Yeah. I think it's part of the characterisation of a teenager. I think Rowling must have been writing this book around the time of the big "discovery" that teenagers are dreadful at interpreting other people's emotions.


It does indeed.



I was surprised that he said Lily didn't need to die. Can't remember right now whether he told her that or just thought it, but it's very surprising. He was quite gung ho about killing James. Maybe it was a promise to Snape or something like that? Lily is the reason Snape turned away from Voldemort.

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I might be reading too much into that?


I wondered exactly the same thing. But maybe at this point she knows it's not a problem because the Ministry's busy with other stuff (and obviously utterly corrupt).