlier:
> > Is there canonic evidence of Snape mentioning in thought or dialogue that Lily's feelings toward Avery and Mulciber meant she wouldn't admire Snape becoming a DE? If not, than I see no valid reason to not consider Snape thinking as JKR says that Lily would admire him if he became a DE.
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> Carol responds:
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> Lily calls them "your little Death Eater friends" (even though she indicates that they haven't joined up yet). And she says that Severus can't wait to join up, either. Doesn't sound as if she'd admire him for becoming a DE to me.
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> here's the actual canon:
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> "You and your precious little Death Eater friends--you see, you don't even deny it! You don't even deny that's what you're all aiming to be!! you can't wait to join Youi-Know-Who, can you?" (675-76)
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> So, yeah. I'd say that's a pretty good indication that Lily won't admire him if he becomes a DE.
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Steve responds:  We were talking about Snape's belief in Lily admiring him joining the DE's, not whether Lily herself did in fact admire him for doing so. JKR said that he (Snape) thought that Lily would admire him if he joined the DE's and you wrote that that sounded ridiculous. I asked for canonic evidence that Snape in thought or spoken dialogue mentions that Lily's feelings towards Avery or Mulciber meant she wouldn't admire him becoming a DE.  You didn't do so. So while your quotes were nice, and I totally agreed with them accurately showing Lily's pov, they didn't pertain to the question at hand concerning Snape's POV, and his perception of what Lily thought.