Would Lily have been spared?

[elvishooked]

No: HPFGUIDX 42181

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "darrin_burnett" <bard7696 at a...> wrote:

> If he really wanted to spare Lily, why couldn't he have spared 
Lily? <<

Okay, that was not really my point - not that Voldemort *really 
wanted* to spare Lily. Only that it didn't seem important to him if 
she lived or died. He was going for James and Harry (he *really 
wanted* THEM to die) and only killed Lily because she was in his way 
to get to Harry...

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "darrin_burnett" <bard7696 at a...> wrote:

> 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.<<

Yes of course you're right. For plot purposes she had to die - but I 
still think that if Voldemort had gotten to Harry he wouldn't care 
much about Lily and would probably have left the house - mission 
accomplished - her being alive or not. That's what makes me wonder 
why James and Harry was a bigger threat to him than Lily was. If in 
fact she was a threat to him at all, which I doubt that she was.

Inge