OOP: Dumbledore DIDNT explain everything

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No: HPFGUIDX 62585

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "darrin_burnett" 
<bard7696 at a...> wrote:
> 
> He told her TWICE. Page 134, PoA: "Stand aside, you silly 
> girl...stand aside, now..."
> 
> She didn't. He blasted her away.
> 
> That does not indicate to me, as I've stated many times, any 
> extraordinary effort to spare her. Sure, it's more than James got, 
> but it isn't indicative of any real "I must spare the woman" 
feeling 
> on his part.
> 
> The theory I like is that he had an inkling that killing her might 
be 
> problematic, but, underestimating that ancient magic he doesn't 
> respect, figured he could handle whatever came of it. Whoops. 
> Dummyhead Voldie!

Actually, I don't think that would work.  The reason that the ancient 
magic worked is because Lily died for Harry.  If Voldemort had never 
offered her the chance to live, then she would not have been making a 
sacrifice of any kind.