Why did Voldemort want to kill Harry? + Trelawney

[frodoyoda_2000]

No: HPFGUIDX 36245

I said:

> >Personally, I've always thought that it was Voldemort's intent to 
let 
> >Lily live just long enough to see her only son murdered, and then 
to 
> >kill her as well. It seems to me that that kind of sadistic thing 
> >would be amusing to him. When she was resistant, I guess he just 
got 
> >bored with the games, and killed her.
> But then, that wouldn't be a very interesting plot >device, now 
would 
> it? So maybe not...
 
and Laura said:

> Well, this seems to be at odds with the idea that Harry's 
>protection was the result of his mother *sacrificing* her life for 
>him.  If V was going to kill her anyway, she wouldn't have been 
>sacrificing anything, you see?  Yes, I know, if he was going to kill 
>her anyway she wouldn't *know* it, but I don't think the magic would 
>accept that as sacrifice enough, it had to be a *real* sacrifice, 
>you know?  

You have a good point. But it seems to me that it is more Lily's 
mentality that matters than Voldemort's, when it comes down to it. 
After all, it was *her* sacrifice, not his. *She* still thought she 
was dying to save her son. She still asked Voldemort to kill her 
instead. 

Molly