James Potter Dead????

[peggybaratto]

No: HPFGUIDX 57414

>   Not a bad idea, but in the scene where the shades come out of 
> Voldemort's wand (page 667), Lily Potter tells him "Hang on, your 
> father's coming." and then then Harry's father came of the wand and 
> spoke to him. Even if Remus and James did switch bodies, Remus's 
> spirit would look like Remus, not like James, because Jame's spirit 
> would still be in Remus's body. The man in question looked like 
> Harry, and was refered to as his father by Lily. I'm pretty sure 
> James Potter is really dead, and Remus Lupin is really Remus Lupin 
> 
>                       - Joe

Joe,
We have been told by Dumbledore that these were not ghosts, or the 
spirits of the dead--they were just shadows.  
If they are only shadows of the people who died, why would they not 
take on the appearances of the bodies that died?  
I don't honestly know how I feel about the theory, though I do think 
it is interesting, and well thought out.  
If Lily did perform this "switch"--why would her shadow give her 
away?  I mean if it did happen, would it not be kept as a secret?
~~~~~~~~Peggy