Who's whose heir or Lily was here / Re: Why the Potters

[darrin_burnett]

No: HPFGUIDX 58447

Koticzka wrote:

> I do not agree with Darrin that Voldie did not try hard to spare Lily. As
> for Voldie, calling twice is almost too much! And at least suspected, what
> the reason was. Voldie's only passion is probably the power to reign the
> world (and his mother which he has some sentiment for, however it is not so
> certain), so fear for the child is quite an abstract for this egoistic and
> egocentric character. Something one can observe but do not trtibute to
> inteligent individuals - like him (it is ironic, spare your comments, guys!)
> (and girls)

Again, giving two warnings and then blasting away with a fatal spell really 
does not strike me as "I don't want to kill her."

There were about 1,000 different things he could have done to spare her if he 
didn't want her killed.

Now, it may very well be, "I've got no quarrel with you, silly girl, so get out of 
the way," but I reject the idea that Lily was so important that he tried to spare 
her.

And remember, canon tells us that V-Mort tells Harry, "she NEEDN'T have 
died" not, "I didn't want her to die."

It really just reads to me that Lily was beneath V-Mort's notice. That would fit 
with his racism against Muggle-borns, his contempt for "weaker" wizards and 
what I still think is a touch of sexism. 


> 6. According to above - Harry is GG's AND NOT SS's descendant - but even 
if he was - why the Sorting Hat wanted him in Slytherin House???

We don't know that the Sorting Hat WANTED Harry in Slytherin. It suggested 
to Harry that he would make a good Slytherin. It really did give Harry the 
choice. Once he said "not Slytherin," the hat said, "OK."

If the Hat WANTED Harry in Slytherin, one would think Harry would be in 
Slytherin now.

I don't know who that hat is working for, but since it is apparently lugging 
around Godric's sword, I'm not entirely sure it is solely working as a neutral.