Have you ever considered....

[potterpotty]

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Date: 8/16/00 1:24 am  (ET)

I'm sure James was killed first otherwise how could Voldemort kill
James after he himself was reduced to a mere shell when the spell on
Harry backfired?

Anyway, I also wondered why is it ( if Voldemort was after the Potters
and presumeably to finish them off), that Voldemort told Harry that his
mother didn't need to die ? Could it be possible that if Lily had said
she would join him instead of being killed, he would then have spared
her and the baby ?

The house was probably destroyed due to the force of the spell
backfiring. No, let's see...maybe when V had Lily cornered, he delighted
in showing her how he first killed James and as a further malicious act,
he destroyed their precious home burning it to the ground to inflict more
agony and then he turned to her...laughing all the way (the laughter
which Harry hears in his later years), wanting to kill the baby. How
about that ?

I also like to think that Harry will somehow find his way to his former
home in the forthcoming books and the entire scene will be replayed so
that he knows once and for all, what really really transpired.