Survival of AK

[Susana da Cunha]

No: HPFGUIDX 114017

Kneasy wrote:
>>At GH the last spell used (according to the wand and JKR's corrections)
was the AK that killed Lily. And if you accept Harry's 'visions' Voldy was
still laughing after that one. But then something marked Harry,
dis-embodied Voldy and wrecked the house -  all physical effects. So
where's the spell? Of course if it wasn't a wand spell but something
else (something I've been banging on about for a long time) then
that  would explain it, wouldn't it?<<
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I'm sorry, Kneasy. Can you quote about the laughter *after* the green light?
I can find the laughter and I can find the green light but not the two
toguether.

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Sandy wrote:
>>Before I began lurking around HP discussion boards, I figured, as
Susana and Charme suggest, that LV cast the AK at Harry, and Lily
literally threw herself in front of it to block it. A small part of
it ricocheted towards Harry, the rest back to LV. (I love Susana's
comparison to Fawkes' action, a comparison I hadn't drawn myself).
That wasn't based on deep study of canon, it just seemed the most
likely way for the scene to play out (even if it might remind some
people of the "super bullet" theory from the JFK assasination).
It's interesting, Charme and Susana seem to have have come to
opposite conclusions about that scenario, based on the same quote.
It's true "the woman's foolish sacrifice" could refer to some other
action on Lily's part, but to me it seems to indicate she died
shielding her son, thereby causing the curse to rebound on Voldy.<<

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Really? I only read it that way after someone pointed out to me about the
prior incantatem. It was my first thought: if nothing comes out, then there
was no spell after. It does sound a little "super bullet" to me, but if
someone could read it like that the first time around... then I might be
willing to believe it.

Plus, I don't trust my English to make the interpretation. I rather trust
you and Charme.



Susana