GH re-re-revisited

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No: HPFGUIDX 115474


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "dungrollin" <spotthedungbeetle at h...> wrote:
> 
> But, I do have one last (at least I hope it's the last) problem with 
> this possession malarky, and it'sabout the interplay between the 
> spell(/charm/curse/whatever) that Voldy uses and the protection left 
> by Lily (and presumably DD).  I'll just recap what I was saying 
> about backfiring/rebounding spells in my original post (115135). If 
> Voldy's attempting a possession, and the spell *backfires* (i.e.
> affects the caster rather than the castee), then Harry should end 
> up possessing Voldy, and bits of Harry would end up in Voldy, not 
> the other way around.
> 
> What you're suggesting, (if I've understood correctly) is
> more 
> akin to a rat entering a trap, realising it's a trap, doing a 
> quick one-eighty to get out sharpish, but not quite quick 
> enough to avoid getting it's tail cut off by the guillotine that 
> comes down on its way out.  Thus bits of Voldy stay in Harry.  
> And he gets ripped from his body, pain beyond pain and so on and 
> so forth at the same time.  Right?
> 

Erm; not quite. I didn't intent 'trap' to be read quite so literally.
The protective spell is defensive (we assume) but defense can take
different forms - some of which are designed not just to protect but
to give attackers a bloody nose. (Puts on pontificating demeanor.)

OK. A wall, an electrified fence, a minefield and a staked pit are all 
defensive.
Loosely paralleled in terms of the situation, a wall would give a pure 
spell rebound and a pit would trap Voldy in place. My idea is more
the electrified fence, minefield or booby-trap concept. He moves in 
and everything goes pear-shaped. He gets a hell of a lot more than 
he bargained for. Contact with Harry or his mind triggers a vigorous
defensive reaction. But the dissolution of Voldy has unexpected 
consequences - bits get left behind. Now unless DD interprets in 
advance just what is meant by, and the significance of the word
 "marked" in the Prophecy, then he can't predict the outcome as we 
know it. The remnants of Voldy's powers in Harry's head are there by
chance, not design.

As for the spell backfiring causing Harry to possess Voldy, I don't
think so; it's the Voldy mind force that's zipping round the room, 
Harry's stays where it is. In fact, the last thing anybody (except 
maybe Voldy) wants is a joining of the two minds - and that would
be the effective result if Harry invaded Voldy.

Kneasy