why Harry survived. . .

[Dr M M]

No: HPFGUIDX 1708

Some recent comments on how Harry was saved from the Adava Kedavra (btw,
am I the only one who's noticed how much like abracadabra that sounds?)
since obviously Lily wasn't the only one who died trying to protect
someone she loved and I've decided to throw out my personal theory as to
why he was saved.

One of the very few things we know about Lily is that she's good at
charms.  It seems to have been her specialty.  And in GoF Crouch-as-Moody
says that there's no way to defend against an Adava Kedavra curse. 
However, what if there's only no *known* way to defend against it.  In
the magical world spells and potions, etc. are constantly being invented.
 Lupin says that the potion which makes him keep his mind when he
transforms didn't exist when he was a boy . . .  This leads me to think
that no one has invented one against the AK curse yet.

I suspect Lily invented a charm that can defend against the Adava Kedavra
curse and performed it on Harry just before she died.  Perhaps Voldemort
even knew what she was trying to do and *that's* why he killed her.  So,
when he cursed Harry, Harry was protected by Lily's newly invented charm
and that's why Harry survived.

And while I'm on the subject . . . I'm going to guess that the charm
sealed the curse in Harry's scar somehow, which would explain why
Dumbledore in the first book comments on how scars can come in handy. 
Perhaps Voldemort will accidently release the curse in the last book and
it'll rebound and kill him . . . >:)  Of course, this is just wild
speculation on my part. ;)

BTW, to whoever commented earlier today about the possibilty of Snape
being in love with Lily. . . I'm firmly convinced of that (well, perhaps
90% convinced anyway) and one of these days I'm going to write a long
commentary on how I believe most of Snape's behavior coincides perfectly
with this theory. . . . Of course, there is this nasty thing called
school...

DrMM (suffering from a nasty, sneezy cold at the moment)

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