Velorien comments on Harry Potter and the Methods of Rationality discussion thread, part 21, chapters 91 & 92 - Less Wrong

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Comment author: Velorien 05 July 2013 09:20:11AM 9 points [-]

Voldemort didn't break his promise to Lily - he intended to, presumably, but Lily broke her side first by trying to kill him instead of acting like a willing sacrifice.

Comment author: Sheaman3773 26 August 2013 07:27:57PM 0 points [-]

First, I am certain that he completely anticipated her response. Desperate pleas aside, she wouldn't have trusted that he would have really left Harry alive. He gave her a few seconds to think, come to that conclusion, and then she tried to the only option she thought she had left.

Second, the wording was:

"Very well," said the voice of death, now sounding coldly amused, "I accept the bargain. Yourself to die, and the child to live. Now drop your wand so that I can murder you."

The only part of the bargain that she had to uphold was dying.

Though I'm not at all certain that the scene is what it looks like.