Lilly's protection for Harry - planned in advance or not WASHarry's assumption

[dumbledore11214]

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> >Kelly, the meanmommyfish, responds: 
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>>   We know Dumbledore believed that lives would have to be sacrificed
> to save the Wizarding World. When he realized that Harry Potter was
> the marked man (sorry, no pun intended), they approached Lily. I
> believe the three of them were in this together, they made "a choice
> between what is right and what is easy" (GoF US pg 724).  
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Alla:

Welcome to the list! I am not replying to your main point, just to 
this side issue, since I disagree that Lily was involved in some sort 
of plan to create the protection for Harry by sacrificing herself in 
advance.

I just think that this is a plan which looks more like something that 
Voldemort would do than Dumbledore, but I am not a believer of 
Dumbledore as true manipulator either. :)


Besides, JKR stated that Lily did not know what would happen when she 
stood in front of Voldemort in her July 2005 Interview.


"MA: Did she know anything about the possible effect of standing in 
front of Harry?

JKR: No - because as I've tried to make clear in the series, it never 
happened before. No one ever survived before. And no one, therefore, 
knew that could happen."


I don't think that Dumbledore and Lily engaged in any kind of 
complicated schemes. I think it is as simple as we learned so far - 
mother's love protects Harry.

Not protection of Harry as weapon for the cause, but protection of 
Harry as Lily and James' beloved son, first and foremost and IMO only 
such kind of protection could help Harry survive.

JMO,

Alla