Would Lily have been spared?

[darrin_burnett]

No: HPFGUIDX 42173

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "elvishooked" <Elvishooked at h...> wrote:
> If Voldemort had succeeded in killing James and Harry first - would 
> he have let Lily go? I think he would.
> What was it about James and Harry - and not Lily - that was such a 
> threat to Voldemort?
> 
> Inge

You see, I don't know. I realize that wondering why Lily appeared to 
have been spared is a great mystery, but what if it's just a wild 
goose chase?

If he really wanted to spare Lily, why couldn't he have spared Lily? 
He could have magically (or physically, for that matter) yanked Harry 
from Lily's arms, or put the Crucio curse on her and, while she was 
writhing in pain, rolled her away from Harry, or any one of a number 
of spells, curses or charms I'm not thinking off right now to 
separate Harry from Lily's grasp. After all, this is the brightest 
Hogwarts student ever we're talking about.

There were other options besides AK at his disposal. If he really 
wanted to keep it non-lethal where Lily was concerned, it seems like 
he could have.

Maybe Lily would have been killed all along, just to be tidy and 
Voldemort, an efficient sort -- and perhaps pressed for time -- 
wanted to make sure he got James and Harry first.

Obviously, for plot purposes, you need Harry's mother sacrificing for 
him to make the story go. BUT, if we find out Lily was to be spared 
for some reason, it strikes me as a real FLINT problem. 

Darrin
-- first time I've ever used FLINT in a post