FAQs: Lily died before James?

[snow15145]

No: HPFGUIDX 103200



Steve/asian_lovr2:
Think of people dying as stacking dinner plates on top of each other.
The Last plate on the stack, the one on the top, is the first one to
be taken off the stack.

Lily dies, so we set her 'death plate' on the table, then James dies
and we set his 'death plate' on top of Lily's. That puts James at the
top of the stack; last on = first off.

Now the plates come off in reverse order. James was the last on, so he
is the first off. After James, then Lily's plate comes off the stack.

This is how computer stacks work. We call it LIFO (last in; first 
out).

There still seems to be some confusion on who was where and when. I
thought this example might help.

Snow:
I really liked your analogy Steve! 

Lily=plate1
James=2
Bertha=3
Frank=4
Cedric=5
Wormtails hand=6

To get the whole idea you need to go backwards with the plates. Lets 
make the following example:
Priori Incantatem: backwards to who was killed from last to first:

Wormtails hand=6
Cedric=5
Frank=4
Bertha=3
James=2  (James coming out before Lily)
Lily=1 

So, 1st Lily was killed then, 2nd James was killed then, 3rd Bertha 
was killed, then 4th Frank was killed, then 5th Cedric was killed 
then, 6th Wormtails hand came out.