Revisiting The Boy when He Lived

[Tim]

No: HPFGUIDX 104202

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Amey Chinchorkar"
<sherlockholme_ac at r...> 
wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> I was thinking of the last hours of Lily Potter (and maybe James),
and saw some 
discepancies.
> 
> 1.  We are all wondering that James might not be there at the time
>of the Attack (hence 
>the shocked Lupin when he hears that Harry heard his father's
>voice.). 

If we can trust LV's account of that night, James was there and
defended his family heroically.

 It is entirely possible that Lupin was reacting to the
news that Harry was able to access a memory from his 15th month of his father's voice, or 
he was acknowledging the emotional impact that this memory had on Harry. 
On the other hand JKR could indeed be using Lupin's exclaimation as a clue.

> So there seems to be some discrepancy between the movie scene,
>harry's memory and 
>the Priory order. Which one is the most canon? (i mean which one
>should we take as the most perfect as all are canon :))

On JKR's website, there is an explaintion the Priory error in her
Books FAQ (click on the paperclips)

> 
> 3. Who told Potters so that they knew "LV was after them long
>before" (PoA- Prof McGonall)?

The Prophecy said ."born to those who have thrice defied him" so by
the time of the  prophecy or Harry's birth his parents were on LV's radar.


Tim