Lily being spared (was Re: Why did Barty Crouch Jr join Voldemort?)

[justcarol67]

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Carol earlier:
> If Voldemort had chosen to kill Neville instead, there would have been no Love Magic--not because Neville's mother didn't love him as much as Lily loved Harry but because Voldemort would not have promised to spare her (no DE was in love with her as Snape was with Lily) and therefore he would simply have AK'd her as he did the Muggle mother with no resulting Love Magic. Most likely, he would not have given her a chance to offer her life for her son's. Certainly, he would not have ordered her to stand aside. He would have had no more qualms about killing her than he did about ordering Wormtail to kill Cedric Diggory, who was also in his way. He would have treated Lily as he treated James, who was simply murdered. No follower had pleaded for *his* life and no promise had been made to spare it.

Carol:

Oops. I meant, he would have killed Mrs. Longbottom (whose first name escapes me) as he killed James. OTOH, if it hadn't been for his promise to Snape, he'd have done the same thing to Lily, although that wasn't what I meant when I was typing the paragraph.

Carol, who will probably think of Mrs. Longbottom's name as soon as she hits Send