Lily the popular girl

[montavilla47]

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Dana:
Maybe LV thought it would be the best punishment for a mother, who
gave birth to the only one who is said to be able to defeat him.
Maybe he wanted her to suffer the way he himself suffered when his
mother choose to die instead of living for her child. Or maybe he
didn't figure mothers actually choose the life of their child over
their own because his mother did not.

Montavilla47:
I just have to ask this, because I've run into this on other forums and
it kind of bugs me.  I know that Harry gets angry that Merope didn't do
more to keep herself healthy and that Dumbledore then makes a
comparison, saying the Merope didn't have Lily's courage.

But can we really say that Merope didn't choose her child's life over her own?  If there really is any choice about dying in childbirth.

Montavilla47