[HPforGrownups] Re: Lexicon Contmaination-James was in Gryffindor

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No: HPFGUIDX 84778

Jen wrote:
> James was in Gryffindor for one reason.  I've said it before in a 
> previous post 83848, about Harry's true purpose and one of the 
> reasons why his father was in Gryffindor explains it.  My belief is 
> that Harry is the Heir of Gryffindor and before Harry, so was James.  
> His family was well off because of their family, that was the basis 
> of Harry's inheritance.  Because their family is related to Godric, 
> all of their decendents would be in Gryffindor naturally.  When LV 
> came to kill Harry's parents, (in Godric Hollow btw) LV was not going 
> to kill Lily.  LV only wanted James and Harry...why?  Because they 
> are related to Godric Gryffindor the opposite of LV, who is the Heir 
> of Slytherin. LV wanted to eliminate any threat to him, I think being 
> heir to one of the most powerful wizards of the age has some 
> advantage and LV wanted to get rid of that.  I always thought that LV 
> killed only James and Lily because they were part of the OoP and that 
> they were against him.  Obviously that is not so. 


I may be wrong, but do we know that he *wanted* to kill James? It seems to me 
that he may have killed James because James was actively threatening him 
while trying to give Lily time to escape with Harry. Voldemort asked Lily to step 
aside, but perhaps she was not threatening him, only trying to protect Harry. 

I'm not trying to say that wouldn't kill someone if they weren't threatening 
him. There are numerous possibilities for why he may have not wanted to kill 
Lily. One I think, rather than trying to toss romantic interest into the mix (I 
don't think Voldemort has romantic interest in anyone), is that he doesn't 
want to kill her because she's a mother and maybe makes him think of his own 
mother. Yes, I realize that seems a bit absurd considering he's about to kill her 
son, but I dunno. Still think its a possibility.

Anyway, back to what I was previously saying, I don't think it's necessarily 
true that Voldemort was targeting James.

Adrianna