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

[Bex]

No: HPFGUIDX 108025

> Anastasia:
> What if LV needed her [Lily]
> 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?

LV wasn't concerned with hearing the prophecy again until _after_ 
that night. He thought he'd heard the whole thing; that's why he went 
after Harry in the first place. The prophecy told him "I'd better 
take care of this kid!" Of course, when the curse backfired (or 
whatever actually happened), some deep thinking and reflection (in 
other creatures' bodies) made him realize that there must have been 
more to the prophecy than he originally thought, thus, he started 
trying to get at this prophecy.

I think LV only killed Lily because she wouldn't let him kill Harry. 
I don't think *her* particular bloodline was that important to him.

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

Yes, from the pensieve incident in OotP, we get the idea that he was 
more of the "brave, slightly-less-than-straight-laced" persona 
present in so many Gryffindors than Lily. But rmemeber, we know 
nearly as little about Lily, including what she was like in school. 
There is no doubt in my mind that Harry is the descendant of Godric 
Gryffindor, so the lineage has to come from somewhere. Though I admit 
James seems the likelier bloodline carrier, I ask this: 

Did Tom Riddle *seem* like the kind of boy who would be Salazar 
Slytherin's descendant, bent on wreaking havoc in the wizarding world 
by the age of 16?

We only know what we think we know, and JK has a habit of showing us 
that what we think we know is usually wrong.

~Yb