Lily being spared

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> June:
> The prophecy stated that Voldemort himself would mark the boy
> who would one day stand against him. In other words it was
> either Harry or Neville and Voldemort himself would go after
> one of them and it would be Voldemort who would create his own
> enemy (this is at the end of Goblet of Fire and said by
> Dumbledore). According to Dumbledore it was either Harry or
> Neville and Voldemort would be the one to decide, therefore if
> he had gone after Neville and not Harry, Neville would have
> been the boy who lived. Therefore I cannot see how Snape's love
> for Lily would have anything to do with it. Snape's love for
> Lily is just part of the theme which is love conquers all.
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Potioncat:
DD has a way of only telling a part of the truth. From his standpoint both boys fit the description. I'm not sure if DD really thinks Neville would fit the prophecy or if he just means both boys fit the description.

But what if LV had chosen Neville? Alice would have died. Neville would have died.  LV would have been just fine. His soul would be a tad more ripped--and after a while (moments or weeks or years) he would begin to wonder if he had chosen wrong. He would have gone after the Potter boy too.

And again we'd have Lily being given an option to stand aside because of LV's promise to Snape. So while Snape doesn't really understand that he played a roll in making the prophecy come true--he did.

potioncat, who hasn't had a chance to completely read this thread and hoping I've added something new.