The graves of James and Lily

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No: HPFGUIDX 111329

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "kizor0" <ryokas at h...> wrote:
> A thought occurs: Lily and James were killed in Voldemort's 
attack. So
> unless there was nothing left of them, their remains would have 
been
> done away with in some manner, in all likelihood buried. Correct?
> 
> To date, the graves haven't turned up anywhere in the books. 
Visiting
> them would probably be an important event for Harry, and distances
> don't  matter all that much in the WW, so is it possible that this
> will become a Future Plot Point(tm)?
> 
> 

It has confused me that Petunia says in the 1st book that her 
sister 'got herself blown up' and that much else suggests total 
destruction (with the obvious exception of HP himself) at Godric's 
Hollow. In GoF we learn that AK curse leaves no marks whatsoever (on 
the Riddles or on Cedric) so of course one might expect James and 
Lily's bodies to have been rescued and honoured by burial or 
whatever wizards do (why not funeral pyres or sending them through 
that acursed veil even?). Clearly, however, the rebounding of the 
curse aimed at Harry had associated destruction - the same happens 
incidentally when LV lobs it at DD (who deflects it) in OotP (even 
though Crouch Jr as Moody in GoF says its unblockable). Would Lily 
and James' bodies have survived the smoking rubble? methinks that on 
the basis of the theory that Harry 'died', but didn't, during this 
curse, but instead was fused with LV, sealed and marked by the scar 
(which after all looks like a permanent crack opening into a 
formerly perfect vessel), everything around might well have been 
obliterated. I'm not sure if PoA film director Cuaron got it wrong, 
but somehow I doubt it. It isn't canon because JKR hasn't said it, 
but that doesn't mean it's wrong. I have a pet theory that JKR 
ensures that the films (spit rant sorry for metioning them here) 
contain any clue that is important for future plot development and 
so telling him that a graveyard becomes significant in book 6 might 
well be something she felt compelled to reveal (though I'm sure 
hoped he wouldn't blab in public!).