Why Voldemort Would Have Spared Lily

[greatelderone]

No: HPFGUIDX 111963

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "gelite67" <gelite67 at y...> 
wrote:
> Any theories on why Voldemort was willing to spare Lily?  Harry 
> remembers hearing Voldemort telling Lily she needn't die, or words 
to 
> that effect.  If Voldemort had killed so many with no compunction, 
> and was obviously willing to kill an infant, why spare Lily?

GEO: Right now nobody has come up with a decent explaination imo. So 
far the best ones I've heard are that his initial hesitation came 
from Voldemort having a small inkling in the back of his head of a 
possible protection kicking in when he killed Lily or Lily had 
something or some sort of connection with the Dark Lord that may 
have possibly made him want to spare her for one reason or another 
for his very own benefit, which may have been a reason why Lily 
Potter was also able to survive three encounters with Voldemort 
previously as an OOTP member.