James gave his life, why no protection from him?

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No: HPFGUIDX 106597

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "garybec" <garybec101 at c...> wrote:
> > 
> > > 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.

I outlined this scenerio in another discussion, but it seems to fit
here, so I thought I'd throw it out and see if it bounces (run it up
the flagpole and see who salutes it? anyway...)  It relates to Lily
performing a protection charm on Harry, Harry's scar as a result of
that charm, and why Dumbledore thinks this scar is significant.  Here
goes:

1. Eihwaz rune: looks like a lightning bolt, stands for life, death,
rebirth, and protection. Curses are reflected off.
2. Lily's wand was good for charms. Since James' wand was good for
transfiguration and he was talented at transfiguration, we can assume
that since Lily's wand is good for charms, she is talented at charms.
3. Lily performed Ancient Magic to protect Harry from Voldemort at
Godric's Hollow, which Voldie hadn't counted on. It is a charm that
could be sealed only with her death, with the sacrifice of her own life.
4. No one seems to understand curse-scars: what they should look like,
or even if there is such a thing, so we cannot assume that Harry's
scar is from Voldie's AK curse gone wrong.

>From these facts, I think we might be able to put together a fairly
reasonable explanation of what happened at Godric's Hollow, how
Harry's scar came about, and how all of this relates to the eihwaz:

Somehow, James and Lily realize that Voldemort has found out where
they are hiding. Knowing that there is no way out of this, Lily
decides to perform a protection charm on Harry, using her knowledge of
Ancient Magic. She performs the charm and Lily tricks Voldemort into
killing her first, before Harry ("No, not Harry! Kill me instead!").
With this sacrifice of her own life, Harry's protection charm is
sealed. A rune of protection (eihwaz) is formed on Harry's forehead.
When Voldemort attempts to AK Harry, the curse is reflected off of
Harry. The rebound of this powerful curse causes devastation. Godric's
Hollow is destroyed. Voldemort would have been killed as well, but
because he has taken so many precautions against his own death, he is
simply rendered a shadow of a human being, a ghostly non-dead self.

Dumbledore may have recognized the eihwaz rune when he saw Harry's
scar for the first time, realizing the Ancient Magic behind it, and
that is why he decided to leave Harry "marked". He may not have been
sure it would protect Harry in the future, but he may have decided to
leave it in case it's protection remained effective.

So, does it bounce?

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