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I just have one more honest question for you, actually, that just occurred to me rereading your post (wow, can I not let go of something when I have it in my teeth or what? :) ).
RE seeing Severus as a thrill-seeker, if we are to accept the notion that Lily really was still truly friends with Severus on her part by the time of the Mulciber conversation, and had not yet distanced herself from him:
how has she spent 6 or 7 years being friends with Severus (IIRC it's indicated that they met when Severus was 9, and he would be 16 here) and never noticed that he is by far no thrill-seeker? Severus not explicitly stating that he doesn't like to court danger is one thing, but don't friends also generally pick up things from behavioural cues and construct subconscious understandings of their friends based on their behavioral patterns? Why would her knowledge *of him* as an individual with whom she has supposedly closely associated for half a decade suddenly be completely overridden by the norms of a subculture she knows he has not been immersed in, even if she herself has? Because I doubt that they spent their summers thrill-seeking together, and if they did anything of that sort, the impetus would have come from Lily. Wouldn't she remember having to urge Severus into joining in, instead of him taking the lead and being all gung-ho Gryffindorish? Even if he never refused due to his pride, his demeanor would indicate some level of discomfort, I would think.
A real question. Sorry to keep at you. :)
RE seeing Severus as a thrill-seeker, if we are to accept the notion that Lily really was still truly friends with Severus on her part by the time of the Mulciber conversation, and had not yet distanced herself from him:
how has she spent 6 or 7 years being friends with Severus (IIRC it's indicated that they met when Severus was 9, and he would be 16 here) and never noticed that he is by far no thrill-seeker? Severus not explicitly stating that he doesn't like to court danger is one thing, but don't friends also generally pick up things from behavioural cues and construct subconscious understandings of their friends based on their behavioral patterns? Why would her knowledge *of him* as an individual with whom she has supposedly closely associated for half a decade suddenly be completely overridden by the norms of a subculture she knows he has not been immersed in, even if she herself has? Because I doubt that they spent their summers thrill-seeking together, and if they did anything of that sort, the impetus would have come from Lily. Wouldn't she remember having to urge Severus into joining in, instead of him taking the lead and being all gung-ho Gryffindorish? Even if he never refused due to his pride, his demeanor would indicate some level of discomfort, I would think.
A real question. Sorry to keep at you. :)