TBAY: Definitely NOT a Snape Theory (long)

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No: HPFGUIDX 145397

> Christina:
> 
> (OotP, Scholastic, page 177:)
> " 'Molly, that's enough,' said Lupin firmly.  'This isn't like last
> time...we're much better off than we were last time, you weren't in
> the Order then, you don't understand, last time we were outnumbered
> twenty to one by Death Eaters and they were picking us off one by
> one...' "
> 
> Add to that the fact that out of the 22-or-so members of the Order 
who
> are in the original photograph, only about 15 lived to the night 
that
> the Potters died.  That's not counting James and Lily, who were
> effectively out of the Order when they went into hiding.  That 
left 12
> wizards opposing LV's regime (the 13th was a traitor).

Alla:


Gah, obviously I am not being clear on what I am trying to say. YES, 
as I said upthread - Lily and James were in danger as Members of the 
Order, of course.

BUT they were in no MORE danger than any other member, with Snape 
blabbing about prophecy, they became Voldemort's special targets, no?

Hence my previous speculation about two hit lists, which may not 
have support in canon per se, but I think it is pretty much a given 
that when Voldemort learned about Prophecy, Lily and James stopped 
being in his mind just ANY Order Member, which should be killed 
sometimes, maybe and started being parents of the Chosen One, who 
should be killed ASAP and right now.


I did not do the calculations, but I trust your numbers - so out of 
22 original members of OOP, 15 lived, so Voldemort killed 
approximately 33%.

I think that Lily and James had pretty big chance to be among those 
15, no? I mean, they could have been killed or not, but Voldemort 
would not have paid them any special attention, no more than to 
others,no?

JMO of course,

Alla.