[HPforGrownups] Re: The Evil of Voldemort; Lily's choice

[Bart Lidofsky]

No: HPFGUIDX 146714

amiabledorsai wrote:
>>Which, of 
>>course, brings up the question again; why did he give Lily the
>>choice of living? Given Voldemort as one who gains pleasure in
>>the suffering of others, the obvious theory was that his intent
>>was to get Lily to give up Harry to save her own life (which, it
>>appears, Voldy fully expected her to do), and THEN kill her anyway.
>>Of course, there may be an ulterior motive, to be revealed in Book 7.
> 
> After Prisoner of Azkaban, I was convinced that Lily was to be Peter's
> reward for his treason.  Lately, I've been wondering if she was to be
> Snape's.

Bart:
	There is the "Snape loves Lily" theory, which has a lot of proponents 
and opponents (I'm on the proponent side; it makes sense in reverse, in 
that it would explain a lot of things).

	Bart