Severus and Lily

[zanooda2]

No: HPFGUIDX 189115

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Joey Smiley" <happyjoeysmiley at ...> wrote:


> they might have had *many* bitter / heated arguments in the past and  > that their friendship was already on the *verge* of breaking.


zanooda: 

Yes, this is exactly my point: at that time Severus and Lily were not as good friends as they claimed to be ("best friends", oh, please :-)). They were obviously best friends before Hogwarts, but then, as they were sorted into different Houses, they started to drift away from each other. Each one got a different set of friends, different interests etc. By the time of SWM she called him "best friend" just out of habit, and he clung to the "best friend" excuse, knowing that their childhood friendship was the only way for him to stay close to her.

Just look at their conversation in "The Prince's Tale" before SWM: Lily automatically sides with James, without even asking for Severus's version of events ("You are being ungrateful! He saved you!" etc.). And to think about it, is it the way you talk to your supposedly best friend when you meet him for the first time after finding out that he was nearly killed? Wouldn't you rather say: "OMG, I heard what had happened! Are you all right? Tell me everything!" Lily is not even interested...

Please understand me correctly, I'm not blaming her or anything, I know perfectly well why she did what she did. I just want to say that Lily *already* was not Severus's best friend at the time she ended their relationship. I would say they were friendly, but not real friends :-).