Lily and the deal with the devil

[darrin_burnett]

No: HPFGUIDX 58547

talia wrote: 

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

Heyheyheyheyhey... I never said 'impossible," just "not happened yet." 


> 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 
things 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.

Again, HOW did she betray him? We know that he said, "Run Lily, I'll hold him 
off" which indicates there wasn't a "take him instead of me" spur-of-the-
moment kind of deal.

And if he already had Pettigrew, why would V-Mort need her?

And in the vein of my "Just how stupid is Snape?" theory on the Shrieking 
Shack, I wonder "just how stupid is Lily?" for trusting V-Mort to keep his word?

> 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.
> 

I think that without Lily's sacrifice there is no Harry. And if there is no Harry, 
there is no story. No matter what he chooses to make of his life, the fact that 
he has a choice is because of her.

Darrin
-- Sacrifice would be a great name for a band.