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[a_svirn]

No: HPFGUIDX 179777

> Magpie:
> Meanwhile, of course, the whole basis for the series is the careful 
> distinction JKR makes between James' sacrifice and Lily's. James 
> does the best a father can do. He fights people when they attack 
the 
> house. But Lily's protection of her child goes beyond that. She 
just 
> has to stand there and say "No" and choose to die rather than her 
> child and Voldemort's AK is nothing by comparison.

a_svirn:
Yes, that's probably true. It bothered me somewhat from the start, 
and even more so, when her sacrifice got mixed with that blood 
protection thing. There is something disturbing with the idea that 
love's protection needs blood to be binding. What if she wasn't his 
biological mother? What if it weren't his parents at all? What if it 
were Sirius who sacrificed himself (as he surely would have)? 
Obviously poor Harry would be left unprotected. 

> Magpie: 
> Iow, I don't know if Narcissa Malfoy's character is supposed to be 
> that impressive. Had we known her in the MWPP era she might have 
> been nothing more than a snooty, colder, prettier Pansy Parkinson. 
> She gets her 10 times more guts from her weakling son.

a_svirn:
I agree. But however she got them, they are there.