Revisiting The Boy when He Lived

[vmonte]

No: HPFGUIDX 104248

Amey wrote:

2. Also if James is not there, how come he came after Lily during 
Priory? Again where did the man in the scene vanish (because even if 
in the movie James is not seen, Harry hears some voice during 
Dementor training. I don't remember if the man is there in movie 
scene or not)? If he was killed who killed him, because LV
can't have killed him. If he was Wormtail, then it all fits, as there 
is no reason to kill him. But if it was somebosy else, and somebody 
other than LV killed him, why didn't the other person try and finish 
LV's work of killing little Harry? Or was he so frightened at seeing 
the spell backfire that he ran away?

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 :))

vmonte responds:

In the SS movie we only see a flashback of GH with Lily in it.  In 
the PoA movie you never hear James yelling for Lily ro run.  All you 
do hear are Lily's screams.  It could be that the voice that Harry 
hears (and believes) to be his father is really someone else.  James 
was killed before Lily.  And he was definitely killed by Voldemort's 
wand.  It doesn't necessarily mean that he was killed at GH.  He 
could have died minutes or hours before GH.

There is something very odd about the GH attack.  I've reread the 
begining of SS/PS (the scene with DD & MM in front of the Dursley 
house).  There is something strange about the comments made there as 
well (Kneasy pointed some out previously).  

It almost seems as though DD knew when the attack was going to 
happen, and began preparations for that event in advance.  He does 
not however know exactly what happened inside GH.  Minerva waits 
outside the Dursley's house all day, why? DD then comments that he 
should have known she would be there, why? DD did not ask her to be 
there. So was she close to the family? Her reaction to their deaths 
is odd?  She seems more upset by it's implications than for the 
people involved. I may be reading this wrong though. (I come from a 
culture that is much more emotionally open.)  

Is it possible that MM's main concern is only for Harry?  If so why?
Is it because his safety is paramount to the WW's survival?  Or 
something else?  One thing we do know is that MM has never been to 
the Dursley house.  She is looking at a map and reading street signs 
to get there.  DD on the other hand, seems to already know.  Is it 
preplanning, or was he previously there?   

What is DD's watch all about?  Why does he say that Hagrid is late? 
By my estimation Hagrid is about 24 hours late.  What happened? DD 
states that Hagrid is late, but DD just got to the Dursleys himself.  
It's also interesting that Hagrid is the one chosen to deliver 
Harry.  Hagrid is also the one who brings Harry back into the WW.

Just some thoughts,
vivian