DD: an appreciation (Was Re: Snape, A Murderer?)

[justcarol67]

No: HPFGUIDX 96895

Kneasy wrote:
<snip> How the hell does DD come to be involved in Lily's 'sacrifice'
charm? It reads as if he thinks that he arranged it, that it's not the
automatic protection given by Lily's death and it's continuation
through Petunia that many readers assume.
"Unwittingly given" as Voldy says in the graveyard. And if DD did
arrange it, it had to be planned in advance.

I (Carol) responded:
<snipped by Kneasy>
 
As for "unwittingly given," those words relate to Voldemort's father
and his bits of bone, not to Lily's sacrifice. 
> 
> 
Kneasy answered:
Tut tut. 
It's always wise to check your sources before committing yourself:
 
"His mother died in the attempt to save him - and unwittingly provided
> him with a  protection I had not foreseen....I could not touch the boy."
> 
> Want to try again?
> 
> Kneasy


Carol, quoting canon:

"Bone of the father, unwittingly given, you will renew your son!" (GoF
Am. ed. 641)

Carol