Lily's sacrifice may not be what we think it is... (very long)

[Amanar]

No: HPFGUIDX 95840

Kat/rxk said:
<quote> I also lean towards the possibility that Peter was in love 
with Lily, and that the reason LV might have been willing to spare 
her had something to do with that. (Another reason might be that 
Lily was related in some way to LV, possibly through his mother as a 
distant cousin. Since he seems to have only ever have had feelings 
towards her, he may possibly have been reluctant to kill someone he 
knew to be a magical relation of his mother's-even a distant 
one...but not one involved in The Prophecy). <end quote>

Amanar:
I disagree. If Peter were to have a crush on Lily, Harry would have 
noticed it when he watched Snape's memory. Voldemort never cared 
about his close family members (or else he would have let them 
live) - why would he care for some unknown relation?

It is odd that LV says Lily shouldn't have died, but we must 
remember the circumstances in which he said it. In PS/SS he was 
taunting Harry. In PoA, he was anxious to finish Harry off. LV is a 
terrific lier. He wanted Lily out of the way and was too eager to 
kill him to care whether she lived or not. What could one woman do? 
Not to mention unarmed? With Harry dead, his reign will be secure, 
and then, if it pleased him, he will get rid of the Mudblood.


--Amanar