How to rescue "EWWWWW"

[marinafrants]

No: HPFGUIDX 34945

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "lucky_kari" <lucky_kari at y...> wrote:
> /me is becoming obsessed with EWWW, but notes one consistent 
problem 
> people have with it. How did Voldemort join LOLLIPOPS? And why 
would 
> he care?

<snip possible explanations>

> PS. The most important part of the EWWW theory, imho, is that it 
> explains why Voldemort offered Lily her life, something that no 
other 
> theory has, to my eyes, properly accounted for.

George says he's willing to tackle that one.

What if Voldemort wanted Lily for himself?  Not because he was 
crushing on her or anything, but for strategic reasons?  Say there 
was some sort of prophecy (Trelawny's first accurate prediction, 
maybe?) along the lines of "Lily Potter's son will win the war for 
his father's side."  So Voldy, who has not has a decent Classical 
education, and therefore hasn't read Greek mythology, and therefore 
doesn't know that trying to mess with a prophecy is a sure-fire way 
to make it come true, decides he's going to turn this to his 
advantage by killing James and Harry and making Lily bear *him* a 
son.  But when he shows up in Godric's Hollow to try and pull this 
off, Lily insists on sacrificing herself, so Voldy says "Okay, fine, 
be that way, I'll just kill all of you -- that ought to take care of 
the stupid prophecy."  And the rest, as they say, is history.

There -- a fairly EWWW explanation that sounds like the sort of 
nasty thing that Voldemort might do, and does not require George to 
board any ships or swallow any LOLLIPOPS.

Marina
rusalka at ix.netcom.com