[HPforGrownups] Lily's sacrifice and potection

[Lynda Cordova]

No: HPFGUIDX 192645

The power of love is the explanation. No need to over-think things here.
Her message is extraordinarily simple.

Lynda


On Tue, Mar 18, 2014 at 1:08 AM, Birgitta Karlsson <ingridbirgitta at gmail.com
> wrote:

>
>
> 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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>
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