Lily was considered such a powerful and accomplished witch, that Lord Voldemort overlooked her Muggle-born status and actively tried to recruit her.
He wasn't actually interested in killing Lily and James though they refused to join his side (this did not mean he wanted to kill them. But he did take that into consideration when killing them) his goal was to avoid the prophesy being fulfilled.
After graduation, Snape decided to side with Voldemort because he was delusional and believed that he would impress Lily if he gained power as a Death Eater. He looked down on Muggleborns, but thought that Lily was the "exception" (or maybe not, since he called her a Mudblood), which he was completely wrong about.
~~~~~ Sevrus Snape Fact ~~~~~ Since Snape was a half blood and Lily was muggle born it put his friendship with Lily under great strain, but their friendship was broken in their 5th year when Snape called Lily a mudblood and she never forgave him for that.
Because Harry was James' son. Snape was jealous that James got Lilly. If Snape had won her over, Harry would be the son of Severus and Lilly instead. Snape was bad at covering up his long held bitterness.
remember my last, petunia. " Dumbledore is referring to his last letter, which means, of course, the letter he left upon the Dursleys' doorstep when Harry was one year old.
Despite Snape killing Dumbledore, it is learned that they had a special agreement for him to do so. When he died, it was revealed that his deep strong love for Lily Evans caused him to redeem himself, joining Dumbledore's cause for her protection (and, after her death, that of her son) from Lord Voldemort.
He viewed Snape as loyal so rather than kill him by his own hand, he gave Nagini the kill. Voldemort believed that Snape had to be killed to make the elder wand work, since Snape killed Dumbledore.
Delphini was likely imprisoned in Azkaban for the murder of Craig Bowker Junior, as well as for the misuse of an unauthorised Time-Turner in a failed attempt to bring back her father and his evil reign.
Tom Riddle's new name, Lord Voldemort, reflects an essential characteristic of narcissistic personality disorder. He chose “Lord”, highlighting his excessive self-importance and announcing his strong desire to dominate others. Like his ancestor Slytherin, he became obsessed with his evil quest for total domination.
J.K. Rowling apparently confirmed that Lily Potter was pregnant again when Voldemort murdered her | Fandom. Thus, in murdering the Potters, save for Harry, Voldemort also killed a younger brother or sister that Harry would ultimately never know before it was even born.
This made her 21 years old when she was killed by Voldemort on 31st October 1981.
However, it's generally believed they met during Voldemort's exile in Albania after his failed attempt to kill Harry Potter. Voldemort, weakened and in a spectral form, was hiding in Albania and Nagini, likely already in her snake form as a Maledictus, encountered him there.
He may have made a choice to impede Voldemort's progress but Voldemort was always going to kill James. Hence he didn't fulfill the requirements of the blood sacrifice charm. James chose to go down fighting. Lily decided to go down willingly.
In 2007, Rowling was asked whether Dumbledore ever found true love. She replied that she always thought of Dumbledore as being homosexual, and that he had fallen in love with the corrupt wizard Gellert Grindelwald; Rowling did not explicitly state whether Grindelwald returned his affections.
Snape's tears, containing his memories, become the means for Harry to understand the professor's sacrifice, his love for Lily, and the necessity of facing Voldemort with the truth. While giving his tears was an impulsive act, it also symbolized his loyalty and dedication to Lily Potter's memory and Dumbledore's plan.
Not sure if this is meant to be something obvious, but I'm sure you all know that when Severus said "Turn to page 394" in their DADA books, hoping that they'll realise Lupin's a werewolf.
In both the Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows book and film, Hedwig dies during the Battle of the Seven Potters. In the book, Hedwig is hit by a random Avada Kedavra and instantly dies. In the movie, Hedwig is killed because she was trying to protect Harry.
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After being given Harry, Petunia kept Lily's blanket, in which he was wrapped, for the rest of her life as (aside from Harry) it was all of her sister she had left.
“Words are, in my not-so-humble opinion, our most inexhaustible source of magic. Capable of both inflicting injury, and remedying it.” Albus Dumbledore to Harry in Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows, an incredible quote; for without words, what would we read?
She said nothing of the sort in the book. And never once did she ever apologize to Harry for all of the mistreatment she inflicted on him, even her own husband and son. Petunia didn't even feel anything when she learned of her sister's death.