Because then people complain that teaching morality isn't the point of the book, or that that's how kids really act, or whatever.
I've actually mentioned this to several different people, and that's often the response I get.
I like the HP books, don't get me wrong, but I do tend to agree with Ursula Le Guin when she called them, IIRC, ethically mean-spirited.
Which, well, in many ways they are.
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I think the reason I fear a "Snape loved Lily" plot is that I honestly can't see Snape deeply regretting getting James killed, even if it does turn out that he actually loyal to Dumbeldore after all.
Which means that either a) Dumbledore was lying to Harry, b) Snape was lying to Dumbledore (which may or may not imply that he's notloyal to Dumbledore -- he's not likely to admit that he's not sorry he got the Potters killed, after all) or c) It was Lily Snape regretted getting killed.
Now, you don't have to love someone to regret getting them killed, and given that they apparently had a strong mutual interest in potion making, I could live with them being friends. But fiction tends to shy away from the notion that men and women can be friendly without one or both falling for the other.
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I've actually mentioned this to several different people, and that's often the response I get.
I like the HP books, don't get me wrong, but I do tend to agree with Ursula Le Guin when she called them, IIRC, ethically mean-spirited.
Which, well, in many ways they are.
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I think the reason I fear a "Snape loved Lily" plot is that I honestly can't see Snape deeply regretting getting James killed, even if it does turn out that he actually loyal to Dumbeldore after all.
Which means that either a) Dumbledore was lying to Harry, b) Snape was lying to Dumbledore (which may or may not imply that he's notloyal to Dumbledore -- he's not likely to admit that he's not sorry he got the Potters killed, after all) or c) It was Lily Snape regretted getting killed.
Now, you don't have to love someone to regret getting them killed, and given that they apparently had a strong mutual interest in potion making, I could live with them being friends. But fiction tends to shy away from the notion that men and women can be friendly without one or both falling for the other.