[HPforGrownups] Re: Holding Court With Voldemorte

[Janette]

No: HPFGUIDX 175894

>
> prep0strus wrote:
> >
> > There's been some talk of Voldemorte's motivation to not kill Lily
> > recently,
>
> Ken says:  Why, o why does anyone believe Voldemort was telling the
> truth here?  All the books, especially Deathly Hallows is full of
> baddies promising to do something if only their opponents will "drop
> their wands" or whatever without any intention of actually fulfilling
> their 'promise/offer', so why on earth should anyone think that
> Voldemort was doing anything other than making a false offer to Lily
> to get her out of the way so he could kill Harry, fully intending to
> turnm on Lily and kill her too when he had done so.
>
> So many people tell lies in the Potterverse, for reasons good or ill,
> such as Dumbledore telling Snape Harry had to die while knowing full
> well that he was protected by his sharing of blood with Voldy. Really
> we must look at people's motivation for saying what they say rather
> than blithely accepting that if they say it they mean it.  A little
> more critical analysis needed.
>
> Ken Clark


montims:

people believe he was telling the truth because JKR says that is what
happened, and that Lily had a choice - that was what invoked the ancient
magic after all.  Now it could be that what JKR says is no longer treated as
canon, but Harry lived BECAUSE Lily didn't have to die.  (I'd quote JKR, but
Lexicon refuses to open to me just now...)


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