[HPforGrownups] Re: "Stand aside, girl!"

[Deeblite]

No: HPFGUIDX 18888

At 02:58 AM 5/17/01 +0000, you wrote:
>--- In HPforGrownups at y..., Dave Hardenbrook <DaveH47 at m...> wrote:
> > Why does Voldemort tell Lily to "stand aside" and later
> > tell Harry "She didn't have to die"?  Since when does V
> > make an effort to avoid killing someone if he can (Cedric)?
>
>Hi, everyone!
>
>Some time ago, I came up with a theory and I still haven't gotten
>resonable proof to undermine it. My idea is that Lily had once had
>the chance to kill Voldemort, but was merciful (just like Harry was
>to Wormtail). Then, V knew that he owned her his life, that he was
>connected to her by that powerful kind of magic Dumbledore tells
>Harry at the end of PoA. Hence his effort not to kill her. But then,
>when he actually went on and did it, it backfired and he lost his
>power.
>
>Does it sound likely to any one of you?


Or it could be a chivalry type thing.  He doesnt want to kill women unless 
he really needs to.  I know, Bertha Jorkins, but he "needed" to do that.