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Thank you! (And thanks for your comment on the prologue to Severus Evans, BTW. One of these days I'll remember to respond.)
It seems like a realistic portrayal of two people who have slowly grown apart over the years--a marriage that is more fizzling out than blowing apart with a bang.
Exactly. I do think, in the beginning, they both had good intentions, but they also both had blind spots that enabled them to ignore whether they were really a good long-term match for each other.
I find that I did feel a bit more sympathy for this Lily than canon Lily, because at least she tried to save Severus in her own misguided way, although obviously she was wrong to underestimate him.
As I said above to Esmestrella, I don't think Lily consciously said to herself, in her late teens, gee, I don't want to marry Sev, but I'd better do it since he gave up the DE's to win me back. That's her understanding in hindsight. And I think canon Lily would probably have given second thoughts to cutting him off if he went so far as to cut himself off from DE associations. After all, she DID give James a second chance when he did HIS "I can change!" transformation.
And I don't think the relationship was loveless for either of them so much as simply inadequate to sustain a marriage. But I do think Lily is more shallow than Severus, or at least that Severus would deepen more over the years, and that would ultimately drive a wedge between them that has nothing to do with anyone being the "bad" guy.
It seems like a realistic portrayal of two people who have slowly grown apart over the years--a marriage that is more fizzling out than blowing apart with a bang.
Exactly. I do think, in the beginning, they both had good intentions, but they also both had blind spots that enabled them to ignore whether they were really a good long-term match for each other.
I find that I did feel a bit more sympathy for this Lily than canon Lily, because at least she tried to save Severus in her own misguided way, although obviously she was wrong to underestimate him.
As I said above to Esmestrella, I don't think Lily consciously said to herself, in her late teens, gee, I don't want to marry Sev, but I'd better do it since he gave up the DE's to win me back. That's her understanding in hindsight. And I think canon Lily would probably have given second thoughts to cutting him off if he went so far as to cut himself off from DE associations. After all, she DID give James a second chance when he did HIS "I can change!" transformation.
And I don't think the relationship was loveless for either of them so much as simply inadequate to sustain a marriage. But I do think Lily is more shallow than Severus, or at least that Severus would deepen more over the years, and that would ultimately drive a wedge between them that has nothing to do with anyone being the "bad" guy.