Lily being spared

[willsonteam]

No: HPFGUIDX 189853

 
> June:
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> Pippin,
> It was the Prophecy that said there were two boys not Dumbledore. Dumbledore only told Harry who the other boy (Neville) was. According to the prophecy (the last or second last chapter in The Goblet of Fire) it would be one of two boys and Voldemort himself would be the one to mark the boy to later come up against him.
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>Potioncat:
Actually, it was DD who told Harry the prophecy could mean either of two boys--the Potter child or the Longbottom child. The prophecy only says that one approaches. It's DD's interpretation that it could have been either child. 

I've copied and pasted from the Lexicon:
http://www.hp-lexicon.org/wizards/trelawney.html#prophecies

"The one with the power to vanquish the Dark Lord approaches ... Born to those who have thrice defied him, born as the seventh month dies ... And the Dark Lord will mark him as his equal, but he will have power the Dark Lord knows not ... And either must die at the hand of the other for neither can live while the other survives ... The one with the power to vanquish the Dark Lord will be born as the seventh month dies..." (OP 37). 


The situation was that there were two boys to choose from. Although that was not part of the spoken prohecy. The situation was also that Snape asked for Lily to be spared and LV agreed which then set in motion the potential for the love magic to kick in. Then the offer was made to Lily to step aside and Lily refused.  

For that matter, the fact that LV heard about the prophecy helped put it into motion. Although we as a group are not in agreement whethe it would have played out anyway if he had not heard it.

I think Pippin is right in her recent post responding to mine speculating what would have happened if LV had chosen Neville. if LV had shown up when Lily wasn't at home there would be no love magic, no rebounded curses and Harry would be legally dead. But I think if LV had chosen Neville--DD would have continued to hide the Potters and when LV came, Lily would be there.

Apologies for any typoes--I'm having trouble seeing the screen today.