Theory about Priori Incantatum discrepancy

[Penny Linsenmayer]

No: HPFGUIDX 1533

Hi:

<<<Well, it suddenly occurred to me today that perhaps Lilly and James knew 
that Voldy was after Harry and took some extra last minute precautions to 
protect him.  What if James gave Harry a polyjuice potion so he looked like 
James and then James drank one himself to look like Harry?  That way Harry 
would be protected since Voldy wasn't after James.>>>

Welcome to the Club Skywalker.  The problems I see with your theory are:

1.  It would seem that Voldemort took the Potters by surprise. They knew he 
was after them (or after the male Potters or after just Harry), but they 
believed they were protected by the fidelius charm.  You say Voldemort 
wasn't after James, but we don't know that.  All we know is that he wasn't 
after Lily ("she needn't have died").  Some believe that Voldemort was after 
both male Potters.  Others, like me, think Harry was his main or sole target 
even.  But, point is -- we don't know whether he wanted to kill James Potter 
or not.

Anyway, the Potters had the fidelius charm on their secret house in Godric's 
Hollow.  They probably knew that a spy had been informing Voldemort of their 
movements (Dumbledore knew this, as did Remus & Sirius).  But, as far as 
they knew, the fidelius charm was keeping them safe.  James' words (that we 
hear through Harry in PoA) sound panicked to me -- they don't strike me as 
the words of a man who has some polyjuice handy and a plan at the ready.

2.  Polyjuice potion, from what we remember from CoS, takes a long time to 
brew.  And, it has some rather complicated and hard-to-come-by ingredients.  
I don't imagine the Potters had a batch just stewing there. I rather think 
they thought they were safe and were taken completely by surprise.

I personally like Trina's theory the best so far - she's the one who said 
that maybe the discrepancy can be explained because Harry, wanting 
desperately to see his father that night in the graveyard, somehow made the 
figures reverse before coming out of the wand (Harry using his abilities to 
"make things happen" with innate magical power).

But, we should keep theorizing I suppose.  Skywalker's theory is original -- 
I've not heard anyone mention the polyjuice theory before.

Penny
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