James gave his life, why no protection from him?

[Wolfie_Musician at yahoo.com]

No: HPFGUIDX 106586

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "garybec" <garybec101 at c...> 
wrote:
> jake wrote:
> > (1) Lily must have done something more than just give her life for 
> > HP, becaue James did that and nothing happened.
> > 
> > or 
> > 
> > (2) there something about Lily that allows her to do this.


> Becki's thought;
> 
> Perhaps it goes to the saying that there is no stronger love than a 
> mother has for her child.  
> 
> James was definatly defending his family but perhaps, in his heart, 
> he had additional thoughts, trying to defeat LV, as well as trying 
> to protect his family.  Perhaps the very thought in Lily's mind at 
> the exact time she died was ONLY to protect Harry, so at that very 
> minute, she transfered that protection.


Wolfie_musician's thought:

Expounding on that, I'm also inclined to think that it has something 
to do with what's going through their mind at the exact moment they 
die.  Obviously when strong emotions are involved, wizards do magic 
without even thinking.  James was in the other room (I think...?) 
and was probably thinking that he had to fight off Voldemort 
singlehandedly so his family could escape.  Fighting Voldemort since 
he was face to face with him is probably the first and foremost 
thought in his mind.  It's kind of a 'guy' sort of thing to do, 
don't you think?  Whereas Lily, knowing that James was dead and she 
had had no options to think of...thought only of Harry, literally 
the only family she had left, her only beloved son, the boy who was 
prophesized to save the world.  Her final thought was of protecting 
Harry, and James's was of fighting off Voldemort.