Godric's Hollow Scene

[pippin_999]

No: HPFGUIDX 177874

Zanooda:
> Voldemort said it all right, only not in GoF, but in PS/SS. "I killed
> your father first, and he put up a courageous fight ... but your
> mother needn't have died ..." (p.294 Am. ed.). Maybe, while writing
> the first book, JKR intended James to die fighting, but changed her
> mind later, otherwise I don't know how to explain this inconsistency.
> LV doesn't have any reason to lie here, IMO. 
> 

Pippin:

Harry had been trying to sneak away, but when that didn't work he
defied Voldemort's attempt to make him think his parents 
were cowards. Voldemort jeers at his useless bravery, since
he thinks Harry can do nothing to him.  I think he was hoping
to make Harry feel inferior to his father who (according 
to this) was able to put up a fight. 

Pippin