Question about the Priori Incantatem sequence in GoF

cubfanbudwoman susiequsie23 at sbcglobal.net
Thu Oct 9 15:28:41 UTC 2003


No: HPFGUIDX 82612

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "slgazit" <slgazit at s...> wrote:
> --- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "cubfanbudwoman" 
> <susiequsie23 at s...> wrote:
> > I don't think you're being too logical, but I guess I just 
figured 
> we 
> > only saw [results of] spells from VM's wand *up to a point*.  
> Isn't 
> > it possible that the connection was simply broken before we saw 
> this 
> > last image you're asking about [a shattered Voldemort]?  I mean, 
> we 
> > *know* VM performed many, many more spells than what we saw that 
> > night; I just figured we only made it up to James' death before 
> the 
> > connection was broken.
> 
> No, that curse was made right after James and Lily were killed. It 
> should have shown right before Lily came out of the wand (in the 
> newer editions - for those like me that have old editions, it would 
> be right before James came out).
> 
> Salit

Whoops--my bad!  You are so very right, Salit & Oiramertip.  

[How embarrassing.]  

I now prescribe to the view put forth by a couple of others that 
because this spell didn't work properly--or completely--it 
didn't "register" in the wand and so didn't show up in PI. 

Siriusly Snapey Susan, who one of these days will post something 
brilliant [ha] but sure hasn't managed it yet. 








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