FAQs: Lily died before James?

[Jen Reese]

No: HPFGUIDX 103147

> vmonte responds;
> 
> It doesn't work out though.  If James was killed before Lily, he 
> should come out of the wand last.  I figured it out only by 
> assigning "made up" years to the deaths.  Let's say Cedric died in 
> 1994, James on October 30 1983, and Lily on October 31st 1983. In 
> reverse order it should be Cedric, Lily, James.  
> 
> So either her American editor was right, and she is wrong. Or she 
> really meant that James died after Lily. Which may mean that she 
was 
> at Godric's Hollow with someone other than James...

Jen: Or someone was with Voldemort at Godric's Hollow who killed 
James with LV's wand. Say Voldemort incapacitated James, killed 
Lily, the curse backfired, and then someone used LV's wand to kill 
an unconcious or groggy James. Peter seems the obvious choice 
because he was in possession of LV's wand in GOF.

I see what you're saying now about the wand order. My hour of 
pondering wasn't enough :). So JKR's quote on the website is either 
confused or she wasn't answering the question that was asked. In her 
mind she could be thinking James was killed first, therefore he came 
out of the wand first. 

If she wasn't answering the question that was asked, maybe she was 
saying who died first: Q: "At the end of Goblet of Fire, in which 
order should Harry's parents have come out of the wand?" JKR says 
James first, then Lily. Was she really answering who died first? 

Or James really did die after Lily, opening up a huge can of worms. 
I'm thinking a retraction will be posted soon, or JKR will explain 
why she worded her answer that way.

Jen