[HPforGrownups] Re: Would Lily have been spared?/AK curse

[Jesta Hijinx]

No: HPFGUIDX 42312


>"...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?
>
Sadism?

What particular need has Voldemort of truth-telling?

>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.
>
...but you're right:  this pair-up does suggest that she was an obstacle, 
not a target.

So either V was after James and Harry, or just Harry.


>The fact remains that killing her anyway because she
>became an annoyance is totally consistent with
>Voldemort's character.

Yep.

He doesn't evince any values of preserving life for its own sake - merely 
what is useful to him.

Felinia



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