[HPforGrownups] Voldemort's life debt to Lily (Theory)

[Jacqueline Hendries]

No: HPFGUIDX 42398

Richelle writes:
> Which brings up an interesting thought.  Lily's plea of "have mercy."
 I suppose she could've just been stalling for time if she was
completing a  complex spell, though I can't understand how you can work
on a spell and beg for mercy at the same time.  Or she could have been
a desperate mother crying out for mercy of her child.  Or . . .
something else.  Unless Lily  had a past history of some sort or
another with Voldemort, the idea of her  asking him to have mercy is
about like asking a wall to make tea. (Aloha says: I loved this line,
by the way) This is  the dark lord who thinks nothing of killing.  Who
has already killed  many  witches and wizards, and has plans for many
more.  Who has every intention  of killing a 15 month old baby who is
completely defenseless.   Yet he stops for a moment before Lily.  Who
begs him to "have mercy." <<

My almost 4am thought: what if, it wasn't Lily's love DIRECTLY that
caused the AK to rebound? Could it have been that she somehow made
Voldemort the Cruel feel a teensy bit of remorse for what he was going
to do, and in doing so screw up the AK? I know this theory probably
doesn't hold water, really, but it's something that might be
interesting to think about. I'm too tired/lazy right now to try backing
it up with canon, but if anyone else has the inclination... just
thought I'd throw it out there. :)

~ Aloha, who needs to go to bed RIGHT NOW

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