why I ship Severus and Lily

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Here is the part where I go gooeey about my love of all things Severus/Lily. If you don't lik this pairing, by all means please skip this.

Why I love Snevans:

- They're so cute as children! XD

- Because they're both flawed people. Perfect people are great to meet, but boring to read about.

- They're both strong people. Pairings where one person is weak don't interest me.

- I have a soft spot for pairings where one person sees the beauty within the other person. I reckon Lily saw the beauty within Severus as a friend - so his looks don't matter to her. I know JKR sees Snape/Lily as always unrequited. My view? If she wants it to be seen as always unrequited, she should write it in.

- Severus changed his racist beliefs and allegiances for Lily. He truly became less selfish and more concerned for others due to his love.

- True love is about sacrifice. Tragedies and struggles make love stories seem more interesting to me. Severus sacrificed his safety and risked being tortured and killed when he changed his allegiances for Lily. Lily dies as a consequence for his actions. He shows his love through being a spy for Dumbledore (who manipulated and used him) and protecting Harry.

Snevans shippers, let me know why you ship them! :D

Comments

[paulshandy.livejournal.com]

I agree that Dumbledore used Snape, but I think "manipulated" is a strong word, isn't it? I only read the series once, but it seemed if Snape had the strength and brains to fool Voldermort, he would have the mental fortitude to resist being manipulated by Dumbledore's softer methods.

[deathnchocolate.livejournal.com]

- They're so cute as children! XD

I second that XD

- Because they're both flawed people. Perfect people are great to meet, but boring to read about.

I would like to add that not only they are flawed as characters, but their relationship is also flawed. And that's what gives it it's particularities, what makes it so interesting.

My view? If she wants it to be seen as always unrequited, she should write it in.

OMG, it's so beautiful to see people who sees it this way *-*. Lots of people say you're hurting the canon by depicting them in a physical relationship and/or harboring mutual romantic feelings for each other. Bah. There are so worse things people do with canon in this fandom...
I mean, I love Sirius/Remus but, if it's okay to make them - two male characters supposedly heterosexuals who share an average friendship - a couple for 80% of fandom, what's so wrong about spreading a little bit the friendship between Severus and Lily - two straight teenagers of opposite sexes in phase of sexual discovery in which one of them had canonical romantic feelings for the other one - to something more?
Sorry for the tl;dr, just wanted to say it.

My reasons to ship it is basically the same as yours, and I'd add that I'm a sucker for ships that involve best friends.