James Potter

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 88755

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Christopher Nuttall"
<christophernuttall at h...> wrote:
> lizvega2:  "Voldemort didn't 
> necessarily want to kill Lily anyway, "Stand aside silly girl"! 
> There's something wrong with this, it doesn't make sense."
> 
> Voldemort was probably unconcerned by the actions of a 'mudblood'
and did not feel the need to kill her, perhaps feeling that the power
in Harry came from James the pureblood.
> 
> Chris

Also I think James probably tried to duel with Voldemort in defense of
his family and Voldemort chose to AK him rather than merely stun him
to get to Harry. As Lily was apparently trying to protect her child
without fighting, Voldemort saw no need to kill her. But of course no
mother in her right mind would have stepped aside and let LV murder
her child, so she sacrificed herself willingly and directly. 

Even so, something *is* the matter here, as her death would leave
Harry defenseless, which is why people on this list have suggested
that something besides her death was involved, probably a charm to
make the curse rebound on Voldemort if he killed her before he tried
to kill Harry. It would seem that Lily was especially skilled at
Charms as James was at Transfiguration--remember Mr. Olivander's
remarks about their wands in SS/PS.

Carol