The effects of Avada Kedavra

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No: HPFGUIDX 32797

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., "grey_wolf_c" <greywolf1 at j...> wrote:
> I, loving the cretion of theories, 
> have one of my own on this topic (as well as many others). However, 
> being a computer fan, my theories sooner or later reach beta status 
and 
> I need other people to look it over and point at the holes. 

Well, as a computer-weenie myself, I have to tell you that you put in 
a colon instead of a semicolon, which would crash your entire post 
and cause the Blue Sceen of Death   ;-)

But seriously,
>  
> 
> However, since death from fear 
> is normally a heart-attack, and the Riddles were in perfect health 
> (apart from the fact that they were dead), we should discount that 
> posibility.

I'm not so sure you can discount that. I think if an autopsy was 
done, a coroner would have detected they did die of a heart attack, 
but they were also in perfect health. In other words, their hearts 
just gave out, but there was no reason for it (no congenital defects, 
no weight problem, arteriosclerosis, etc.)

> 
> Now for the tricky part: why is Voldie's body destroyed when the AK 
> rebounds on Harry and hits him? 

There are a couple of examples in GoF where spells "colliding" cause 
totally unintended circumstances. The most famous is the "wand 
brothers" odd spell effects when Harry duels LV. But also, remember 
when several people curse Malfoy, Crabbe and Goyle at the end? It 
creates a mess, and not exactly what anyone expects.

So the combination of LV's Avada and Lillies "special protection" 
spell on Harry causes an unintended effect: LV becomes some sort of 
toxic cloud.

A Barkeep in Diagon Alley