Lots of Harry Potter News

[rattlesnakeroot]

I've been out of things with a bad cold this holiday weekend, so I missed alot of news! So I'm putting all the news I could find into this one post

This is long so all of it is under the cut.

Comments

[shyfoxling]

So she's come back with an essay trying to prove her point that their relationship was "developed."

Um. Okay. Not to get ad hominem about it, but how old is this person herself?

"...I could never see Snape as the ultimate love-lorn hero -- sure, he risked a lot in Lily Potter's memory, but his love apparently didn't extend to treating her only child with the kindness a truly sacrificial love would have demanded."Well, to play devil's advocate, there is a point there; Severus never exorcised all his demons, no, and whether or not he still hated Harry at the end (indeed, whether or not he ever truly hated him, although that's slightly outside the scope of this post), it seems he never did come to a place of even calm civility, much less kindness. Harry was, at the least, a serious psychological trigger for him, and that damage was never healed (and from Harry's perspective it does seem he didn't try; what was really the case, we can't quite know). But I don't see how all this invalidates the "sacrificial" nature of anything he did

[rattlesnakeroot]

That will definitely be a case of having a drink just before the movie! I need to find a designated driver before I go.

Great post - lots of excellent points. :)

[shyfoxling]

That will definitely be a case of having a drink just before the movie!

Easy to do if seeing the midnight show at Azkatraz. (Bars? In San Francisco? I must be joking.)

Develop this

[teaqueenie]

I don't really read Harry/Ginny as a developed relationship in any way. It's not completely unbelievable but I'd suggest Ron/Hermione as well-developed in the series. From the first book onward, there are overtones of Hermione as Molly and Ron as Arthur.

Snape portrays the classic version of unrequited love. He has chosen Lily, and though she has taken another, he will continue to love her and her memory. At one time, centuries ago, Snape would have been viewed as an expression of the highest form of love.

Hope you're feeling better, SIP.

Re: Develop this

[rattlesnakeroot]

Thank you! I am feeling better - it was just a cold, and thankfully not something worse.

I agree about Snape/Lily being a form of chivalric love right out of an Arthurian legend. Snape and Lily's relationship was obviously mutual when they were children - they were classic childhood friends, and as they grew up it became tragically one-sided on his part. All that matters was that it was meaningful for Snape and became his motivation for going on in life. Considering the pattern that JKR has with Hermione/Ron and Ginny/Harry - boys attracted by girls just like their Moms - the Snape/Lily relationship is even more amazing. The only thing Lily had in common with Snape's mother is that she was a female witch.