Voldemort's life debt to Lily (Theory)

[darrin_burnett]

No: HPFGUIDX 42442

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "Richelle Votaw" <rvotaw at i...> wrote:
> 
> 
> > > Aloha:
> >  > 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?
> 
> Though I am hard pressed to believe that Voldemort could feel 
remorse, let's  assume for a moment that there is just a teeny tiny 
bit of human left in him and he did feel a flashing moment of guilt.  
So, he becomes so angry at himself that he felt this guilt that he 
immediately AK's Lily, even though he had every intention of sparing 
her.  Now, if we make another assumption that Lily's death in the 
film is approved by JKR.  She has time to scream out as the spell 
hits her.  It takes a few seconds before she dies, rather than an 
instant death as usually seen in AK's.  Now, stay with me here.
> Suppose that extra time it takes for Lily to die is a result of 
Voldemort's hypothetical moment of guilt.  Perhaps to perform an AK 
to perfection you must have absolute hatred toward the individual and 
not a trace of guilt or remorse.  Because of his moment's hesitation 
Lily is slower to die, and then it builds from there and Harry 
doesn't die at all.  Instead it bounces and so much for Voldemort.
> 

Hmmmmmm.... OK. Let's take some of your assumptions and go a slightly 
different direction. 

All along, I've said that if V-Mort went into Godric's Hollow with 
the intention of not killing Lily, he did a poor job of it, because 
it seems there are lots of ways to go about moving her without 
killing her.

What if the guilt and remorse you and Aloha speak of is actually a 
violation of some promise he made to Wormtail or Snape? It seems safe 
to say V-Mort is pretty arrogant. Maybe he thought he was above the 
magical binds behind debts and promises, and this is a case of one 
biting him in his scaly rump?

Yes, I'm straying somewhat by attaching a magical bind to a promise, 
but hey, we're talking about magic. As far as I'm concerned, the sky 
is the limit.

On the other hand, I'd REALLY like Lily's sacrifice to remain as 
untouched as possible by outside forces. 


> Yes, I know, that paragraph has an awful lot of assumptions.  But 
until Book 5 comes out I've nothing better to do than make 
assumptions. :)
> 

Hey, until Book 5 comes out, all we gots are assumptions. None are 
better than the other.

Darrin
-- You know what they say when you assume, right? Nah, I never let it 
stop me, either.