"Stand aside, girl!"

[jenniferbtate]

No: HPFGUIDX 162197

> Dave Hardenbrook <DaveH47 at ...> wrote:
> > Why does Voldemort tell Lily to "stand aside" and later
> > tell Harry "She didn't have to die"?  Since when does V
> > make an effort to avoid killing someone if he can (Cedric)?
>
> Magda:
> Well, how about this for the Snape/Lily fans?  Lord V.
> promised Snape that he wouldn't kill Lily because it was
> Snape's price for helping him with potions or whatever.
>
> I still think that Snape was the spy who warned Dumbledore
> what was going to happen but Snape might want to hedge his
> bets, as it were.


Jennifer:
I'm new here, but I am reminded of the "unbreakable vow" spell
that we are introduced to in HBP.  Could this vow somehow have
been cast between LV and Snape (or maybe someone else), promising
that LV would spare Lily's life?  And then when he did end up
killing her instead, his breaking the vow caused the death curse
to rebound back to him as a consequence.  It's just an idea, and
I know that JKR's very brief introduction to the vow has to mean
something more.