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

[Tonks]

No: HPFGUIDX 121984


--- In HPforGrownups at yahoogroups.com, "ms_luna_knows" 
<klevasseur at e...> wrote:
Carol said:
> > 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 
dies 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.
> > Carol
> 
Ms. Luna said:
  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.

Tonks replies:

Let's tweak this just a bit. Say that DD being a very wise and 
powerful wizard, the best in his time is the one that puts the charm 
on Harry. DD heard the prophecy, waited for the end of July, knows 
that 2 babies are born. He talks to both set of parents. He puts a 
special charm involving old magic, a magic only a few know, on both 
boys. He does it like a priest does when baptizing a child. Instead 
of the mark of the cross, he uses the rune symbol. Both children 
have the charm and the invisible symbol on their foreheads. It takes 
the death of a blood relative, *freely given* to activate it. When 
LV attempts to kill Harry and the killing curse hits Harry, the mark 
becomes visible.  

Since the protection involves the blood of the victim (Lily), the 
child must continue to live with a blood relative of Lily. This is 
why DD puts Harry with the Dursleys, or more specifically, Petunia.

Tonks_op