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The January Challenge: Lily revisited

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The January Challenge: Lily revisited

[info]sylvanawood
1/3/11 04:02 pm
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The Challenge for January 2011:

Lily revisited



Years ago (we've been around for a while, oh yes!)we had 'Severus and Lily' as a monthly challenge.

[info]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).
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  • Re: Pearlette to Duj

    [info]00sevvie
    1/14/11 05:32 pm (UTC)
    I'm no fan of Dumbledore, and I do think he at least subconsciously 'groomed' Harry to be loyal to him and unquestioning of his decisions, but I agree that the pedophile analogy goes a bit too far.

    RE Lily: I think part of the difficulty that can crop up here sometimes (RE Lily and also many other things) is that in the books JKR veers back and forth between a cartoonish tone (especially in the early books, but also a bit in the later ones) and a gritty 'realist' tone. So what works within a certain tone becomes jarring within the context of the work as a whole to some readers. The letter might be one of these instances. Also, I could sort of see it being one of those things that you laugh a little about after the fact, but during the fact is certainly worrisome. I don't think it was the *best* parenting attitude, but it's not exactly Dursley-level negligence either. It's the attitude of young inexperienced parents who are sincere in their love but who IMHO still haven't got the responsibility aspect down perfectly.

    • [info]shyfoxling
      1/14/11 09:10 pm (UTC)
      I agree with the remarks about conflicting tones which can make it confusing as to what light we're ought to read certain events in.

      • [info]00sevvie
        1/15/11 01:55 am (UTC)
        It certainly confuses me sometimes. I think I get what JKR was trying to pull off, but IMHO it really, really didn't work out well.
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