Would Lily have been spared?

[eledhwen_0]

No: HPFGUIDX 42201

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Richelle Votaw" <rvotaw at i...> wrote:
> Eledhwen writes:
> 
> > We know that he wanted Harry dead, but do we really know that he
> > wanted James dead. James went to try to hold Voldemort of, thus he
> > became an obstruction. Isn't it possible that Voldemort killed 
James
> > simply because he was in the way, just like Lily. If I am mistaken
> > and there is some evidence that states that Voldemort specifically
> > wanted James dead I would really like to know.
> 
> Well, I've always gotten that from SS/PS page 294, Voldemort 
says "I killed
> your father first, and he put up a courageous fight ... but your 
mother
> needn't have died."  It implies that there was no intent to kill 
Lily, but
> James would've died anyway.  Anyone else have something different?
> 
> Richelle

I might be streching here, but couldn't James have been killed 
because he put up a courageous fight thus getting in the way, but it 
might have been the way you say too, it does make sense.

Eledhwen