The Scar. Was: Choices - or not

[justcarol67]

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> Mandy wrote:
> I subscribe to the theory that the
> > scar was burned in to Harry's forehead by his mother casting the
> > protection charm and not by Voldemort casting the AK curse.
> 
> Sawsan here:
> I don't think that Lily could have created that scar because when
> Harry went to Ollivander's, Ollivander states that it is curious that
> Harry's wand could choose him, when its brother gave him that scar. We
> know that Lily did not have a pheonix feather scar. I think she had a
> unicorn hair one or something. Anyhow, I don't think that Lily could
> have given Harry that scar, the possibility that both Lily and Voldi
> did just out of the result of both spells being cast on Harry, but I
> think Voldi is the actual one who scarred Harry. After all the
> prophecy states: he will mark him as his equal.


Carol:
However, it's possible that Lily placed a protective charm on him that
caused the scar to appear when Voldemort tried to AK Harry. I don't
think it was merely her love that protected him. (After all, Barty
Crouch's mother also died for her son, but she didn't save him from
evil influences--or dementors.) We know from the same scene in
Ollivander's that Lily's wand was "a nice wand for charm work" just as
James's was "excellent for transfiguration" (SS/PS 82). We know that
the reference to James's wand foreshadowed his ability to transform
into a stag. The reference to Lily's wand is probably foreshadowing as
well. The runes that have been discussed here lately are probably
important, too--not because of the appearance of Harry's scar in the
films or the illustrations in the books, but because of Hermione's
(and Luna's) interest in runes. One of them is bound to notice that
Harry's lightning-shaped scar resembles the Eihwas rune, which
Hermione confused with Ehwaz on her O.W.L.s: "I mistranslated
'ehwaz'," said Hermione furiously. It means 'partnership,' not
'defense.' I mixed it up with 'eihwaz.'" (OoP 715, Am. ed.). So if
eihwaz (defense or protection is indeed lightning-shaped, the scar
could be a form of protection for Harry--as well as the mark that
Voldemort placed on him ("marked him as his equal").

No time to proofread this to be sure it's clear, but I think the
protective charm is perfectly compatible with what we know about the
scar in relation to LV and the rune and charm references will be
important in relation to the scar as well.

Carol