Lily's love (was Re: My predictions in April 2003)

[greatelderone]

No: HPFGUIDX 127186


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "Grey Wolf" <grey.wolf.c at g...> 
wrote:
> I agree - the situation of a mother dying for his child is not so
> uncommon that Harry's Love Shield should be a product of only it. 
Mind
> you, from what we see in the books AK might be a particularly rare
> curse, but if the Love Shield only protects you from an AK, it 
would
> be a rather useless thing. 

GEO: It doesn't just protect again AK, but also from Voldemort 
himself and those that possessed by him. Look at what happened to 
Quirrel in PS/SS when he tried to touch Harry in the end so it's 
probably a very useful charm.

> 
> Essentially, that would turn Lily's Love Shield into a much harder 
to
> reproduce situation -  acombination of love, knowledge of ancient
> magics and the unlikely situation of a sacrifice.

GEO: I disagree even Voldemort himself who knew about the maternal 
protection and its properties said Lily activated it unwittingly and 
though he is the central antagonist and Dark Lord, in his moments of 
exposition and as Rowling's mouthpiece he usually doesn't lie.