Snape's Rage at Being Called Coward : No, just a coward

[littlegreenpartyhats]

No: HPFGUIDX 171925

Carol wrote
> Somehow, I don't think his sacrifice would have given the dying
> Dumbledore the blood protection that Harry's mother's death gave
> Harry, who shares her blood. Lily's sacrifice is depicted as being
> unique. It could not be recreated by Snape stepping in front of
> Dumbledore (or Harry stepping in front of Ron, for that matter).

I always assumed that the protection that Lily's sacrifice gave Harry
was related to the mother-child (or parent-child maybe)
relationship.
I remember JKR saying in an interview that what was significant about
it was that Lily had a choice, and James did not.  This is "the power
that the Dark Lord knows not", because he did not have a mother to
have made this sacrifice/choice for him.

It is also why he underestimates the power.  He does not realize that
nearly every mother given the choice to save herself or her baby
would choose the baby.  It's a simple and ancient truth that
Voldemort simply overlooks becuase it's just not part of his nature.

And somehow, the fact that the protection was in the blood used to
regenerate him will play a part in Voldemort's downfall (i.e., the
gleam in Dumbledore's eye)

littlegreenpartyhats