Long lived

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No: HPFGUIDX 100958

Snow previously:
> Harry said there was a lot of green light. If, in this theory, you
> follow the light from Voldemort's wand towards Harry, it could not
> hit Harry because Lily attached herself to Harry. So the green
light
> had to find the physical body of Harry's protector. Lily may have
> been lying some feet from where Harry actually was. The green
light
> then hit Lily's physical body, which was sacrificed to keep the
> shield alive so it rebounded onto Voldemort. The green light
hitting
> Voldemort destroyed his body and expelled some of his powers onto
> Harry in the same manner that Snape's memories backfired to Harry.
> The initial connection between Harry and his mother allowed her
> abilities to also be instilled in Harry because her physical body
was
> separated from her actual being which was connected to Harry when
her
> physical body was destroyed.

Jen: I like your idea here, if I'm understanding right, that some of
Lily was *also* transferred to Harry that night. Your theory reminds
me of lightening, how it has to find a conductor, and in this case
Lily would be that conductor of the curse.

Snow's reply:
Yes, very much so! 

Jen again:
The only thing is, how did Harry get the scar? If the AK couldn't
touch him in any way, it would seem that Voldemort's powers could
not be transferred to him either. He would be protected from
anything.

Snow:

I am sorry that I failed to mention that Lily actually set up two 
charms in this scenario. One was a physical and/or psychological 
protection, which joined Lily to Harry in the sense that whatever 
attempted to hit Harry would ultimately rebound onto her own physical 
body wherever it may be and take the initial hit and kill her. The 
other charm that Lily invoked was a further protective act and had a 
rebounding effect that would allow any curse attempt to ricochet onto 
the person that initiated the strike. If this charm were much like 
the shield charm that Harry inevitably used during occlumency with 
Snape, it would have rebounded onto its intended victim, not thoughts 
in this case but actual personal connection. 

Jen:
It's hard to fit in the "step aside, girl" with only one AK; Lily
appears to be standing in front of Harry. But perhaps if she didn't
step aside, the one AK hit both her and Harry and the force of the
rebound off Harry is what made the scar, transferred the powers and
reduced Voldemort to vapor.

Snow:
Lily's attempt was psychologically physical. That is she was 
shielding Harry with her physical body but, having thrice defied 
Voldemort, knew that it may be to no avail. Lily protected Harry, 
with a Hermione type wisdom that this initial charm may not work. So 
what could she try to do to combat it if he (Voldemort) tried to do

whatever? Lily invoked the second charm as a precaution that resulted 
in not only saving her baby but also reducing Voldemort to vapor. The 
only thing that Lily didn't foresee was in using this type of charm 
was that Harry would ultimately receive some of Voldemort's powers 
via the shield effect noted in occlumency with Snape, the same affect 
but not the same result. This
 along with the unknown fact to Lily 
that Voldemort had been dabbling in immortality and may not be able 
to be physically killed
 thus the vapormort, gave Harry powers that 
he shouldn't have had along with some of her own by her initial 
connection. 

As for the scar
 Like I said previously, the attempt of the AK hit 
Harry but because of Lily's protection, that is stated above, didn't 
kill him, but it still attempted to hit him causing Harry to be 
struck and scared at the attempt, but not killed. So the initial hit 
of green light struck Harry but rebounded leaving a scar
went to Lily 
killing her
then to Voldemort and finally rebounding on the now 
unprotected child (because all of Lily's charms have now been used) 
that received some of Voldemort's powers. A whole lot of green light 
bouncing!  

Snow