Regulus Black theory...not my own! And question about the dead

[sarcasticmuppet]

No: HPFGUIDX 91240

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Tanya Swaine <swaine.t at x> wrote:
> At 15:06 19/02/2004, you wrote:
> 
> >sarcasticmuppet wrote
> >
> >people who have been AKed have no physical wounds, that's true, but
> >the explosion from Voldemort's rebounded curse on Harry was enough 
to
> >blow up the entire house...I don't think poor Lilly and James's
> >remains had a chance.  I think it's safe to assume that they were
> >creamated in the blast.
> 
> 
> Tanya here
> 
> That is a good theory, but I have a question about it, how does 
this 
> segment fit?  A direct segment from POA page 306.
> 
> "Harry... I as good as killed them," he croaked. "I persuaded Lily 
and
> James to change to Peter at the last moment, persuaded them to use 
him
> as Secret-Keeper instead of me.... I'm to blame, I know it.... The 
night
> they died, I'd arranged to check on Peter, make sure he was still 
safe,
> but when I arrived at his hiding place, he'd gone. Yet there was no 
sign
> of a struggle. It didn't feel right. I was scared. I set out for 
your
> parents' house straight away. And when I saw their house, 
destroyed, and
> their bodies... I realized what Peter must've done... what I'd 
done...."
> His voice broke. He turned away.
> "Enough of this," said Lupin, and there was a steely note in his 
voice
> Harry had never heard before. "There's one certain way to prove what
> really happened. Ron, give me that rat." 
> 
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]

me again:

I doubt that Sirius saw James-and-Lilly shaped piles of ashes on the 
floor, so I concede that the canon is against me on this point.  It 
just doesn't make any sense, IMHO.  Petunia maintains in book one 
that Lilly and James got "blown up."  Here's another thought:

I think it's somewhat safe to assume that Harry was the epicenter of 
Exploding!Potter Household, as the curse backfired on his forehead.  
If that's the case then Lilly's body must certainly have been 
incinerated.  She died holding Harry in her arms, and was therefore 
closest to the blast.  James, on the other hand, could have avoided 
cremation, as he was distracting Voldie at a different location of 
the house (or even outside it).

Then again, they managed to find remains of the Challenger 
astronauts, so who knows, maybe Sirius showed up at Godric's Hollow 
and did a "Accio James!  Accio Lilly!" and then found something...

--sarcasticmuppet, who thinks she is being a bit too morbid.