What saved Harry?

[mercurybluesmng]

No: HPFGUIDX 142728

szehms:

> JKR stated in the Leaky Cauldren interview that instead of asking 
> how Harry was saved, she has already given us this answer Lily's 
> simple act of love saved Harry, we should be asking WHY LILY WAS 
> GIVEN A CHOICE...No one prior to Lily was allowed to 'step aside', 
> so the real question is not What saved Harry, but why was LV willing 
> to save Lily?


Lily was not a threat. Lily was a minor nuisance. Very minor. Like an 
ant on your picnic blanket. You might squash it if you felt like it, 
but you're just as likely to flick it back into the grass. Or else 
Voldemort just wanted to torment her by killing her son in front of her.

MercuryBlue