The January Challenge: Lily revisited
The Challenge for January 2011:
Lily revisited
Lily revisited
Years ago (we've been around for a while, oh yes!)we had 'Severus and Lily' as a monthly challenge.
alicekinsno1 suggested to take a closer look at Lily's character:
Maybe something that discusses the character of Lily more deeply? I'd love to see what some of your ideas are for just how Lily went from treating Snape so harshly and talking back to James, to being the stereotypical "saintly mother" at the end of her life. There's something about her personality that doesn't add up.
That is to say, how her apparently selfless decision to die for her baby makes sense in light of the way she treated Severus or even James. With possibly a side comment about how despite being so powerful and gifted she didn't really show any of that by dying pleading for her baby's life without even trying to take on Voldemort.
Please post your entries here or in a separate post. I'm looking forward to your entries.
If you have ideas for new challenges, please post them here. (This is a new list, your earlier suggestions are still in the old post).
Re: Pearlette to Duj
It also says nothing whatsoever about why the level of such accidents (whatever it is) is what it is; saying it's got to be low because the kids are magical is pure speculation. We do know that children don't usually manifest magic during their first year, so at that point Lily and James did not actually know for certain that Harry *was* magical, so it's a moot point anyway.
The point about safety cushions on brooms is an assumption. There is nothing denying it in the books (absence of evidence), but nothing supporting it either (no evidence either way). So you are defending a canon incident on the basis of an assumption that is allowed but not necessary and which not everyone feels comfortable making. Probably we're all going to have to agree to disagree, since we're arguing on the level of assumptions each is making instead only on textual evidence.
Re: Pearlette to Duj