[HPforGrownups] Re: Survival of AK

[charme]

No: HPFGUIDX 113941


From: "Geoff Bannister"

> Sandy:

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

>
> Geoff:
> The Bloomsbury UK edition is the same, except that the final phrase,
> more grammatically correct (at least for UK English), is rendered
> as "rebounded on me".

charme:

"Rebounded on me" gives some credence to Occam's Razor comments made earlier
in this thread, IMO.  I think that while JKR is quite the author, I also
believe that in attempting to theorize, some folks (even me) get carried
away in making more complexities about HP situarions rather than focusing on
something much more simplistic.  If you look at the statements LV made in
this paragraph, it seems simple he didn't take aim at Lily with the AK - she
jumped in the way when LV cast the AK curse intended for Harry instead.

Along the lines of using Occam's Razor as a method for theory, one can also
apply this to the "why did LV live" question. Are we sure he was actually
"alive" when he cast the curse? ;)

charme