I’m now wondering what kind of person Lily would have become if she had never gone to Hogwarts. She seems to be a pretty normal, decent kid in these scenes. She’s a little vain, a little bit of a showoff, but those aren’t major failings. She loves Petunia and wants to be close to her, and she cares about Severus’s unhappy home life. It wasn’t until Hogwarts poisoned her mind that she thought it was funny to torment the sister who couldn’t fight back, or started judging and rejecting her bullied, impoverished friend.
You made Lily much more like able to me.
Dumbledore really poisoned the childhood of his students. Harry, Ron, Hermione start out flawed but likeable. Then Hogwarts brings out the worst in them.
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Date: 2014-07-21 01:15 am (UTC)You made Lily much more like able to me.
Dumbledore really poisoned the childhood of his students. Harry, Ron, Hermione start out flawed but likeable. Then Hogwarts brings out the worst in them.