Snapedom

The January Challenge: Lily revisited

The World of Severus Snape

********************
Anonymous users, remember that you must sign all your comments with your name or nick! Comments left unsigned may be screened without notice.

********************

Welcome to Snapedom!
If you want to see snapedom entries on your LJ flist, add snapedom_syn feed. But please remember to come here to the post to comment.

This community is mostly unmoderated. Read the rules and more in "About Snapedom."

No fanfic or art posts, but you can promote your fanfic and fanart, or post recommendations, every Friday.

The January Challenge: Lily revisited

[info]sylvanawood
1/3/11 04:02 pm
Previous Entry Add to Memories Tell a Friend Next Entry
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).
Previous Entry Add to Memories Tell a Friend Next Entry

  • Re: Lily, Sev, Mary, dark magic

    [info]oryx_leucoryx
    1/15/11 06:29 am (UTC)
    I disagree, I think it is answered in the text. The Unforgivables are obviously Dark Magic, so is 'Sectumsempra' (because its effects are so ghastly, it literally cuts people up).

    We also have evidence in the text that more than one definition of Dark Magic exists in Wizarding Britain. Barty Crouch Sr's words in chapter 9 of GOF imply that the Unforgivables are not Dark Arts if performed by Aurors/people who fight Voldemort/people aligned politically with himself/people he likes or something along those lines. And Arthur and Amos stand there listening and do not show any sign of dissent, nor does Arthur say anything critical of Bartemius to the kids later (something along the lines of 'not all those who were against You-Know-Who were also against the Dark Arts'). There is also the curious line by Xeno about the Hallows not being Dark in the crude sense - implying they might be Dark in the non-crude sense. And there even being a non-crude sense of Dark Arts.

    Then contrariwise there are the things that are not Dark-Arts that are as bad as Unforgivables but get a pass because they lack the Dark label - love potions, Confundus, Memory Charms. So I join Severus in calling wizards out on their hypocrisy.

Powered by InsaneJournal