Destruction of Potter House (was ESE Lupin )

[ellejir]

No: HPFGUIDX 74544

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com,  Atropos Gryffin wrote:
> 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? 

Me:  We are told that *no one* has ever survived the Avadra Kedavra 
curse before except for Harry.  It is certainly possible that the 
curse *rebounding* on Voldemort caused the damage to the house.  Or 
perhaps Lord V and James mixed it up a bit before James was killed 
(blasting the furniture out of the way with "Reducto" curses, etc.)  
 
Atropos Gryffin: 
> 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.

Me:  Really good questions.  That lost 12 hours is a mystery.  
Perhaps that was when Dumbledore was doing a switching spell on Harry 
and Neville or something.  (Doubt it, but it is no more far-fetched 
than the Lupin-James switching spell theory).

Atropos Gryffin:
> 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.


Me:  Nope, sorry.  That was an mistake in the first edition, admitted 
by all and corrected in later editions.  (See FAQs.)

Atropos Gryffin:
<snip> > we really 
> cannot assume that the thwarted AK curse which was intended for 
Harry 
> destroyed the house-we simply do not know.


Me:  True enough.  I tend to think that the destruction was from the 
battle before James and Lily were killed (note that the MoM was 
trashed a bit following Voldemort's battle with DD.)  But what do I 
know.   

Elle
Fudge looked from her to Dumbledore , his chest swelling.
"Then you *have* been plotting against me!" he yelled.
"That's right," said Dumbledore cheerfully.