Do আপনি think Lily was ever in প্রণয় with Severus?

how i wish i could answer with an unreserved, emphatic "YES!". but, i would go with what my gut, অথবা maybe just my wishful thinking says: "yes, it could have been a definite possibility."

they were the closest friends. best friends. that in itself is a powerful form of love. i'd happily make the assertion that the line between platonic and romantic প্রণয় does have a tendency to make itself blurred. case in point: severus. but the প্রশ্ন remains if the same can be ব্যক্ত of lily. the romantic in me screams that she must have had at some point, only she must not have been made aware of it till it was too late (she's already married james and had harry). the cynic in me however argues that she must have loved him, but not enough to choose him over everything else (james, shady associates, biases, the hostile slytherin-gryffindor dynamic, etc)

with that last bit being said, a quote দ্বারা John Powell: "The only প্রণয় worthy of a name is unconditional."

Lily may not have loved Severus in the way we would have liked her to, but that only makes Snape's so much আরো beautiful.

I think in her own way Lilly did প্রণয় him but i think in alot of ways for Lilly's side it was platonic while for snape he defiantly wanted something more...

i think also: আপনি have to think: why did lilly hang onto snape's friendship during their first 5 years of school with all the slytherin-gryffindor bashing? what did lilly see in snape? did she see a glimmer of goodness that we saw in book 7?

How much I wish I could agree, but I'm not sure! The only thing I'm aware of is that Lily felt somehow protective about Severus, and then, he was the first wizard she met, the first to tell her about the wizards' world ... of course she considered him to be a SPECIAL friend, and loved him...in a way. But how many times a stupid prejudice was to spoil a relationship, even greater love. So, if there was a feeling it wasn't strong enough to survive, to go through all the differences ( friends, opinions, interests...)and to last for a lifetime...

i think she was and didnt know it, since they were such good friends. but if she thougth about it, i think she might have realized she was.

She loved him as a friend, and in my opinion, the difference between friendship প্রণয় and romantic প্রণয় isn't as big as some people seem to think it is. I also think she started to প্রণয় him romantically when she was old enough, but didn't realise it - at least not until they broke up. So yes, I think she did প্রণয় him, too.

If they had feelings for each other ? Yes.

However, the nature of these feelings diverged over time. I always think that Lily *liked* him when Severus *loved* her.

I even wonder if Severus loved her really. I tend to think this was rather sublimation as time went by. আরো something akin to devotion on his part. Throw in his strong sense of duty and his usual guilt, and আপনি have probably what he felt.

Though we'll never know, with such an Occlumens...

Unconditionality is the key word indeed. Severus loved her beyond time and death. While she did not, as she was not even able to try to "save" him from his clumsy attempt to impress her, i.e. the Dark Arts and the like.

I'm so sad for him.

I really don't think so. As I ব্যক্ত on the pick in the Severus Snape spot:

Lily was completely against Severus' friends, but she didn't seem to try very hard to get him away from them. I know they fought, but all she really ব্যক্ত was, "I don't like them. I think their sense of humor is evil!" If it was me, I would have fought tooth and nail - done everything in my power - to get the one I loved away from people who were absolutely nasty and would turn him into a Death Eater.

She had the perfect opportunity, when Severus was on his knees, begging him to forgive him, to get him away from them (ultimatum, anyone? It's actually a concept I'm exploring in my new(est) fanfic) but she didn't. She threw it - and him - away.

I don't know. I think she was but then James came and she fell in প্রণয় with him.

I think Lily only loved him as a friend. If he hadn't continued in the Dark Arts, I feel there COULD have been a chance, but no, the প্রণয় was very one sided (in the romantic sense)