Voldemort on when someone dies to protect their family

[naamagatus]

No: HPFGUIDX 42266

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Amanda Geist" <editor at t...> wrote:
> Dembeldei (interesting moniker) observed:
> 
> > In reading various posts on Harry's parents' deaths and 
> > Voldemort's graveyard comments on them, I wonder why Voldemort > 
> calls James 'courageous' for standing up to him while he calls
> > Lily 'foolish' or 'silly' or crazy.  What is Voldemort's 
> > problem-- is he sexist?  Or is he so embarrassed that Lily got > 
> > the better of him?
> 
> One reason may be that James had to die, and Lily didn't, 
> necessarily. Supported somewhat by Voldemort saying she didn't have 
> to die (which I  personally think is untrue, I think he was just > 
> saying stuff he thought  might make her move). Perhaps he considers 
> James courageous for standing up to inevitable certain death, and 
> Lily foolish for standing up to an unnecessary one.

Of course. This exactly agrees with what Dumbledore says of him in 
PS: "If there is one thing Voldemort cannot understand, it is love".

He didn't understand it then, and he doesn't understand it still. 
Although he knows, technically, that Lily saved Harry by self 
sacrifice, since he can't (won't?) feel love, he can't understand her 
motive.  To say to Voldemort that Lily's motive was love, would be 
like saying to me that somebody died for selrwlejd. It's meaningless 
for him. And this is Voldemort, remember, the man whose overriding 
ambition is immortality. I'm sure nothing could seem stupider to him 
than to die for another person. 


Naama