Snape and Harry again.

[Darby]

No: HPFGUIDX 113179

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "cubfanbudwoman"
<susiequsie23 at s...> wrote:
> Carol:
> > It's not through any skill or talent of his own that he's the 
> > Boy  Who Lived. And Snape wants not only Harry but everyone in
the 
> > class to know that. He doesn't want an insufferably arrogant
Harry 
> > (a second James) who thinks he's better than everyone else. 
 
 
> Perhaps Lily's protective charm is what prevented Harry from dying 
> but it was the Something About Harry that caused the actual rebound 
> that vaporized Voldy?  This is ancient magic, we've been told, but
do we know of any other witch or wizard who survived an AK before, 
> ever?  It seems not.  So I would argue that it's reasonable to 
> consider that it might have required the combination of Lily's 
> ancient magic sacrifice-charm AND the Something About Harry to have 
> accomplished it.
> 
> Until told directly otherwise by JKR, I don't think I will ever
give 
> up the idea that there WAS something special about Harry from the
get-
> go.
> 
> Siriusly Snapey Susan

I agree with what you are saying here.  In fact DD points out many
times that Harry has something special about him that VM can't stand.

You asked...
"do we know of any other witch or wizard who survived an AK before,
ever?  It seems not."

You are correct!  In fact, in GoF, when Moody teaches Avada Kedavra,
he states that only one person is known to have survived it, Harry.