Curse Scars

[dudemom_2000]

No: HPFGUIDX 110944

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "katefrost777" 
<stonehaven at h...> wrote:
> With great respect, may I point out that the avarda kedavra curse 
> leaves no scar/trace/mark at all, so maybe we shouldn't assume 
that Harry's scar is a *curse* scar at all. Other curses leave all 
sorts of marks/scars (as seen on Moody), but not the AK curse. With 
his mother's *protection* on him at the time as well, Harry should 
really not have been marked by LV's AK curse in any way. 

Dudemom_2000 says:

I most definitely agree there! Possibly the scar is really the sign 
of his mother's protection - after all it hurts and tingles and 
warns him of LV.
 
>katefrost777 says:
 
> When the AK curse rebounded back onto LV it may have done 
something to LV, which in turn caused the scar on Harry. Could the 
rebounded curse (powerful as it must have been) have split LV in 
two, with one part of him then colliding with Harry's head and being 
> combined/absorbed into him, thereby creating the scar?
>
Dudemom_200 says:

I am inclined to think that the scar became manifest with the 
attack, visibly showing his mother's protection which may have been 
invisible till then. I have been torn as to whether LV is actually 
split into two - certainly there is a connection born from the act 
of the AK on Harry. 

Katefrost777 says:
 
> If the final word of Book 7 is indeed scar, and with JKR assuring 
us that we should be thinking more about why LV didn't die at the 
time he tried to kill Harry (Edinburgh Book Reading) then this 
particular incident is holding some very deep secrets, and to accept 
that the scar was just a mark from a curse appears to be a bit too 
simple.
>

Dudemom_2000 says:

Looking back at the other books, you can see LV/Riddle already 
starting to make attempts at immortality - putting himself into a 
book - this was certainly a long time before he even knew Harry 
existed. Also looking for and finding the Chamber of Secrets - what 
could have prompted him to do this? Obviously he was looking for 
something else. I doubt he would be out looking for it just for the 
heck of it - it might contain something he needs or wants. He has 
used the unicorn blood to sustain himself and wants the 
Sorcerers/Philosophers Stone to gain immortality.

Katefrost777 says:
 
> I also note that when DD and Fudge are talking (end of GoF) only 
> Fudge refers to it as a *curse* scar, DD does not. 

Dudemom_2000 says:

I noticed that too. He has also mentioned to Harry about the scar on 
his knee. Maybe he is saying that scars aren't always what they 
appear to be!

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Dudemom_2000

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