Why couldn't Voldemort kill Harry?

[cindysphynx]

No: HPFGUIDX 33709

Alexander wrote:

>   My theory is that Voldemort tried to kill Harry with the
> wand of Lily Potter.
> 

I have my own views about the wand order business (no, I won't bore 
everyone with them today, as I've done that several times in the 
past).  

As for Alexander's theory, though, I think it comes out better if we 
say that Voldemort might have used James' wand, not Lily's.  James 
died first (we can all agree that James died first, can't we?), so 
Voldemort may have relieved James of his wand in the battle.  That 
would be with a successful "Expelliarmus" spell or simply by stepping 
over James' corpse and picking up James' wand.

If Voldemort is using Lily's wand, we have to wonder how he got it 
from her.  Why bother to disarm her, catch her wand out of the air 
and turn it on her, when you can just blast her and be done with it?

Cindy