I don't have so much trouble with Sirius, because he is a bit of a hypocrite. Although, maybe that's partly due to JKR's consistency problem. I mean, he tells Harry that Snape was part of a gang--and goes on to name all these people that Snape supposed hung out with, without naming the one person we know Snape had a friendship with--and neglects to mention that one of those people was Sirius's first cousin. But then, maybe JKR hadn't decided yet to make Bellatrix Sirius's cousin.
As for Tonks/Remus, I do believe that she didn't come up with the idea of them together until HBP, hence the lack of hint in OotP. JMO.
As for Lily/Snape, I'm sure that was all in the cards from the very beginning. She just didn't reveal any of it, because she wanted that big surprise in "The Prince's Tale." Well, I suppose that big surprise worked for some readers. For those who had figured it out, most seemed to have been dreading it. But they don't seem to have been as disappointed as the ones who actually liked Snily.
I kind of came to Lily/Snape late because I bought that whole who would want Snape in love with them line. However, it did seem the most plausible explanation for SWM was that Lily and Snape did have some kind of a friendship. And that it was kept secret from the Marauders (and probably everyone else in school, too, since even Slughorn didn't know about it).
It was in working out that idea that the thought of Snape crushing on Lily (I never thought it would be requited) actually started to make sense.
But I was very leery about it ever becoming canon because it took a lot of set up. I think JKR did an okay job in the early scenes.... but I think she should have put one or two more in for the break-up part, and made it clear that Lily and Snape's relationship was not known to anyone but themselves. It just makes every adult that Harry's met into a liar and an idiot.
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Date: 2008-03-14 02:00 am (UTC)As for Tonks/Remus, I do believe that she didn't come up with the idea of them together until HBP, hence the lack of hint in OotP. JMO.
As for Lily/Snape, I'm sure that was all in the cards from the very beginning. She just didn't reveal any of it, because she wanted that big surprise in "The Prince's Tale." Well, I suppose that big surprise worked for some readers. For those who had figured it out, most seemed to have been dreading it. But they don't seem to have been as disappointed as the ones who actually liked Snily.
I kind of came to Lily/Snape late because I bought that whole who would want Snape in love with them line. However, it did seem the most plausible explanation for SWM was that Lily and Snape did have some kind of a friendship. And that it was kept secret from the Marauders (and probably everyone else in school, too, since even Slughorn didn't know about it).
It was in working out that idea that the thought of Snape crushing on Lily (I never thought it would be requited) actually started to make sense.
But I was very leery about it ever becoming canon because it took a lot of set up. I think JKR did an okay job in the early scenes.... but I think she should have put one or two more in for the break-up part, and made it clear that Lily and Snape's relationship was not known to anyone but themselves. It just makes every adult that Harry's met into a liar and an idiot.