Would Lily have been spared?/AK curse

[angelsound2001 at yahoo.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 42202

I think canon points to Lily *not* having been a
primary target of Voldemort's.

In PS/SS (Scholastic p. 294), Voldemort says:

"...but your mother neednt have died...she was trying
to protect you..."

Dunno why he'd bother to make that up. Well, unless,
of course, it's to set up his next line, which is "Now
give me the Stone, unless you want her to have died in
vain." OK, I take it back. Can't trust him, can we?

Still, this line paired with "Stand aside, you silly
girl" in Harrys dementor-induced memories are the
closest canon comes to confirming that Lily was not
originally a target.

The fact remains that killing her anyway because she
became an annoyance is totally consistent with
Voldemort's character.
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Roo suggests that Voldemort invented Avada Kedavra,
thus explaining why instances of its being blocked are
unheard of. One problem:

How, then, would the Aurors have learned it?

We know they were given license to use lethal force.
We don't necessarily know that AK is part of the
Aurors' repertoire. But nobody was surprised that
(Fake!)Moody knew how to cast it.

If, on the other hand, it was known that only DEs knew
how to cast AK, wouldnt that have blown Fake!Moodys
cover?

Roo's theory could still work. Perhaps Aurors learned
the AK curse from DEs while undercover...? *shrug*

--Raven

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