[HPforGrownups] Re: Survival of AK

[charme]

No: HPFGUIDX 113771



From: "arrowsmithbt"

> Kneasy:
> This whole 'sacrifice' thing needs to be cleared up. Are you listening Jo?
> There are loose ends flapping around all over the place - DD hints that
> he was responsible for the whole idea (logical - how much ancient magic
> would Lily know?); different fans have different ideas of what constitutes
> sacrifice in this instance - does eventually being killed after a tooth
and
> nail struggle constitute a sacrifice within the conditions of the spell
(in
> which case it's likely Voldy has come across it before) or is it a willing
> "'tis a far, far better thing I do.." sort of passive acceptance of
death - a
> sort of offering? I tend to lean towards the latter myself, otherwise
James
> counts as a sacrifice too, but he doesn't get a mention as such in canon.

charme:

AMEN to JKR's clarification of the "whole sacrifice thing."  Indeed, I have
often thought that all these theories I read are almost missing something I
can't quite place my finger on, like perhaps there was much less planning of
Lily sacrificing herself with premeditation from anyone, including DD,  than
some people think.  What if she simply jumped in the way at the last moment,
and fortunately in JKR's world, DD could use this to his advantage in the
ancient magic protection factor? Let's put it this way:  how would anyone
who was not there know what *really* happened? Maybe the curse intended for
Harry passed through his mother and bounced off him...

Just a thought :)

charme