Who killed J&L

[Amy Z]

No: HPFGUIDX 17241

Steve wrote:

> The mystery hinges on one key point: the spell that Voldemort casts 
> on Harry never comes out of the wand during the Priori Incantatum 
> event. Some have suggested that this is because it failed or didn't 
> work as expected, but that doesn't really make sense. It didn't 
fail--
> it was cast and it had a very strong effect. Others have suggested 
> that Harry just didn't notice that particular spell coming out, but 
> it's a huge, powerful spell and wouldn't have been missed very 
> easily. It is possible that he just didn't see it, but I don't 
> consider it likely.
> 

How about this theory?:

Some of the spells have good, repeatable audiovisual effects:  a 
conjured hand, the screams of those in pain, the bodies of those 
killed.

The failed AK didn't come out in any form that Harry could see or hear 
because it didn't have any visible or audible effects.  One might 
assume that toddler Harry at least started crying when he was cut by 
the curse, but it's very possible that he didn't--maybe he was knocked 
unconscious.  And V himself probably just disappeared.  Someone hit by 
AK, judging from Cedric, may have no time even to scream.

It would be as if Voldemort had done an "Alohamora" somewhere in that 
sequence.  It would come out in its proper place, but we wouldn't get 
a ghostly image of a door unlocking, so it wouldn't be replayed in any 
way that a spectator could see.

Amy Z

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