[HPforGrownups] Re: The Fateful Night (VERY long)

[LD]

No: HPFGUIDX 42285

Richelle wrote:
> Hmm, okay, so is the death scene of Lily known as approved by JKR?  If

> it was, we've got a bit of a mix up here.  The film shows Lily 
> screaming, for an extended moment.  AK as shown by Moody/Crouch and 
> later when Cedric dies just kills.  Boom.  The end.  No time for 
> screams.  Is it possible that Lily was learning to resist it?  As
Harry 
> instinctively resisted the Imperious curse?  Of course, Harry wasn't 
> completely successful with that and with AK you don't get a second 
> chance.  Just a thought, I know it couldn't be blocked etc., but if
that 
> scene was approved there's something more than meets the eye there.

I think that maybe Lily was screaming because she knew what was going to
happen. She saw Voldemort raise his wand, heard him start the curse,
realised that in a few seconds she'd be nothing more than another mark
on Voldemort's score sheet and just let her lungs do their thing.
Although I do like the idea that Avada Kedavra can be resisted the same
as Imperius can...

Maybe AK is just a very strong form of Imperius that simply commands the
victim to "stop living", and the look of terror that results is due to
the realisation that there's nothing you can do to resist it? Actually
no, that sounds way too far fetched to be true :D

-LD