[HPforGrownups] Re: Lily Evans Potter relationship to Voldemort

[Kelly Grosskreutz]

No: HPFGUIDX 58074

>Poster-Who-Can't-Be-Named-Because-I-Don't-Know-Who-It-Was said:
>
> > 3.  "Take me instead" line:  Most mothers will offer themselves in place
of
> > their child when the latter is in danger, but my take on this is that
Lily
> > was not offering her life, but rather her body.  Lily was, by all
accounts, a
> > very attractive woman, and the offer by a mother to "go" with the
villain, or
> > "be" with the villain, or even marry the villain (in return for the
child's
> > life) is fairly common in fiction.  But as in most cases, the offer is
> > rejected.  Certainly offering something most men would be interested in
> would  be more likely to succeed than asking a Dark Lord to "have mercy".
>
Darrin continued:

> Eh, OK. First, let me say, EWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW!
>
> Now, I suppose this works, but obviously, V-Mort didn't have any
compunction
> about killing her, which still means the "V-Mort went in there with the
idea to
> spare Lily" doesn't entirely work.
>
I rule this one out basically because, although many adults read this series
and JKR has admitted she's writing these books for herself, I can't see what
is still considered a children's book introducing this theme.  "If you don't
kill me, I'll let you and all your buddies have my body!"  I don't think so.

On a completely unrelated note, I saw a woman today who was wearing a shirt
that said She-Who-Must-Be-Obeyed.

Kelly Grosskreutz
http://www.idcnet.com/~ivanova