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*nods* Yes. And good point with the parallel with Percy.
I'm definitely not arguing that Lily had some obligation to Severus due to *his* feelings for *her;* I just am arguing that what I see depicted in the text is either a current friend who is failing in her obligations *as a friend* - which is not a pretty picture, nor a sympathetic reading of Lily - OR someone who once was friends with another but isn't really any longer, and is just looking for the least messy way out, in typical awkward teenaged fashion. I think, really, that whatever friendship they had before on her part had started to wane after a year or so at Hogwarts, and now Lily really isn't emotionally engaged with Severus anymore. As sometimes happens.
And Severus, who was both under-socialized (and so less able to pick up subtle clues) and still deeply emotionally engaged in the friendship with Lily couldn't/didn't want to see what was happening, and held on to preserving it the best he could. Until the reality slapped him in the face in SWM, in a way that made it look to him like a sudden betrayal, and so he lashed out in rage and hurt. And destroyed the remnants of the friendship, which he immediately regretted but could not take back.
I'm definitely not arguing that Lily had some obligation to Severus due to *his* feelings for *her;* I just am arguing that what I see depicted in the text is either a current friend who is failing in her obligations *as a friend* - which is not a pretty picture, nor a sympathetic reading of Lily - OR someone who once was friends with another but isn't really any longer, and is just looking for the least messy way out, in typical awkward teenaged fashion. I think, really, that whatever friendship they had before on her part had started to wane after a year or so at Hogwarts, and now Lily really isn't emotionally engaged with Severus anymore. As sometimes happens.
And Severus, who was both under-socialized (and so less able to pick up subtle clues) and still deeply emotionally engaged in the friendship with Lily couldn't/didn't want to see what was happening, and held on to preserving it the best he could. Until the reality slapped him in the face in SWM, in a way that made it look to him like a sudden betrayal, and so he lashed out in rage and hurt. And destroyed the remnants of the friendship, which he immediately regretted but could not take back.