[HPforGrownups] Re: Harry's protection

[charme]

No: HPFGUIDX 112145

From: "Lady Pensieve"

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>> What if the curse wasn't blocked, but deflected, and that's why
> Harry has a scar, and why Lily died.  A mother's love is quite
> protective and that particular love connected to a very strong
> deflection charm may be the reason Voldemort keeps saying the mother
> didn't have to die...the spell wasn't mean for her?

Charme:

Hey now, you know there's canon to support that directly from LV's snake
lips?  In Gof,  pgs 652 US:

" You all know on the night I lost my powers and my body, I tried to kill
him. His mother died in the attempt to save him - and unwittingly provided
him with a protection I admit I had not foreseen..."

and then again on page 653:

" I miscalculated my friends, I admit it. My curse was deflected by the
woman's foolish sacrifice, and it rebounded upon myself."

I think you're right, Kathy.

Charme