[HPforGrownups] Re: Our changing perception of characters

[Lynda Cordova]

No: HPFGUIDX 192317

>> Charla:
>> I would have to say about Dumbledore, I do not agree with you
>> that he did not trust anyone. Rather I would say he was cautious.  As for
>> Lily I do not think wealth mattered ; she was simply attracted to James,
>> he was more fun to be with and Snape burnt his bridges
>> by using the term mudblood plus being very possessive. .  .
>
> Nikkalmati:
> I can't name one person DD trusted.  He did not tell Harry what he was
> supposed to do after DD was gone; he did not tell SS what Harry was doing;
> he did not tell Minerva or his brother or anyone.  It seems to me that if he
> knew he would be dead, he should have confided something to someone.
>
> The world was not composed of SS and James.  I am sure there were lots of
> other boys she could have gone out with besides James.  I was just wondering
> in a cynical way if being rich is better than not.  Her economic background
> must have been not much better than Severus', if they lived close together.


Lynda:
My third try sending a message. I still think Lily just fell in love
with James after deciding Snape was changing or had changed. I always
knew that DD was a manipulator and that he would do whatever he
thought was necessary, I reiterate; whatever he thought was necessary,
to ensure Lord Thingy's destruction.