Lily's Sacrifice

[Ellie Rosenthal]

No: HPFGUIDX 19456

I don't think this is backed up by the canon, but I'm almost sure 
that Lily cast some extra charm or spell of some sort to protect 
Harry. From what we overheard from Harry's encounters with dementors, 
James died protecting Lily and Harry. By the logic Dumbledore 
presents us, shouldn't Lily have been saved as well? Another reason I 
subscribe to this theory is Ollivander's supposedly offhand remark 
that Lily's wand is "excellent for charm work". I've done a bit of 
research on the qualities of wands 
(http://www.theninemuses.net/hp/wands.html), and I've found that 
Ollivander is very correct when he states "The wand chooses the 
wizard". If anyone has any ideas regarding this theory, I'd love to 
hear them.

Priscilla Spencer
http://www.theninemuses.net/hp/

--- partyperson_dpc at y... wrote:
> Okay, somebody posted that they were disappointed that the only 
> reason that Harry survived and defeated Voldemort were because of 
> Lily's sacrificial death. See, that's what I thought for awhile 
too. 
> But then I started thinking about it more in depth--and I concluded 
> that something other than her sacrifice defeated Voldemort. Because 
> Voldemort killed so many people, don't you think that somewhere 
along 
> the line, some mother must have tried to protect their child and 
died 
> in the process? But no other child got a lightning shaped scar of 
> their forehead and defeated him, right? So I'm thinking Harry must 
> have something VERY special about him. Yes, her sacrifice is what 
> saved him and repelled Voldemort. But what defeated him? I don't 
> think we know that yet. At the end of SS, Dumbledore clearly states 
> that her love and sacrifice were protection against Voldemort, who 
is 
> evil personified and therefore her sacrificial love PROTECTED 
Harry. 
> But what defeated Voldemort? Clearly, there is something to Harry 
> that he and the readers haven't fully realized yet. I could be 
wrong 
> about this--but hey, just stating my opinion. Tell me what ya'll 
> think.
> ~E