His mother's eyes (was: Ahha!! I've got it... Harry's eyes/TT/ LV mortality)

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No: HPFGUIDX 121973


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "justcarol67" <justcarol67 at y...> wrote:
> 
> Kemper wrote:
> <snip>
> >> > What about on a fateful Halloween, there was a love charm.
> > Blood of the mother freely given you will protect your blood.
> > Soul of the mother secretly given you will guard your son.
> > Life of the mother knowingly given you will defend your child.
> > 
> > Lily cuts her hand then places her hand on Harry's forehead.  The
> cut on her hand is lightning/eihwaz shaped.  She looks into her son's
>  eyes, and their souls touch.  A part of her soul stays with Harry; he
> has his mother's eyes.  Lily sacrifices herself, sealing the `mother's
> shield' charm.
snip>
> >> Carol responds:
> I've also been arguing for a protective charm placed on Baby!Harry,
> but your version gives me shivers. Also, we have indications that Lily
> was good with Charms but nothing has been said about her and potions.
> Still, a potion combined with an incantation does sound like a form of
> "ancient magic" so I'm certainly not ruling it out.
> 
> Here's my version, combining my theories and yours and attempting to
> answer the question about Voldemort:
> 
> Lily places an elaborate Protego (shield charm) on Baby Harry, perhaps
> involving an incantation like the one kemper hypothesized (as opposed
> to the mere name of the spell), and, using her finger, marks Harry's
> forehead with an (defense) eihwaz rune, like a priest marking a baby's
> forehead with a cross in a baptismal service. The incantation
> specifies that the charm will be activated by her self-sacrifice.
> Shortly afterwards, she is murdered, sacrificing herself for Harry and
> activating the charm. Voldemort tries to kill Harry, and the powerful
> Protego erupts through Harry's forehead, leaving an eihwaz-shaped
> opening that later turns into a scar. The Protego deflects the AK onto
> Voldemort, who is not killed because of the protections he put on
> himself <snip>
 The force of the Protego explodes not only Voldemort but
> everything around him, and the house crashes on dead Lily and
> Baby!Harry. (Dead James is somewhere outside the house where he died
> duelling with Voldemort.) While the wound is open, some of Voldemort's
> powers and possibly some of his anger enters into Harry. 
<snip>
>
 I think an explanation like this allows the
> scar to be caused by a cut when the AK hit (AKs normally don't leave
> any mark) and at the same time allows the scar to be a symbol of his
> mother's protection, the eihwaz (defense) rune.
> 
> As noted in an earlier post, JKR did say that the shape of the scar
> wasn't the most important thing about it, but she didn't say that the
> shape wasn't important at all.
> 
> Valky, what do you think? Are we hitting close to the mark?
> 
> Carol

Carol, I'm not Valky, but I do like this theory.  It explains the destruction of the house and 
why his scar is shaped as it is.  The question I have deals with DD sealing the charm 
himself by placing Harry with the Dursley's.  If Lily's charm is activated to the extent that it 
protects baby Harry from an AK curse, why would DD need to *seal* it by placing Harry 
with the Dursley's?  Seems to me that the charm Lily put on Harry would have been 
sufficient to protect Harry through his young years without having to put him through the 
neglect he endured at the hands of the Dursley's.