Lily' sacrifice v James' sacrifice WAS: Perfect Lily

[M.Clifford]

No: HPFGUIDX 150230

Carol wrote:
> > <snip>
> > It's Lily's choice that distinguishes her from
> > James, who also died bravely defending his family. But since he 
> > pulled out a wand and offered to fight instead of standing between 
> > his child and Voldemort, he "had" to die in Voldie's view. If Lily 
> > had tried to fight him, it's most unlikely that he would have 
> > ordered her to stand aside. Unfortunately for her and Harry, she'd 
> > have died exactly as James did, and there would have been no 
> > sacrifice to protect Harry.

> Rebecca:
> What I infer from JKR's answer is that Voldemort really *did* offer 
> her a choice, <snip>


Valky (hoping Saraquel is around to help with this one):
I think he offered her three choices. ;) In another JKR quote we are
told definitely *not* to look at Dumbledore as a christ figure. Okay
so I could be reading too much into it but if not Dumbledore then
isn't there only one choice left? Perfect, spotless Lily. 

And Lily has plenty of Christ figure canon to be going with while we
are at it - dying to bequeath the lasting legacy of Love through her
own sacrifice and blood, 'kicking over tables' in the church of the
most righteous James Potter and Sirius Black and standing up for the
downtrodden ungodly societal outcast, even her name is a christ symbol!

Yep, I pick Lily as the christ figure, and as a christ figure she may
well have been tempted by the satan figure of the story, Voldemort.
Tempted three times if I recall correctly. :)

Okay I have laid my premise, now I run! Here's the three offers
Voldemort made to Lily in Godrics Hollow, drawn from parallel of the
thre temptations of christ.

First we need a lemma, half speculative - Lily was famous (well thats
canon but.. I mean) She was really really famous, super famous. The
procurer of a very powerful and rare form of magic in the WW so rare
and wonderful that even Dumbledore would envy it if he had so much as
a green bone in his gentle old quirky self. And Lily was very well
known for her majestic benevolent magic, the ministry, the DE, the WW,
and Voldemort.

So now we have Super-Lily, and I would like you to imagine her in
Godrics Hollow face to face with Voldemort, he says to her -

Show me your famous magic, let me be impressed by your genius. (Turn
stones to bread)

Lily answers No.

Okay then, Duel me with your famous magic, you won't die. (Cast your
self down and you'll be protected.)

Lily answers No

Alright Mrs Potter, if you will not be tempted with those things then
let me see you pass this up, I know how great you are and I want you
for myself. Give up the child and I will give you the world, you and I
will be one great ruler of all things. 

No.

Comments anyone?

Valky