I actually made an entry in my LJ, post-Book 5, speculating on the Lily/Snape unrequited love rumours that had been circulating in the Net based on OotP. There is nothing in that scene that points to any kind of friendship on Lily's part. The most telling of it all is when she smiles a little at the sight of Snape's underpants. Harry who hates Snape had more sympathy for Snape than his supposed "best friend". Which makes me believe that either Rowling's ideas of compassion and friendship are vastly different from the rest of humanity or ... the Lily/Snape dynamic like Tonks/Remus was a concept she plucked out of the Internet.
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Date: 2008-03-12 03:04 pm (UTC)I actually made an entry in my LJ, post-Book 5, speculating on the Lily/Snape unrequited love rumours that had been circulating in the Net based on OotP. There is nothing in that scene that points to any kind of friendship on Lily's part. The most telling of it all is when she smiles a little at the sight of Snape's underpants. Harry who hates Snape had more sympathy for Snape than his supposed "best friend". Which makes me believe that either Rowling's ideas of compassion and friendship are vastly different from the rest of humanity or ... the Lily/Snape dynamic like Tonks/Remus was a concept she plucked out of the Internet.