[HPforGrownups] Lily's sacrifice and potection

[Birgitta Karlsson]

No: HPFGUIDX 192644

Boris Baran wrote: There was no explanation in the books besides what Dumbledoof said about "teh power of love", which is quite strange, since with the Shit Eaters killing and torturing all over the UK, there is bound to be some parent, who tried to save her/his children at the cost of her/his own life. 

 
 
 
Bridget:
 Sure there is. 
 
 Voldemort gave Lily a choice, if she would just stand aside and watch while he killed her son then she would live (and he meant it too). But since she did what almost any mother would do, when faced with Voldemort trying to kill their child (I think Bellatrix would consider it an great honour if Voldemort would kill her child, should she have any), she tried to shield him and died instead.
 
 It's that choice that makes all the difference. Just a sacrifice is not enough.
 
 And I doubt Voldemort gave other parents a choice when he came to kill them. (I could maybe see a scenario where Voldemort would say that he would spare someones life if they would just let him kill their child, saying it but not meaning it, and then afterwards just kill the parents anyway.)
 
 /Birgitta
 
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