Reason Why Potter Line Theory is Not a Problem (WAS: 'Potter Line' problem)

[erisedstraeh2002]

No: HPFGUIDX 46020

Ing ("ingachristsuperstar") wrote:

> OK, I've always been partial to the idea that Voldie was going 
> after the "Potter Line" in total because he believed they posed 
> him some kind of specific threat (as the descendents of 
> Gryffindor or otherwise).  I've liked it because it explains a lot 
> of the 'loose ends' floating around the series, like why LV was 
> willing to spare Lily.
> 
> But I just realized a problem with this.  Within this theory, 
> sparing Lily would make no sense.
> 
> Why? - Because how did LV know that Lily wasn't pregnant?

Now me:

Well, if Voldemort had intelligence that the Potter line was a threat 
to him, he could have had intelligence that the Potter line would 
bring about his downfall at a certain point in time (like, around 
Halloween of 1981).  This would explain why he went after the Potters 
when he did, instead of pursuing them earlier or later.  If the 
Potters who were living at the time of his threatened downfall were 
the only ones who were an actual threat to him, it would explain why 
it wasn't important whether Lily was pregnant.

This line of thinking is especially appealing in that if Voldemort 
hadn't pursued his perceived threat, he wouldn't have met his 
downfall in Harry.  Evil people have a tendency to be their own 
downfall - take recent events in the Washington, D.C. area (U.S.) 
where a sniper was randomly killing innocent people but gave himself 
away in the process of proving that he was in fact the guilty party 
(in order to receive a $10 million pay-off).

I like the "Harry as Heir of Gryffindor" theory.  Voldemort could 
have received intelligence that the Heir of Gryffindor would be his 
downfall (around Halloween 1981), but he didn't know who the Heir 
was, so he went about killing all of Gryffindor's descendants (hence, 
the reason why James and Harry were the targets and why Lily was 
spared, as well as why Harry sees the dead "Potters" in the Mirror of 
Erised).  This theory certainly has a basis in historical literature 
(the Bible) - King Herod set about killing all of the babies born 
around a certain time in an attempt to kill Jesus.  

In this theory, since Harry is the actual Heir, he has Gryffindor's 
power in him which caused the AK to backfire and Voldemort to lose 
his powers, as well as saving Harry's life in the process.

~Phyllis
who hasn't been able to be here in awhile, and has missed y'all 
terribly!