Who killed J&L

[Steve Vander Ark]

No: HPFGUIDX 17736


> 
> How can you hear someone die?  Can't give chapter and verse, but 
doesn't 
> Voldemort admit he killed the Potters?

Ah, yes, but if it was someone else under the influence of Polyjuice 
potion or if he seriously injured but didn't actually kill them, he 
would SAY he'd killed them. My point is that all our witnesses to 
that event are imperfect. They are making assumptions that might not 
turn out the be correct. The only objective witness is the wand under 
Priori Incantatem. 


> >
> >You could even make a case for the fact that he didn't hear his
> >father at all, but someone else. After all, when he tells Lupin 
that
> >he hears his father, Lupin gives him a peculiar look. He's never
> >actually heard his father's voice at that time. Was his father even
> >there? What does Lupin know about that incident that makes him
> >suprised at Harry's interpretation of what he hears? Was it someone
> >else having taken Polyjuice Potion? Was LUPIN there? Whoa!


> I think the events of that night are one thing JKR *has* thought 
out in 
> infinite detail - everything we are told raises more questions than 
answers. 
>   For instance, why doesn't Dumbledore comment when Hagrid says 
he's going 
> to take Sirius's bike back?  Either he knows Sirius has already 
been 
> arrested, or he doesn't, but thinks Sirius is the traitor.  Either 
way, 
> you'd think he'd say something.

There are plenty of mysteries about it that aren't just our 
nitpicking reaedings of the books, but are things deliberately left 
vague by JKR. I'm sure that when we get to the end of book 7, we'll 
be delighted and surprised at all the places we've been to and the 
answers we've discovered.

Steve Vander Ark
The Harry Potter Lexicon
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