[HPforGrownups] why kill the Potters?

[ArtsyLynda at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 52442

BoBaFeTT:
>Why is it that the Potters had to die anyway?

What makes you think "the Potters" had to die? Voldemort wanted to kill 
Harry. We 
know he would have spared Lily. He might have spared James, had James not 
attacked 
him. We don't how and why any other Potters died.

-Torsten

Maybe it's because Harry is the last heir of Gryffendor??  Dumbledore showed 
Harry the sword (in CoS) that was engraved with Gryffendor's name and said 
"only a true Gryffendor could've pulled that out of the hat!"  I think Harry 
is Gryffendor's heir, thus the arch-enemy of Voldemort.  What I've never 
understood is why people on these lists say Lily Potter must have bene a 
Slytherin??  Is it because the Sorting Hat said Harry might do well in 
Slytherin?  I thought he had that "Slytherin influence" from having 
Voldemort's powers in him (by way of the scar - Dumbledore said some of 
Voldemort's powers transferred to Harry, like Parseltongue).  I don't see 
anywhere in canon that makes me think Lily was a Slytherin -- have I missed 
something?

Lynda 
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