[HPforGrownups] Witchcraft and Wizardry: What do they teach at Hogwarts????

[Taryn Kimel]

No: HPFGUIDX 50122

SophineClaire:
What was so special about Lily's so-called-save-my-baby 
charm that only she could do?? Why not James or Sirius or Remus or 
Peter?. Is it because she is his mother? she's a female? 

Rita:
No, it's simply because JKr chose  to be so. She could have had James
sacrifice his life and the effect would have been just the same, a parent's
love is supposed to be the strongest, isn't it?

Me:
There was also a major difference in the two situations of Lily and James. Lily had the chance to live. Voldemort /told/ her to stand aside so he could kill Harry (one of the reasons I ascribe to the theory that Harry is the Heir of Gryffindor through his father, and that Trelawney's first prediction was that the Gryffindor line would bring down the Slytherin line, giving Voldemort cause to attack James and Harry but not Lily), whereas James did not recieve this chance. Although I'm sure we all know James would have done the same as Lily, the situations /were/ different.

--Taryn

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