Severus Snape & Lily Evans

answer this question

Severus Snape & Lily Evans Question

After calling Lily a mudblood, what should Severus have done to be forgiven?

He apologized, but that wasn't enough, what else could he have done? What would you have done at his place?
 lilyZ posted over a year ago
next question »

Severus Snape & Lily Evans  best answer

LadyNottingham said:
Hum... difficult to say. Several steps possible : Faith had already covered some and I concur with her :
- Stop (at least temporarily) studying the dark arts ;
- Stop associating with the Death Eaters : after all, they were the ones responsible for this mudblood nonsense - even if that meant to have strained relationships with most members of the House of Slytherin for the remaining of his schooling at Hogwarts ;
- Telling her she's right, he was just a fool over that mudblood nonsense - that's not the same thing that apologizing for a slip word. Reason vs emotion ;
- Telling her how much he loved her, so much that he's able to stop hanging with the wrong crowd ;
- At last, proposing her he would marry her as soon they get out of Hogwarts - that would have shown her that he considered a mudblood as worthy as any other girl to be his consort ;
- asking help from Albus Dumbledore who was already Headmaster and who is of course, as everyone knows, a skilled and shrewd matchmaker (in a very Slytherin fashion - only for that talent he could have been sorted there).

But honestly, what do you expect from a young boy aged 15-17 (lacking the necessary maturity), with a difficult family history such as his, which has problems in opening up, etc ? Real difficult.
 select as best answer
posted over a year ago 
*
Totally agree. But no, we have to site here and fanatasize... i'll have to right a fan-fic where he does apologize/whatever
DracoFanGirl posted over a year ago
*
This is scary. It's like EVERYONE agrees with each other! But it's awesome at the same time! LadyNottingham, you are the monarch of awesome.
LilysLittleTwin posted over a year ago
Hiding 2 comments... click to show.
*
Well said LadyNottingham! At that time Severus was just a shy and awkward young boy, plus they had such a special circumstance in school....Dark Arts was thought to be an evil subject not a science ,there were immense tension and misunderstanding between Slytherin & Gryffindor...Poor Severus. He had humiliated himself by threatening to sleep outside Gryffindor common room to ask forgiveness ----just after he was bulled by several evil Gryffindors in front of the whole school!
forsnape posted over a year ago
next question »

Answers

Faith-Rulz said:
I think Severus could have severed all ties with that particular crowd he was hanging out with or well experimenting with the dark arts (even tho i ackonwledge this later benefited snape and others in the future by saving lives: harry, dumbledore, katie) maybe talk with Lilly how he really felt by opening up more...i dont know really...
 select as best answer
posted over a year ago 
*
I agree with you! I think that Severus used to hide his feelings and this spoiled it all! If he would have been more sincere, and told Lily what he was really feeling/thinking, there could have been another story!
lilyZ posted over a year ago
*
if u ask me it all comes down to what we learn from home, school, friends or whatever, snape's parents always fought and i fee maybe snape may have been abused (who knows) but i cant imagine snape expressing himself freely and openly with his parents if they were fighting like they were ... the only person i see or ever snape really felt comfortable opening up to was lilly but even then he didnt truly trust himself or lilly for that matter in admitting how he felt
Faith-Rulz posted over a year ago
SilverStarlight said:
he could have told her that he loved her. that would made her forget all about that. granted, it may have freaked her out, but, eh. *laughs*
 select as best answer
posted over a year ago 
*
Of course it would freak her out! But, it's Severus we're talknig about here...
DracoFanGirl posted over a year ago
pancakeschocho said:
He probably should have friend to get her trust back slowly, working with tiny things instead of full-out BEGGING for her forgiveness. He wouldn't have gotten the friendship they had before back, but it would have been better than nothing.
 select as best answer
posted over a year ago 
next question »
Cookies help us bring you Fanpop. By using Fanpop, you agree to our use of cookies. Learn More Got It!