[HPforGrownups] Harry's blood/Lily Potter (was Re: The Spying Game Part II - I want you to DIE, Mr Potter.)

[Richelle Votaw]

No: HPFGUIDX 40092

  From: grey_wolf_c 

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  Richelle asked:
  > however, this is something Voldemort "thought up" himself, could he 
  > have needed Harry's blood for another reason?  A reason, say, he
  > didn't want even his followers to know about?  Is this possible?  Or 
  > has my imagination gotten carried away?
  >
  Your last question implies that Voldemort needed Harry's blood for some 
  other reason besides the potion. I find that unlikely, since he used it 
  all in the potion. If he had wanted, he could've told Peter to keep 
  some for later use. He didn't have to explain, just order, but he 
  didn't.

Hmm, let me rephrase my question.  I find it hard to believe that Voldemort's greatest foe is a fourteen year old wizard in training.  Possible, I suppose, but what about Dumbledore?  The only wizard Voldemort fears?  Could it possibly have been any harder to get at him than Harry?  Harry was practically under lock and key the entire time.  And it took, what, nine months to get him?  I think there's more to it than meets the eye.  There's got to be something about Lily Potter's past.  I wouldn't believe for a second that she was in Gryffindor, except for the fact that J.K. Rowling said so--though not in a book, but in a Scholastic author chat.  I can't see why she'd lie about it.  I had a great theory worked out until I read that. :)  Still, there's something not right there  . . . have I missed something about Lily's parents?  Could she possibly be only half sister to Aunt Petunia?  Am I way off target here?  And most of all, why did Voldemort hesitate to kill Lily Potter?  Can't quite fathom that he has a soft spot for women.  There's a missing link here somewhere.  

Richelle


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