Destruction of Potter House (was ESE Lupin )

[Susan Smith]

No: HPFGUIDX 74528

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "pippin_999" <foxmoth at q...> 
wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "acoteucla" 
> <acoteucla at h...> wrote:
> > Ok, I've read some of the ESE!Lupin topics, and I'm very 
intrigued. There's gotta be a big betrayal somewhere in the last 
two books, and  Lupin seems to fit the bill.  I have a couple 
questions before I jump  on the bandwagon, though.
1 - Book 5: Why did Lupin prevent Harry from going through the 
veil?
I think that's tied in to Lupin's greatest fear being the Prophecy. 
<SNIP>
The last time a piece of Death Magic failed to destroy Harry Potter, 
it blasted a whole house into ruin.
<SNIP>

<A. G.(me)>
We do not know that the Death Magic (your phrase) or its failure to 
kill Harry blasted the house into ruin.  We truly do not know what 
happened after Voldemort attacked the Potter household. 

In reality some of the greatest mysteries about the HP epic are what 
happened the night Harry's parents died.  For example, why was the 
house destroyed?  In every other instance where we have witnessed 
Avadra Kedavra the spell was a direct hit with no collateral 
destruction.  So why destroy the house?  

Where did Hagrid take Harry in between the killings in the evening 
and delivering him to the Dursley's the next evening?   There is a 
missing 12+ hours.  How did the Wizarding World know what had 
happened between Voldemort and the Potters so quickly, and in such 
detail?  They were celebrating just hours later.  Surely, the 
original Order of the Phoenix and Dumbledore would have wanted to 
keeep a hush on things long enough to do spin control, guard against 
DEs attacking members while looking for V., etc.  

Voldemort says he killed Harry's father first, but Voldemort lies-so 
can we beleive him?  Too, in the original printing of GOF Harry's 
father comes out first and says his mother is coming-which means JKR 
and editors think (or know) that Lily was really killed first.  So 
what happened after her death?  If her love protected Harry and the 
rebounding curse annihiliated Voldemort, then James would have been 
alive.  But, clearly he is not around-so where is he?  Is he dead? Is 
he switched into another's body?  Was the house destroyed because a 
second wave of attacks came from an unexpected direction (Lupin, 
perhaps?)  Maybe he and James dueled?  Maybe it was a full moon and 
Lupin transformed?  

Who found Harry?  Who notified Dumbledore?  Why did McGonagall wait 
outside the Dursley's house for so long watching them and waiting for 
Dumbledore?  Is she related to Harry, or perhaps just his godmother?

I know this has all been posted at one time or another-but we really 
cannot assume that the thwarted AK curse which was intended for Harry 
destroyed the house-we simply do not know.

Atropos Gryffin