[HPforGrownups] Re: Lily and the deal with the devil

[SnapesSlytherin at aol.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 58544

In a message dated 5/19/03 9:03:05 AM Eastern Daylight Time, bard7696 at aol.com 
writes:

> Support: Well, this would be the ultimate twist, I think.
> 
> Denial: But I think the twist would make it too twisted. Lily's 
> sacrifice is, I believe, the pivotal event in the story (not 
> necessarily the books, but the saga itself.) One Muggle born woman, 
> apparently just through love, gave her baby the power to defeat the 
> most evil wizard of modern times. I do hope that is not tainted.
> 
> Darrin
> -- But this is just too much fun. :) 

*shakes head* I see how it is Darrin - Evil!Lily is fun, but Good!Slyth is 
impossible...*grin*

Back to the thread -
I like Evil!Lily - well, maybe not *evil* but at least Desperate!Lily.  I 
think the plot twist would be good in a way, because it would show that thinsg 
aren't always black or white.  Would that make Lily good or evil?  She betrayed 
James to the most evil wizard in a hundred years, but she did it to save her 
son.  How would everyone view her?  How would they view Harry?  Would anyone 
think less of Harry because of what his mother did for him?  It has to have been 
for Harry.  I don't think it was just to save herself - that'd be cool, but 
it's too much for HP.
I don't really think it was pivotal (Lily's sacrifice).  I mean, it was 
important because Harry lived, but IMHO what Harry does with the life he was given 
is more important than how he got it.  What we choose to become and all that 
jazz.

~*~*~Oryomai~*~*~
--Stupid joke of the day: "How many Slytherins does it take to screw in a 
lightbulb?  None - there's not electricity in the Wizarding World!"  


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