Hehe, makes sense. A lot of things that make sense would topple the canon, actually. This one reminds me of the quote from Methods of rationality (quoted imprecise) "why didn't you use an axe or something? Hard to imagine a magical resonance backfiring from an axe handle".

The thing is that snape's request probably made voldy willing ONLY to give Lily a CHANCE, not to spare her completely. I mean, he likes killing, plus Lily DID defy him 3 times.

So he gave her a chance, and she did not take it

an interesting read, well written. though to your closing comment, i am pretty sure it was less that he was unable to figure out a way and more that he just didn't care to. and didn't really know about the power of sacrifice so there was little incentive.

lovely story!

An interesting read. I wish you’d continue with this, it feels like a prologue for a very interesting story

Except the prophecy fits Neville as well so voldy still goes down, sorry.

Vely honahabru.

Ehmmm, he transfigured. Lily into a hornet?

Hehe heh... Poor severus...

Scary. I was looking for something short and funny to read before bed. Sigh. At least I now can feed the pretty ponies, I mean Nightmares...
Thanks for sharing. I think...

Or he was just insane and didn't give a shit?

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Well, it's impossible for Voldemort to be smarter than his creator, so idiot he shall be.

Repeatedly.

After all, he kept throwing that Killing Curse at Harry, even after it had failed numerous times.

So, lazy and unimaginative idiot, who refuses to learn. At best.

I LOVED IT ! !

Thanks for writing.

A complete change in JKR's Boy Who Lived saga.

To be fair, he really had no reason not to kill her in canon. Sure, he promised Snape he wouldn't, but that answers itself: he made the promise to *Snape*.

Tom willfully harmed his own SOUL!

That is beyond insane, he damaged his very self.

Splitting your soul HAS to have CONSEQUENCES!

By the time Tom tried to kill Harry he was not only insane but probably mentally impaired as well...