LV, James and Lily [was Re: Lily's Family]

[Anastasia]

No: HPFGUIDX 107990

> Celestina: 
> > Now regading Lily. If the importance of killing 
> > James and Harry was to terminate the bloodline of the one who 
> could 
> > defeat V, and to assure that if Harry died then James couldn't 
> > produce another offspring, then the killing of Lily wasn't 
> necessary 
> > because she is of a different geneaology.  
> 
> Jen: Here's where I agree with you, but in the opposite direction--
I 
> think Lily is the link to Gryffindor, and has a stong magical 
> heritage that gives her some special powers, and Harry as well. I 
> really like the idea that Voldemort told Lily to 'step aside', not 
> because he didn't think she mattered, but because he feared the 
> consequences of killing her. Perhaps he knew something about her 
> power to indicate killing her might bring some curse down on him. 
He 
> chose to kill her anyway, taking his chances, and obviously not 
> realizing Harry has the same power(s).

Anastasia:
You know, I have also thought about this: James AND Lily have 
escaped LV 3 times. Nevertheless, at Godric's Hollow LV seems not to 
care at all about killing Lily. Why?????
Well, it's natural that he did kill James. James was duelling LV and 
the very best chance to get him out of the way was using Adava 
Kedavra on him. That's clear, especially as James was a serious 
threat.
However, I doubt that LV was *afraid* of killing Lily. I think it is 
more the fact that he didn't consider her as *important*. She was 
muggleborn and seemed to him like... an annoying fly.  
If she really was the heir of Gryffindor, then LV would have to kill 
her so that she couldn't give birth to another child. 
However, if LV didn't want to kill her personally, than the fact 
that she has faced him 3(!) times must be due to her job. What if LV 
needed her for something once he finished with Harry? Couldn't she 
be an Unspeakable LV wanted to get the prophecy or some other 
information from afterwards?

James seems to be a better candidate for a Gryffindor. Already the 
fact that we don't know anything about his backround is suspicious, 
isn't it?


That's my two cent.
Anastasia