Harry's abilities

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No: HPFGUIDX 9421

--- In HPforGrownups at egroups.com, "Sister Mary Lunatic" <klaatu at p...> 
wrote:
> Voldemort was not planning on killing Lily.  WHY?  He killed James, 
and then
> when Lily was shielding Harry, he said "Step aside, girl."  
Whatever reason
> Voldemort had for going after the Potters, it seems as if it had to 
do with
> James and Harry specifically.

A thought:  could it be nothing more than Vold doesn't consider Lily 
much of a threat?  That maybe Vold felt James was more capable of 
keeping him (V) from Harry, so yeah, kill him; but Lily is just this 
tearful mother.  Arrogant Vold didn't think Lily could do him any 
harm, pose any threat, not possibly be any real obstacle to him in 
his goal of killing Harry.  The whole 'No, not my baby--Step aside, 
girl' bit is very cliche, just makes for good drama.  My suspicion is 
that it doesn't mean anything more than what it's been:  The tragic 
Mother giving her life to protect her child, the Evil Villain(tm) 
using this info to torment the Brave Hero--by telling Harry that Lily 
didn't ~have~ to die, but she wouldn't let V have H, so that's why 
she died-- more angst for Harry - "My mum lost her life because of 
me..."  Pathos, you know?  For the record, I'm one of those who 
believe that Vold was ONLY after Harry, and this was ~probably~ due 
to Trelawney's first correct prediction... 

Kelley