Lily's Planned Sacrifice?

[B.G.]

No: HPFGUIDX 135284

BG writes:
JKR keeps us hanging when it comes to Lily making a conscience 
choice to die at the hand of LV.  JKR says that Lily did something 
more than stand in the way to protect her child.  James had done the 
same thing to protect his wife and child - this did not protect 
either from LV.  Lily did something more but what?

I still hang onto an UV between Snape and LV regarding Lily's life - 
this in payment for telling him about the prophecy.  LV never wants 
to be "in debt" to anyone and when he rewards one of his DEs for a 
service then he owes him nothing more.  This fits LV's character as 
it is not out of goodwill but selfishness that he rewards his 
followers.  Snape (at this point anyway) was unaware of the 
horcruxes.

Snape told Lily about the UV.  That night at GH after James' death, 
she consciously provoked LV to kill her - thinking that he might 
just do it out of uncontrolled anger and not think about the UV.  
She would of course believe that by breaking the UV - LV would die 
and therefore Harry would be safe.  AND she knew that DD had 
contacted Petunia and "pursuaded her" to take Harry if he was 
orphaned.  This would be the thought out plan that led to her 
choice - a choice made well ahead of LV's appearance at GH. 

LV knowing that breaking the UV could not kill him - he killed Lily 
and turned on Harry.  At this point he was unaware that Harry was 
protected by his mother's planned sacrifice and AK'd Harry.  The UV 
and the rebounded AK together created the explosion that destroyed 
LV's body and the house.  

Harry has this memory and he will learn to use the pensieve and view 
this memory as a man.  It will difficult but this is how we will 
find out all that happened that night.  Just IMHO.