My theory on Priori Incantatem

[Scott]

No: HPFGUIDX 1729

-I have been wondering if James could have tried to Avada Kedavra 
Voldy at the same time that V did it to him, thus destroying the 
house....BUT sorry to say that Kelly's theory doesn't work because 
the Prioi Incantatem is (as Penny said-) the reverse of spells cast 
and not necessarily the order of death.  

If you say that James was killed by the house falling in, then he 
wouldn't have come out of the wand at all because his death wouldn't 
be the direct cause of a Voldy curse....

Does this make sense or am I way off? (I'm saying this in assuming 
that a curse can only effect One person, therefore the curse of V. on 
Harry couldn't have bounced back on James, and James' death still 
wouldn't be caused by the curse...)

Scott



> > kill Lily, who was trying to protect Harry.  I'm supposing that 
> Lily 
> > was killed and Vold then throws the curse to kill Harry.  At the 
> same 
> > time, James throws his own curse.  The two curses colliding(?) 
are 
> > what destroys the house.  The house falling in kills James.(?)  
So, 
> > the first curse Vold throws at James doesn't kill him, the curse 
he 
> > throws at Lily does kill her, then James is killed by the next 
> > curse.  So, James is cursed again after Lily (the curse to kill 
> > Harry) therefore he would come out of the wand before Lily.  I 
> > believe Lily, who was so good at charms, placed some sort of 
> > protective/love/"good" charm on Harry, maybe having something to 
do 
> > with blood like someone said.  Perhaps this protected Harry, both 
> > from Vold's curse and the falling house.  This is also what gave 
> > Harry protection in SS so Vold/Quirrell couldn't touch him, and 
why 
> > Vold wanted Harry's blood in GoF.  If James could throw curses 
the 
> > way Harry can, this could explain why Moody/Crouch brings up the 
> > unforgivable curses in the first place.  He wanted to see how 
they 
> > affected Harry, at least the Imperius, he obviously couldn't try 
> the 
> > other two without making Dumble suspicious.  Perhaps he wanted to 
> > learn if Harry could throw the curses, which could explain why 
Vold 
> > still hasn't managed to kill Harry.  Vold still doesn't know all 
> the 
> > reasons he can't kill Harry.  Crouch Jr. wanted to help discover 
> > these reasons.   
> > 
> > Okay, I think that's it...tell me what you guys think.
> > 
> > Kelley