Re: If Severus is nuanced, so is Lily
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As for the way Lily treated Severus and James, what are her crimes, exactly?
Being dishonest with her 'friend'. She didn't really consider him her friend at the time of the werewolf incident, she lied when she said they were 'best friends'. She didn't care that he nearly died, she didn't want to hear his version. She took the rumors that originated with the Marauders as truth that didn't need examination. That is not the behavior of a friend, let alone a 'best' one.
And then during SWM all the attention she gave James while ignoring her supposed friend and not helping him at all because James was much more interesting.
I agree that her lack of social decency has nothing to do with her behavior during the moments before her death, though I have no idea whether her behavior was courageous, panicky or what.
Being dishonest with her 'friend'. She didn't really consider him her friend at the time of the werewolf incident, she lied when she said they were 'best friends'. She didn't care that he nearly died, she didn't want to hear his version. She took the rumors that originated with the Marauders as truth that didn't need examination. That is not the behavior of a friend, let alone a 'best' one.
And then during SWM all the attention she gave James while ignoring her supposed friend and not helping him at all because James was much more interesting.
I agree that her lack of social decency has nothing to do with her behavior during the moments before her death, though I have no idea whether her behavior was courageous, panicky or what.