[HPforGrownups] Who were the Potters?

Audra1976 at aol.com Audra1976 at aol.com
Tue Oct 29 04:17:02 UTC 2002


No: HPFGUIDX 45893

In a message dated 28/10/2002 22:22:48 Eastern Standard Time, 
cureluv88 at hotmail.com writes:
> And, of course, the other 
> obvious nagging question, why was Voldemort targetting them in the 
> first place?  Either Dumbledore and his crew could understand why the 
> Potters would be targeted, and we the readers just don't know it yet, 
> or it was a mystery, in which case I'd think that Dumbledore would 
> wonder why the Potters would be such specific targets.
> 

Voldemort persecuted muggles and"mudbloods" in favor of pure-blooded wizards. 
 Lily was a muggle-born witch, so Lily and James were a "mixed marriage" and 
their son was a "mudblood."  That's reason enough for Voldemort to target 
them as examples.

There is also the theory that James Potter and Harry Potter were the heirs of 
Godric Gryffindor just as Voldemort is the heir of Salazar Slytherin, and 
that he wanted to be rid of the heir to another founder of Hogwarts (who 
disagreed with Slytherin about keeping the wizardbloodline "pure").  It would 
go along with the idea that Voldemort was really after James and Harry and 
only killed Lily (who would not be blood related to Gryffindor) because she 
got in his way.  

Audra


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