"Life-Debt" Gripe

[Steve]

No: HPFGUIDX 59354

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Jesta Hijinx"
<jestahijinx at h...> wrote:
> While at work today, I thought of something I've been meaning to
post to 
> this list for a while:
> 
> I see relatively frequent, almost casual references to "life debts" 
> between characters.  ...edited...
> 
> Yet nowhere does the phrase actually appear in canon...
> 
> ...edited...
>
> Any thoughts?
> 
> Felinia Beauclerc


bboy_mn:

Unless I misunderstand the question, and the is definitely possible,
the term 'life debt' comes from fandom. Since we are all familiar with
the story and the subject, it has become a short hand way of referring
to this 'life debt' when we discuss it.

Sorry if I missed the point.

bboy_mn