James gave his life, why no protection from him?

[jakedjensen]

No: HPFGUIDX 106581


> Max responds:
> 
> Something special about Lily is certainly possible, but I can't buy
> this whole selfless sacrifice for love automatically means ancient
> magic protection. If that were true people would have heard about it
> before. There would be stories and legends about it. Lily could not
> possibly be the first person to sacrifice herself for someone she
> loved in the wizarding world, after all.  Yet we know from reading
> PS/SS that Harry surviving the AK curse was unheard of.
> 
> So something is up there as far as I'm concerned. It makes no sense
> that this type of protection would occur automatically.

Jake replies:

I agree. Afterall, Moody (i.e., Crouch Jr.) says in GoF that the AK 
is "unblockable" and that HP is the only person to have survived it. 
Like you say Max, if there was a way to block or defend or do 
anything to AK why would it vanish from the collective conscious of 
the WW. If this selfless sacrifice for love idea ends up being the 
answer to the mystery I will be greatly dissapointed (because it's 
hard to believe that LP was the first person to die defending someone 
they love--especially given the age of terror).

Here's an idea. We know about Lily's wand, we know that you can find 
out what spell was cast last from a wand (Amos Diggory teaches us 
this in GoF).....so what if HP finds Lily's wand and discovers what 
the last spell she cast was? I wonder where that wand went anyway....

Jake