[HPforGrownups] Blast from the past member ... Was in Lexicon a tiny bit

[Sandra Lynn]

No: HPFGUIDX 193231

I agree–It wasn't more than I wanted to hear. Although I *could* see Lily
and Snape being friends as children. Remember how obnoxious Tuney always
is, even as a child, and Lily wanted to remain friends with her. I think
that even though Severus was always a bit abrasive, he was Lily's link to
magic until Hogwarts. I could see their friendship dissolving after they
arrived at Hogwarts, but I expect she would have been interested enough in
the wizarding world to put up with Snape until then at least.

However, I totally agree with him falling out of love with her (if he was
ever in love with her)s soon as she gets with Potter, or sooner. Like it or
not, as a child James was a horrible bully. I really can't even see Lily
getting together with him unless she wasn't really as nice as people say.
After all, according to everyone Harry talks to, excluding Severus himself,
James was a paragon of virtue. To listen to all the other stories, you
would think that he had no faults.

I always wonder why people believed Sirius' claims about Severus being evil
from the start. It was Sirius after all who claimed that he came to school
knowing more curses than most 7th years–and Sirius said that while he was
trying to defend his own bullying behavior. Of course, that doesn't make
Snape any nicer, but our perspective on the past is colored by what
characters say and we don't always know the background or motivations of
the speaker. Dumbledore is a great example of that.

Of course, now I'm just raving about all sorts of stuff. Sorry for getting
so off topic.

Crescent

On Thu, Dec 20, 2018 at 8:44 AM danjerri at madisoncounty.net [HPforGrownups] <
HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com> wrote:

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> Okay I get that was way more than you asked for. LOL.
> I'm friends with the monster that's under my bed.
> I get along with the voices inside of my head.
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> Thanks for your views on Severus and Lily  - Not more than I wanted to
> hear.  Most interesting..  More detailed reply will probably need to wait
> till after Christmas as things are getting crazy with my life at the
> moment.  Traveling and hosting and so on.
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> Jerri
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