Avada Kedavra and Godric's Hollow

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No: HPFGUIDX 113654

--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "cubfanbudwoman" <susiequsie23 at s...> 
wrote:
> I do think it's possible that it wasn't an AK, but I'm not wholly 
> convinced.  I also know this is not a very FUN answer, but I'm going 
> to offer it anyhow.  I guess I've just figured that it's the powerful 
> reaction of an AK hitting an ancient-magic countercharm like Lily's 
> (and possibly some power of Harry's own) that caused the blow-up.  
> 
> Of course, that would beg the question of how Harry was physically 
> okay, other than the scar, when all around him was devastation.  
> Unless there was some kind of "outward blast" away from Harry?  
>

Kneasy:
But according to canon there isn't a countercharm to an AK.
If something doesn't walk like a duck, doesn't quack like a duck,
and instead of paddling on the pond shows every sign of going
belly-up, why persist in calling it a duck?

This so-called 'AK' behaves  nothing like any other AK described,
so why not explore the dreadful possibility that it's not an AK?
Would that be such an earth-shattering concept?
Come on fans, stretch your imagination a bit.

> 
> Kneasy:
> > It leaves bits of the casters mind in the target.
> 
> SSSusan:
> >>We know DD believes the ability to speak Parseltongue was "given" to
> Harry by that attack. Well, as others have suggested, what if Voldy
> actually (accidentally, of course) put some of himself into Harry at
> the same time, not just a stray ability or power here or there?
> 
> *If* [big "if"] Harry could unseal the Chamber because a bit of the 
> Heir of Slytherin is inside him, maybe there are other things he can 
> do because Voldy/Tom became a part of him? Maybe he can actually
> CONTROL Voldy in a way he doesn't yet even realize?<<
> 

Kneasy:
You're gradually edging towards a theory a couple of us were banging
on about a few months back. It's an extension of the 'Possession' line.
Part of Voldy is lodged in his mind and the scar is the outward 
manifestation of this.
Harry is a magically induced schizophrenic. He hears voices, he acts on
what they tell him. Fortunately, so far it's still "in essence divided";  he
hasn't succumbed to  the invader - yet.

DD  did say that Parseltongue was *one* of the powers (unspecified) given
to Harry by Voldy. So it's reasonable to expect more; we may already have
had a hint - possible Legilimancy during his exams. Moody comments that
"We all know there's something funny about that Potter kid." This from an
Auror renowned for sniffing out Dark Magic.

Why is it that Harry and Voldy can share/implant thoughts, visions etc.
*at a distance* but Voldy doesn't seem to be able to do the same with 
others? 
IMO it's because Voldy has a beach-head in Harry's mind; part of him is
already there and he links to it. Not something that one would expect
from a failed AK. But if Voldy was casting his mind (instead of a spell)
in order to access Harry's prophecied powers, then that would  be a
different cauldron of toads.

As for Harry using these powers to defeat Voldy, well - I'm not so
confident. As things stand it's much more likely to go the other way.
Let's face it, in OoP Harry  was acting like a self-centred little snot
most of the time, much more like one would imagine Tom would 
behave than what one would hope from Harry. 
Voldy!Bit seemed to be in the ascendant.
Will Harry throw off this mind leech?
Will Harry become a Voldy  clone? 
Catch next years thrilling episode!