Now, see here, Lily, I don't not like you or anything, but I am just kinda mad at you, you know? Like, part of it's just this whimsical sort of "aughhhhh she coulda had the BEST FREAKING CHARACTER IN THE WHOLE SERIES but she fell in love with this really obnoxious guy instead!" and part of it is just because I think she should have been a better friend to Severus--she seemed to always be tearing him down (with good reason, at least at times) but she never appeared to build him back up, say, "You can do this," "I believe in you," "you're a good person." And with the apparent absence of a good adult role-model, I think Snape desperately needed that... = /