What Destroyed Godric's Hollow?
entropymail
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Wed Sep 3 20:31:19 UTC 2003
No: HPFGUIDX 79711
Okay, folks. Humor me for a moment, because I'm not exactly sure where
I'm going with this. I've always wondered what happened to Harry's
parents' house in Godric Hollow. Apparetnly, it was completely
destroyed. Of course, it could have been destroyed by Voldemort's
failed and misdirected Avada Kedavra.
But lately I've noticed that failed curses generally don't do that
sort of thing. When Harry fought Voldemort in the cemetary, the two
curses were so powerful that they should have caused some kind of
explosion, but instead they created a glittering cage of energy. Is
it possible that it was not Voldemort's failed curse that caused the
destruction of the Potter home? Could Harry himself have done this?
It's possible that Harry is far more powerful that we (or Voldemort)
have realized (what was it the prophecy says? a power he knows not?).
I've just been re-reading SS, and Chapter Two seems like it's full of
clues regarding this possibility. We find that just a bit of
annoyance at Dudley (without any training or even the knowledge that
he is a wizard), is enough to enable Harry to remove the snake's glass
and make Dudley fall through. (Later on in the series, a bit of
annoyance allows him to "blow up" Dudley's aunt.) Perhaps, even at a
year old, Harry possessed the power (if not the understanding) to
create a powerfully dangerous curse. If anything could elicit this
type of rage, surely the act of seeing Voldemort viciously murder his
parents would do it.
Finally, in what is perhaps a bit of JKR sneaky-clue-placing, there is
an interesting exchange in this chapter as well:
"You could just leave me here, Harry put in hopefully....
Aunt Petunia looked as though she'd just swallowed a lemon.
"And come back and find the jouse in ruins?" she snarled.
"I won't blow up the house," said Harry...
Whaddya think? Has anyone noticed any other clues regarding the
destruction of Godric's Hollow?
Entropy
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