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...I must admit I am less convinced by this argument than by your other arguments.
True, as a teenager one would try to whitewash the other. But Lily is never shown condemning the Slytherins for *cowardice* or otherwise indicating that considerations of bravery specifically play a huge role in her determination of a person's character as good or bad. She's a Gryff, yes, but so is Hermione, so is Neville...there are different forms of bravery, and Lily is never otherwise shown identifying risk-to-life-and-limb, foolhardy rush into death type bravery with moral character or one's "strengths."
And even if she's not wanting to see him as *timid,* that's a far cry from suddenly, immediately interpreting the only reason for his having gone into the tunnel with thrillseeking. Especially considering how recent this development is - it's in THIS VERY CONVERSATION that that occurs to her, you argue (or so I understood your argument), and she is *still confused* about her own feelings. But then why didn't she go see him *before* this conversation? I thought it was because she thought he had been stupidly thrillseeking but had seen him walking about unharmed - before this conversation? She would have had to already have done a complete about-face on her perception of the personality of someone she's known for years (hard enough for me to buy into fully), before the supposed impetus for that about-face!
True, as a teenager one would try to whitewash the other. But Lily is never shown condemning the Slytherins for *cowardice* or otherwise indicating that considerations of bravery specifically play a huge role in her determination of a person's character as good or bad. She's a Gryff, yes, but so is Hermione, so is Neville...there are different forms of bravery, and Lily is never otherwise shown identifying risk-to-life-and-limb, foolhardy rush into death type bravery with moral character or one's "strengths."
And even if she's not wanting to see him as *timid,* that's a far cry from suddenly, immediately interpreting the only reason for his having gone into the tunnel with thrillseeking. Especially considering how recent this development is - it's in THIS VERY CONVERSATION that that occurs to her, you argue (or so I understood your argument), and she is *still confused* about her own feelings. But then why didn't she go see him *before* this conversation? I thought it was because she thought he had been stupidly thrillseeking but had seen him walking about unharmed - before this conversation? She would have had to already have done a complete about-face on her perception of the personality of someone she's known for years (hard enough for me to buy into fully), before the supposed impetus for that about-face!