Lily's Last Labor of Love [Ghosts (James & Lily's) + AK]

[Veronica]

No: HPFGUIDX 45102

--- In HPforGrownups at y..., Petra Pan <ms_petra_pan at y...> wrote:

> Since I view the oft-mentioned "mother's love" as
> more the motivation than the mechanism, I am
> still puzzling over the means by which Harry
> became the Boy Who Lived...surely Lily is not the
> only person to love someone facing the wrong end
> of Voldemort's wand as much as she did.

Random thoughts (too tired to do them justice, but maybe someone else 
can refine them more):

Perhaps there is more to performing AK than merely saying the words. 
Maybe you have to focus on the person you are trying to kill. Like in 
sports, you might visualize yourself making a jump shot. Well, in 
this case, you *see* (in your mind) your victim dying.

Following this theory, perhaps LV was trying to kill Harry, not Lily, 
but she made the ultimate scarifice and, literally, got in the way. 
While the curse was not meant specifically for her, it was still 
powerful enough to kill her. Only, because of her sacrifice (as she 
took the bullet for Harry), it left Harry 'protected' from that curse.

Not in anyway canonical, but just an idea I thought I would throw out 
there. Perhaps I'm in need of sleep more than I realized.

Veronica