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I believe that Snape and Lily may have had some type of relationship or that Snape and/or Lily had more than platonic feelings towards each other. This belief stems from the fact that when posed the question, "Has Snape ever been loved by anyone?" JKR said in an interview that, "Yes, he has, which in some ways makes him more culpable even than Voldemort, who never has." While this person could have been his parents or a friend, I believe it was Lily. At first, I was confused how this could make Snape more culpable and not less because he has felt love, but then Christina explained to me, "because maybe he did something in the past to hurt that person." This would fit because he could have hurt Lily in many aspects. He hurt her when overhearing the prophecy and ultimately killing her and leaving her only son to live with her cruel sister, he hurt her when treating her son with contempt and hatred, and he hurt her with a possible rejection of whatever feelings she had towards him.

JKR was posed the question about whether Snape or Lupin had feelings towards Lily in the same interview. She replied by saying that Lupin was, "fond of Lily... but I wouldn't want anyone to run around thinking he competed with James for her." She does not, however, say a thing about Snape. This causes me to believe that Snape may have indeed had some feelings for her.

Other commenters on the site have expressed feelings of the same caliber, suspecting some sort of feelings between the two. I have to agree with them, that love may have been motivation enough for Snape to change sides. I also agree that Snape may have been hiding past feelings for Lily by hating Harry. However, I think it may have been deeper than just hiding feelings. I think that Harry reminded Snape of James, who was the man that would have most likely taken Lily away from him. Since Harry resembled so much and acted so much like James, Snape formed a burning hatred for him. He does, after all, always say that Harry is, "just like his father." He never once says he is like his mother. These actions towards Harry may further illustrate past feelings Snape had towards Lily.

I don't know if this theory will amount to anything more than just speculation, but I find it interesting that Snape was loved at some point in his life. As we have seen throughout the books, love is the ultimate source of power. It is the one thing that Voldemort underestimates and maybe this love saved or can save Snape.

** Interview transcripts can be found on mugglenet.com **