I love it! I don't understand why most authors totally overlook the sacrifice James made that night in favor of what Lily was supposed to have done. Harry had two parents that loved him more then anything, not just one.
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Thanks. The only thing anybody ever sees is in canon, Dumbles makes a big deal out of it, just to justify Harry getting the crap beat out of him for 10 years. Of course, this is the same Dumbles that told everybody the rugrat offed the dark lord in the first place, possibly even coining the term "Boy-Who-Lived." If he didn't want to let him get a big head, he could have said Lily offed the SOB and died in the process and stuck him with a decent family.