Why spare Lily? (was: Why were the sacrifices different? )

[cubfanbudwoman]

No: HPFGUIDX 95352

Carol:
> In terms of the "ancient magic," James's death didn't matter. In 
> terms of love and family and nobility, it mattered a lot.

Susan responds:
Yes, I agree with this.


Carol:
> As for why LV didn't just kill her, she wasn't threatening him. She
> was just standing in his way. There was, in his view, no need to 
> waste time and energy fighting or killing a "silly girl." (Yes, 
> there's some sexism on Voldy's part; look at the era in which he 
> grew up. 

Susan responds:
We simply do not agree on this part of it.  She wasn't threatening 
him?  She was just a silly girl?  Yes, he used those words when 
telling Harry the story, but I'm not convinced that's what he felt 
or believed!  She'd defied him twice before, she was in the Order, 
she was smart enough to figure out this ancient magic thing.  Voldy 
may well have underestimated her that night but I still believe 
there was **something else** going on in his mind, some other reason 
for his planning to spare Lily's life.  

>From what we've read about his unscrupulousness, his lack of concern 
for life in any form, his cruelty, and his hatred of "mudbloods", I 
just see NO REASON why he wouldn't have gone in planning to dispense 
w/ the whole lot of them.  Why have compassion that night or care 
about saving the 5 seconds it probably takes to AK someone?  In 
fact, while you [I think] see it that he saw her as no threat 
because she wasn't holding a wand, I see it that that made her all 
that much easier to kill quickly.  So I don't buy that he just 
couldn't be bothered with her or simply thought she was a silly girl 
to not worry about.  No, I think he had a *reason* for wanting to 
spare her.

Surely there are theories out there about this??

Siriusly Snapey Susan