What Destroyed Godric's Hollow?
ghinghapuss
rredordead at aol.com
Wed Sep 3 22:36:27 UTC 2003
No: HPFGUIDX 79726
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. <snip>
Lana Lovegood said:
>From pg 813 of OOP: "He [Voldemort] sent another killing curse at
Dumbledore but missed, instead hitting the security guard's desk,
which burst into flame."
Now me:
Yes, but was LV's Avada Kadavra 'miss directed'? Dumbledore's full
curse hit the desk, LV's in Godric's Hollow hit Harry first, its
target, and failed. Perhaps the excess energy did rebound into the
house and destroy it but it doesn't seem likely to me. An exploding
desk is very different from a house being completely destroyed.
I firmly believe there was at least one other person at the house
with the Potter's and LV that night. I think one of them destroyed
the house in an attempt to finish off what LV failed to do, kill
Harry. Remember we need a witness to retell the story of really
happened in Godric's Hollow that night.
But that's all for now as I know this has been discussed before,
Mandy.
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