Harry's protection and Ron's wand (WAS Re: AK and victims' remains)

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No: HPFGUIDX 91434

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, Susanne <siskiou at m...> wrote:
> Sunday, February 22, 2004, 3:09:42 AM, Elihu wrote:
> 
> > A particular wizard [Gilderoy Lockhart] believes that Harry 
Potter
> > will be a danger to him [as a result knowledge which Harry now
> > had]. He attempts to use a spell he never failed with [memmory
> > charm,] on someone else and [at the same time] on Harry. The 
spell
> > ordinarily has no effect on the surroundings, just incorrectable
> > damage [memmory loss] to the intended victem. However, the spell
> > caused distruction of the surroundings [part of the tunnel caved
> > in], and temperaryily affected the wizard [Lockhart] in a way
> > simalar to that intended on Harry. [2 1/2 years later, he's
> > starting to gain back his memmory].
> 
Susanne wrote:
> You mean, Lockhart using Ron's damaged wand had nothing to
> do with the cave-in and the spell backfiring on Lockhart, and
> it was instead some type of special protection in Harry?
> 
> I always thought the above event had nothing to do with
> Harry's powers or protection, and everything with Lockhart
> using Ron's broken wand, which has been seen to malfunction
> in similar ways before.
> 
> It "could" be a cover-up, but I don't really think so.

Bookworm:
What an interesting connection.  I never thougth about connecting 
the two scenes.  Elihu, I have to agree that there is usually 
something to JKR's 'coincidences'.  Susanne, the other times we have 
seen Ron's wand misfire, it usually redirected the spell onto 
himself - slugs being the most dramatic example.  It gave Ron 
trouble, but I don't remember it causing destruction.

It may be that Ron's wand caused the memory charm to hit Lockhart 
instead, but that Harry's mysterious protection is what caused the 
tunnel to collapse.  So maybe Petunia's complaint that leaving Harry 
alone would mean the house would collapse isn't so far off after all.

Ravenclaw Bookworm